By Joel Congleton 9/15/1981 Brunswick, Maine. I emerge from my mother, kicking and screaming and covered in goop. It might be the most traumatic thing that’s ever happened to me, but I […]
A Flashcard History (On Drugs)
Poetic License
By Rebecca Dow
Look Before You Park
By Kristy Howarth (Combat Veteran) Asking you, my fellow SMCC attendees, to not park in the highly obvious purple heart parking spots, has gone on to no end. To “break it down […]
What if… There Were No Tragedy?
By Lloyd Metcalf In times when school shootings happen, our leaders are posturing for war and there’s sometimes violence in the streets, we ask ourselves why, but what if we asked “what […]
Courageous Florida Teens Demand Change
By Troy Hudson The tragic impact of losing 17 people in the shooting that took place at Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, FL on February 14 cannot be overestimated. It is […]
Where’s the Music Scene?
By Rebecca Dow The weather’s getting warmer, and many of the hibernators in town are waking up. Portland has an ever growing music scene, with local venues hosting shows and concerts every […]
‘Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri’
By Justin Taylor Director Martin Mcdonagh’s third feature, “Three Billboards Outside Ebbing Missouri,” is the story of a hardened woman who puts up three billboards on a lonely stretch of country road, […]
Poetic License
What If?
By Lloyd Metcalf What if the arts weren’t an integral part of our educational system? It’s always something that comes up for debate whenever school budgets are discussed. The arts are treated […]
The State of Whose Union?
By Troy Hudson On Jan. 30, Donald Trump made his first State of the Union address, a speech ostensibly delivered to both chambers of Congress, but also traditionally viewed as a message […]
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