• The Dark Side of College

    By Garrick Hoffman Depending on whom you are and where you plan to apply to, investing in college is barely considered a rational, calculated decision today. Today four-year universities come with an astronomical and unrealistic price tag, and people will enter majors with virtually zero pragmatic purpose, subsequently graduating into debt slavery. Historically, usury – the practice of money… Read more

  • Inside the Planned Parenthood Rally

    By Ashley Berry Around noon last Tuesday, September 29th, Monument Square in downtown Portland quickly flooded with enthusiastic supporters of Planned Parenthood. The attendees stood together, chanted and shared stories on how Planned Parenthood had changed their lives. The rally drew a pink-clad crowd of about 350 people that were, for the most part, there to support the health… Read more

  • The Child Protective Dilemma

    By Hali Sarah Parsons, Horticulture Major The severity built into the State of Maine’s Child Protective Unit does not serve justice to its hardworking citizens. We should implement suggestions to raise value using the true equality statute abided by the United States of America. Children are being returned to “sober” addicts with no permanency factor proven… Read more

  • The F-Word : Ignore the stigma

    Megan Prevost, Biotechnology Major The phrase, “I’m not a feminist” doesn’t make any sense. What this says is that someone does not believe in the feminist movement, or what feminists are trying to accomplish. Some movements include allowing women to be paid the same as men, stopping the abuse and sexualization of women, and stopping the… Read more

  • Empires: Good or Bad?

    By Ian Ziller In the modern western world we have been brought up to believe that the idea of having an empire or dictatorship is bad and tyrannical, but what if that is not the case? Let’s wait for a minute and think about it and go back to the dawn of western civilization: The Roman Empire,… Read more

  • SMCC Acquires New Composter for Horticulture, Culinary Arts Programs : The Rocket is here and it’s all “fired up”

    SMCC Acquires New Composter for Horticulture, Culinary Arts Programs : The Rocket is here and it’s all “fired up”

    By Garrick Hoffman, Liberal Arts Major This past summer saw the arrival of a new friend of Southern Maine Community College, and it came in the form of stainless steel. The Rocket, designed and manufactured by UK environmental consultant company Tidy Planet, is a composter that processes food waste and turns it into compost. The composter now sits comfortably… Read more