• Sexual Health In Decline

    Sexual Health In Decline

    By Troy Hudson If you’re reading this newspaper, chances are you’re an adult. Even if it doesn’t quite feel like it yet, trust us — deadlines, complicated relationships of all kinds, the looming knowledge that you will one day have to repay your student loans — this is the stuff of adulthood. So as adults,… Read more

  • How Much Food Does SMCC Waste?

    By Ben Riggleman Twice a week, under the cover of early-morning darkness, a large orange truck pulls up to Oceanview Dining Hall. Pizza crusts, paper cups, unpopular quinoa dishes — it all gets packed into this truck and never seen again. In total, that’s some 1,700 pounds of waste per week. The truck belongs to We Compost… Read more

  • Dining-Hall Construction

    Dining-Hall Construction

    By Cassie Marceau Have you tried to go get something to eat at Oceanview Dining Hall and noticed all the construction? I had the opportunity to talk to Rachel Fisk, Sodexo unit marketing coordinator and catering director, about what is going on at Oceanview. The first thing most of you are probably wondering is, When… Read more

  • Backpacking South Asia: Annapurna Base Camp

    Backpacking South Asia: Annapurna Base Camp

    By Jennifer Jang I had no plan in the least, and no questions in mind when I first embarked on this journey. Thus, I was also in for a surprise when I found myself in the Himalayas days later, trekking. Once persuaded by the stories from travelers I met at the hostel, I had stormed… Read more

  • Fighting Hunger in Maine

    By Kate Bennett Did you know that Maine has been taking steps to end hunger? It has. According to Preble Street, a Portland-based nonprofit that provides food and housing services, “1 in 6 or 215,000 Mainers experience food insecurity every year,” and “1 in 4 children live in food insecure homes.” Feeding America, a national… Read more

  • Markiplier’s Tour

    By Taylor Freeman If you are asking “what the heck is a markiplier,” let me give you a brief history lesson before getting to his tour. Markiplier, as he is known on YouTube and social media, or Mark Fischbach, started his YouTube career in the year 2012 recording a horror game Amnesia. I won’t go… Read more