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The United States Culture Flop (Opinion)
“Be prepared for a culture shock!” Is something you often hear before traveling abroad for the first time. It makes sense, you could be suddenly surrounded by a culture you’ve never seen before, a religion you’ve only ever heard about, or food that intimidates you. The other popular saying we’ve all heard is, “When in… Read more
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Either You Have It In You or You Don’t (Opinion)
We’ve heard the phrase “he has that dog in him,” or seen someone extremely driven and wondered where they got that from. Read more
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Eliot Cutlers Fifth Probation Violation
Former gubernatorial candidate Eliot Cutler has been accused of a fifth probation violation after allegedly refusing to allow investigators into his private electronic devices. Probation officer Sam Payson signed a motion accusing Cutler of keeping encrypted files on his devices which would violate his probation. According to WGME, Cutler was originally convicted of being in… Read more
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The Beauty of a Walk-off
Someone I work with sent me this article, and they were wondering what the term “walked it off” meant, so I figured I would enlighten those who are curious. Read more
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Investigating Portlands Rough Roads
“Four thousand holes in Blackburn, Lancashire And though the holes were rather small They had to count them all” The Beatles wrote this song about potholes in the 1960s, but there are still problems going on today in Portland, Maine. As an SMCC student who commutes to and from campus, it is common to run into… Read more
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How Talking Politics Became so Hostile (Opinion)
A week ago, I had the privilege of talking to a few SMCC students about whether they do or do not like talking about politics and for the most part I got the same answer, “it depends.” Andrew Gelinas made the good point that, “it doesn’t necessarily mean you have to talk to someone you… Read more
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