• There’s Beauty in This Work

    Illaria Dana Education Major   We met in Harbor View Memorial Park where the bridge extends from Portland to South Portland. Planes flew above us. Cars approached and receded, and we sat in the grass. Artist Brian Doody has completed a short set of photographs which he will print and distribute. “The thing that I’m… Read more

  • Men Win YSCC as the Lady Seawolves Wind Down

    Men Win YSCC as the Lady Seawolves Wind Down

    Gio DiFazio Communications & New Media Major   The weekend of May 7th saw the YSCC tournament come to SMCC at the Graves Athletic Complex. In the opening game of the tournament NHTI beat CMCC 3-2 to move on to the championship game against the Seawolves. The Lynx got on the scoreboard in first inning plating three runs off of starting… Read more

  • Pirates Hijacked from Portland by Springfield, MA and Ron Cain

    Pirates Hijacked from Portland by Springfield, MA and Ron Cain

    Gio DiFazio Communications & New Media Major     Year after year, you cheer for your team with blood, sweat and tears. You follow the team experiencing the ups and downs of winning and losing, but one thing remains constant, the sense of camaraderie that comes with following a team like the Portland Pirates. The connection is impossible to replicate, and… Read more

  • Supplemental Education… The Beacon

    Christian Guthrie Communication & New Media Major   Southern Maine Community College is filled with a myriad of opportunities to further support a student’s ambition. Whether it be a passion in filmmaking, design, or writing, the campus is constantly looking to help students realize their full potential. The Beacon in particular is a perfect candidate for those aspiring to be… Read more

  • Why I’m Not Moving to Canada if Trump Is Elected

    Alex Serrano Communications & New Media Major   Let’s imagine for five seconds that Donald J. Trump has been elected as the forty-fifth President of the United States (and try not to have an aneurysm). Imagine thousands of Muslim immigrants being shuttled out. Imagine a war brewing in Mexico over a big wall. Imagine the social, political, and economic unrest that would… Read more

  • On Moving on: A College Student’s Guide to the Galaxy

    Evelyn Waugh Physics Major   RULE NUMBER ONE: DON’T PANIC Know that you are a like a star. Not a star in the vain sense, or one that is stuck in an everlasting orbit. Truly a star: a thermonuclear ball supported by its own gravity, six hundred million kelvin bright, thermonuclear, iron fusing ball of purpose. You may find yourself at a… Read more