• C’mon America. Let’s Be Better.

    By Zaq Guiod The first of three migrant caravans from Central America is still 700 miles away from the U.S. border, and won’t arrive for another month. But if you go on Fox News, it’s all you’re going to hear about. If you look at our president’s Twitter feed, you would think we are facing… Read more

  • SMCC is Silencing Their Students Again

    By Thomas Eng I went to the Seawolves Cafe to get my favorite breakfast, a scrambled egg with ham and cheese on a bagel, but when I placed my order I might as well have been slapped in the face. The girl behind the counter said that they don’t serve scrambled eggs anymore. I couldn’t… Read more

  • Why Death is Not Bad

    By Celina Simmons Every individual experiences life in a different way than the next, but what every person will experience all the same is death. Anthony Breukner and John Fischer, two notable philosophers, explain why and how death can be a bad thing in their article “Why Is Death Bad?” I would like to argue… Read more

  • Forage Market: Your Breakfast and Lunch Go-To Spot

    By Jared Erving Are you looking for a good homemade bagel, or maybe coffee and flowers? Forage Market has opened a Portland location on Washington Avenue. It has both tasty food and spots to sit and do homework while grabbing a bite with someone. Originally located in Lewiston, Forage Market has both an intriguing menu… Read more

  • ‘Hale County This Morning, This Evening’ A Praise for the Outstanding

    By Liam Woodworth-Cook Brilliance is an unfolding of beauty; a disturbing of expectations. Leave the expectations with your coat at the door. A portrait is supposed to be singular, a snapshot. This is a narrative, an eye to a realm; a focus point in the drop of sweat. Elongate, separate time by removing the watch.… Read more

  • State of Affairs Soapbox: A Layover of the Wasted Laid Away

    By Subject Actively Listening (Liam Woodworth-Cook) Heat up. Heated up. Hot breath, up. Heat showered vapor, why do you cling to me? Clung like hot, a box rising in my claustrophobic nature. Tendencies,  seeing tender (ly) do we believe we all honestly don’t care? Or is it that we are too far in the bog?… Read more