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Digging Into What Lies Below: Fort Preble
By Celina Simmons If you’ve ever ventured around SMCC’s South Portland Campus, you’ve probably noticed the granite structures abandoned along the coast. These underground structures, as well as many other buildings on campus, were part of a military base constructed over 200 years ago called Fort Preble. Thanks to Paul Charpentier, the Interim Dean of… Read more
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Kindness Korner
By The Kindness Mama Well, this Kindness Mama is a bit disappointed, as I have received no sightings of kindness around campus. Now, I find that very hard to believe, as I have seen at least two such instances. On Tuesday, April 10, 2017 at around 1:20 p.m. I saw many vehicles circling the parking… Read more
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An American’s Perspective on Tunisia and Turkey
By Randall Delaware In the summer of 1982, after dropping out of college the previous fall, I decided to backpack Europe. My plans were to visit my Ohio Wesleyan University roommate in his home country of Tunisia and then to visit an older coworker from a summer job at a boys’ camp in New Hampshire,… Read more
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How Bitcoin Works and Why You Should Care
By Jan Rankowski If you’re paying attention you’ve probably heard about Bitcoin, but most people either don’t care or don’t understand it as anything more than “magic internet money.” In this article, I’ll give a very brief summary of why you should care, and how Bitcoin works. If you pay attention, you might learn something,… Read more
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Phi Theta kappa A Mile in Our Shoes, Pt.2
By Dana Abdulhay Studs Q. What are the most significant factors that contributed to where you are today as a person? I grow up in a middle-income family that definitely helped me. I feel like I was gifted a lot of opportunities; I had several choices to where I can go to high school. I… Read more
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