Looking for a fun, socially distanced event? Limited to 24 guests, the Lounge Series at Halo is made up of twelve loveseats, set for couples to reserve, all ten feet from other […]
Gail Anderson Design
by Clayton Hoyle Gail Anderson is a New York-based designer, writer, and educator. After looking through work on her website, to find inspiration for a graphic design project It doesn’t take long […]
B/W ‘workshop’
Photographer: Sean ThompsonCourse: ARTS 170 Photo 1Professor: Christian Farnsworth
Thompson’s Point Ice Skating 1/5-2/21
Looking for something to do outside? Thompson’s Point is offering socially distanced ice skating!! This is the 6th season of this event up and running and still going strong. Enjoy 10,000 sq. […]
First Words From the Lifestyle Editor
My name is Samantha Harmon. I am a first year-Communications student at SMCC. Having lived in Maine all my life I am hoping to move after I finish college. I am an […]
The Box Inside The Cage
by Clayton Hoyle. Thousands of Maine residents are required to “check the box” when they apply for work or housing. Checking the box means admitting if you have ever been convicted of […]
How to Make a World of Differences
“The other kids are good to him,” the physical education teacher told me one afternoon, as I was waiting in the lobby to pick my son up from school.
“Well, that’s good to know, I guess.”
Age Discrimination
I’ve experienced age discrimination since I was 16 years old. I know that seems somewhat ridiculous, but it’s true. My first college class at SMCC was in 2017 when I was 16 years old.
Disability Discrimination
I’ve been sick for the last fifteen years. When I was three years old, I was bit in the head by a tick. When I was three and a half years old I was in my first wheelchair.
Bad Dogs
Prejudice is used in our everyday life when we are saying specific things based on general observations. Several of the newspaper staffers took a perhaps more traditional look at types of prejudice. I decided to talk about bias towards certain dog breeds based on generalizations, including Pit Bulls, Jack Russells, and Chihuahua Dachshund.