• New Year, New Me?

    By Lydia Libby First off, I would like to wish everyone a happy New Year and welcome you back to school. With the start of the new year, and our spring semester, I want to touch upon the idea of the New Year’s resolution. A New Year’s resolution is the intent of a person changing… Read more

  • Taking a Breather

    By Lydia Libby As students we often find ourselves stressed out to our breaking points. But what if I told you that there are fun and productive ways to handle those stressors? Between juggling courses, jobs, and maybe even family life, it is hard to remember there are options for us to relax. It may… Read more

  • From the Desk of the Managing Editor

    Campus Solidarity By Alex Serrano It’s the start of a brand-new semester at SMCC. Students are bustling from class to class, steaming mugs of joe in knit-mittened hands. Dogs are being walked on Willard Beach, waves lap at the sea wall, and the Beacon lighthouse stands tall over a shimmering Casco Bay. It’s morning again… Read more

  • Excuses & Sugar-Coating

    By Jessica Spoto We all use excuses to get out of class or work or really anything that we don’t feel like doing at that moment. “The bridge was up” or “I’m sorry, but it was raining out and the traffic was so slow.” We even take it to the next level with excuses such… Read more

  • Letters to the Editor

    Dear Editor, I want to express an opinion that may very well infuriate some of my colleagues. It is this: I did not vote for Donald Trump, but I believe it is my duty as an American citizen to support him. I will have to stop trashing him for his misogynistic comments; I’ll have to find… Read more

  • Decadent and Depraved, a College Christmas Party

    By Noah Williams There is no escaping the merciless onslaught of Smirnoff Ice hidden in the chip bowl, or the wild, sticky, groping admissions of love and guilt, when you accept the invitation to a Christmas party hosted by college students. For one glittering, shiny moment everyone has their clothes on, no has fallen down… Read more