By Elliot Clark Play Time: 4 hours (with optional rules for a 2-hour game) Players: 2 – 4 people Themes: Map-Drawing, Narrative, Cooperative, Indie. Cost: $6 (PDF only) or $25 (physical booklet […]
Board Game Review The Quiet Year by Avery Alder
Workers’ Strikes and Canada’s Colonizing Claw
By Liam Woodworth-Cook While our government was shut down, two major strikes were occurring in North America. Just south of Brownsville, Texas, in the Mexican city of Matamoros, more than 25,000 Mexican […]
14 Eyes and VPNs
By Cole Horne Security? Privacy? Why not both? VPNs are used to achieve both of these. Virtual Private Networks (VPNs) are a way to encrypt and transmit your data over a public […]
Season of Cabin Fever
By Magella Cantara Its January in Portland, Maine, where there is more snow falling than people who fall in love in their lifetime. There’s black ice like the intentions you can’t decipher […]
Taking a Transition Backwards
By Magella Cantara Since the 1980’s our country has fought against discrimination against the LGBT community. It’s been a hot topic recently that transgender people deserve their equal rights just as anyone […]
Astrology Check
By Celina Simmons Time will feel like it’s flying faster than ever this month since we all know February is the shortest month of the year. A few more weeks of this […]
Study Abroad with the George J. Mitchell Scholarship Program
By Celina Simmons Have you ever wanted to study abroad but have no clue where to start? Well, do we have some news for you! The George J. Mitchell Scholarship Program grants […]
Students 4 Democratic Socialism: An Anti-Capitalist Love Group
By Liam Woodworth-Cook Dear peers, with my utter pleasure I’d like to introduce a new group on campus. Students 4 Democratic Socialism (S4 for short) is a student collective brainstormed by Maximillian […]
President Derek Langhauser Leaves the MCCS To be Governor Mills Chief Legal Counsel
By Elle Gigi The most influential man in the Maine Community College System (MCCS), and one of the most influential advocates for our rights and needs, happens to be someone you, as […]
Shut Down, Shut Up: A Wall, a Coup, a Rollaway Stone and a Temporary Government Resumes
By Liam Woodworth-Cook On Jan. 25, 2019, the president of the United States signed a bill that would cease the longest government shutdown in the United States. The financial plan, however, will […]
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