By Jacob Darling “BlackkKlansman” is a movie that does many things. It makes you mad, it makes you sad, it makes you feel tense. It even makes you laugh. But most importantly, […]
Speak Over the Old Port
by Liam Woodworth-Cook Every Tuesday night writers and poets gather at Bull Feeney’s for roughly two hours of words and laughs. This is an all-inclusive event for anyone of any age or literary […]
Poetic License
Poetic License Fire up your thoughts: Poetic License is looking for submissions. If you’ve got a poem or short piece of prose, please email me, Liam, at liammwoodworthcook@smccme.edu. I’d love to have […]
Stolen Mojo: Who Are They and What Do They Play?
By Matt Flaherty I have never been a huge concertgoer. I was never part of the group of friends that would travel to different raves and music festivals or buy expensive tickets […]
From the Desk of the Managing Editor
By Troy Hudson As my time at SMCC draws to a close this semester, I find myself marveling at how far I’ve come since my very first class in 2016, History of […]
A Case for Consequentialism
By Sarah Farrugia They say if you buy your pregnancy test at a dollar store, you probably aren’t ready to have a baby. Not really, but they should. The dollar-store test was […]
Solutions for Global Wealth Inequality
By Zachary J. Guiod In this article I would like to focus on ways to fix the egregious level of global wealth inequality. It would be impossible to do this without calling […]
#MeToo and Male Power
By Tina Teall The #MeToo movement and revelations about sexual misconduct from several high-profile men have shown the country and the world how prevalent our culture of male power really is. I […]
What If?
By Lloyd Metcalf What if you could do exactly what you loved? For this round of “What If” I hope our readers will allow me to an opportunity to relate a bit […]
Cherry Blossom Festival
By Rebecca Dow On Friday, May 4, The Japanese American Society of Maine (JASM) celebrated the annual Cherry Blossom Festival with the city of Portland. Located directly in front of Portland’s City […]
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