With less than three weeks to go in the spring semester, the softball and baseball teams are rounding third base and heading for home plate ending their fall and spring seasons. Arms […]
Baseball and Softball Stay Hungry
Transcending the Perfunctory: Portlanders Philosophize Together
Evelyn Waugh Physics Major After entering Portland Public Library, climbing the towering staircase, and finding the ‘Portland Room,’ one is immersed in an atmosphere of scholasticism. A large table sits at […]
Tech Talk: GIMP Your Image Manipulation Program
Nicholas Small GIMP is an image manipulation program. If you are unfamiliar with the term “image manipulation” you might know it better as “Photoshop”. Photoshop was one of the first and […]
Tech Talk: Good Passwords and How to Create Them
Dierdre Lee IT Major Most people aren’t very good at choosing passwords. The two most popular passwords (according to SplashData) are “password” and “123456”. Other popular choices include names of family […]
The Future of Virtual Reality
Christopher Tran IT Major The definition of “Mixed Reality” is the merging of real and virtual worlds to produce new environments and visualizations where physical and digital objects co-exist and interact […]
SMCC Realigns: Layoffs, Departmental Cuts as Budgetary Woes Heighten
Illaria Dana Education Major Financial hardships and budgetary woes have arrived at SMCC. If you are the type of student who cares about their education, if you are not aware of […]
Spring Softball Looking To Improve On Fall Record
Gio DiFazio CNMS The Lady Seawolves softball spring season opened in late March and with the arrival of an early spring in southern Maine a renewed sense of purpose and improvement […]
Seawolves Look to Improve on 10-14 Record
Gio DIFazio CNMS SMCC looks to build upon a fall baseball season and a spring trip to Myrtle Beach in which they compiled a collective 9-14 record. In fall ball, this […]
Yoga: Preventative Care vs. Reactionary Care
Aria Zarnoski In the United States, Americans are famous for their love of prescription pharmaceuticals, as well as their expensive health care system. Prescription drug use is most present in the […]
Tech Talk: Should you buy or build your own PC?
By Derek Cain I have had quite a few friends and family members ask my about new computers. Usually they have looked at premade computers or laptops and when they saw […]
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