• Writers Unite

      By Dan Elliott   Last Wednesday, the Writer’s Club met for the first time of the fall semester, and I had a chance to sit in for their discussion, held in the L.L.Bean Learning Commons.  The group’s organizer, Sara Hervey, welcomed potential members with a smile, a cheery hello, and the customary refreshments of… Read more

  • The Frozen Mac Lab

      By Taylor Freeman   Day 1, Hour 1: So far, I’ve spent a good 30 minutes working on the editing project for Video on Location. I’m currently sitting in the Mac lab of Hildreth, which has had some good and bad reviews, but it’s the open lab, so I don’t really have a choice… Read more

  • Parking on Campus Is Nearly Impossible

      By Kate Bennett   Parking on the South Portland Campus is a joke. Honestly. I follow the advice given to students, especially those commuting like myself, to arrive an hour early and to check out different parking lots around campus. And yet, I’m infuriated when I’m forced to circle the parking lots for 30… Read more

  • Embarking on a Self-Love Journey

      By Jessica Spoto   Being told “you’re too fat” or “you let yourself go” or “you put about five pounds of cheese on that already cheesy mac-and-cheese” is never a worthy feeling. All these words fracture your confidence and pulverize it into dust. You know you are beautiful. You look in the mirror and… Read more

  • A Place to Call Home

      By Sudeep Stauble   The room seems to spin around you as you sit alone in the dining hall. Figures flit about in your periphery, their voices seeming to meld into a cacophonous kaleidoscope of confusing sounds. A few tables from you is another student who is visually impaired. Elsewhere is a person who… Read more

  • An Escape by the Ocean

      By Noor Ibrahim   Spring Point Inn, located on McKernan Center Drive on SMCC’s South Portland Campus, is a well-known tourist attraction with a breathtaking view of the ocean. However, the magnificence of this inn does not lie in the view. This sumptuous inn is a symbol of traditional American architecture and decor. The… Read more