• One Selfie Too Far

    By A.S. Kinsmen Everyone remembers when Obama took a selfie at the funeral of Nelson Mandela a few months ago. It was rude, it was crass, and it was, above all, disrespectful. But it appears that Obama isn’t the only one who is taking pictures of himself at inappropriate times. A high school student in… Read more

  • Poetic License

    Poetic License

    by Patrick Doyle stFor the first time in Poetic License history, a featured instead of one of my own. This is not to account for any laziness or writer’s block on my part, but as a means of getting someone else’s work out there. It’s funny, I kind of like it not being my own… Read more

  • Deborah Klotz: Traces at the Maine Jewish Museum

    Deborah Klotz: Traces at the Maine Jewish Museum

    By Jennifer Connor Walking into Deborah Klotz’s recent show at the Maine Jewish Museum on Congress Street in Portland was like taking in a breath of fresh air. The light and energy of her exhibit Traces allows the viewer to see her process of reflection and meditation through her work. The show consists of over… Read more

  • Radiology Program Acquires Essential Learning Tool.

    Radiology Program Acquires Essential Learning Tool.

    Garrick Hoffman At the SMCC Mid-coast campus in Brunswick, there sits a GE Proteus x-ray unit with a value in the ballpark of $50,000 – $80,000. Manufactured in 2007, the machine provides the source of x-rays, which a radiographer projects at a patient to acquire diagnostic images of patient anatomy. So why is this slice… Read more

  • American College Theater Festival Welcomes the Cliffhangers, SMCC’s Theater Club

    American College Theater Festival Welcomes the Cliffhangers, SMCC’s Theater Club

    #eyeopening #soulsearching #castbonding By Dierdree Glassford, SMCC Theater Club Director Two months, a ton of paperwork, and an endless amount of excitement later, SMCC’s Theater Club, The Cliffhangers, finally made  their first ever trip to the Kennedy Center American College Theater Festival. KCACTF is an opportunity like no other for people in the theater world,… Read more

  • From The Vista Volunteer Desk

    By Madelyn Holm In the United States, public education has stood physically and philosophically apart from the community and society in which it serves. Maintaining a divide between schools and communities is undesirable and ineffective. Schools become institutions where students are given information and challenged to relate material back to their lives outside of school.… Read more