• Hidden Gems at SMCC

    Where Am I? Email your guess to the Managing Editor @ celinamsimmons@smccme.edu to win a Student Spotlight Feature! Read more

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  • Let’s Talk About Text

    by Chris Hedgpeth Hold the phone! Actually, don’t do that, because it’s illegal now. As of September 19th, a new law proscribes texting and the use of all handheld electronic devices during the operation of a motor vehicle. Several sections of Title 29-A (Maine motor vehicle laws) have been repealed and amended by the comprehensive… Read more

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  • Why is the Amazon Burning?

    by Willow Rines In June of 2019, Brazil’s National Institute for Space Research (Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas Espaciais in Portugese, or INPE) reported that Brazil’s forests were burning at a higher rate than normal, with over half of these fires occurring in the Amazon. Throughout Brazil, the rate of forest fires increased by over 80%… Read more

  • A Recent Passing

    by Arden Goodwin Mary “Cokie” Roberts, influential journalist for the Washington Broadcast, passed away Tuesday September 17th, 2019, at the age of seventy five from complications of breast cancer, which she was diagnosed with in 2002. Working in a field dominated by men, Roberts was a catalyst for women journalists all over America. She was… Read more