Chasing the Dead in Ireland
By Randall Delaware My grandmother, who lived in Derry, New Hampshire, asked me, I think, in late summer of 1984, after I returned from a summer in Europe, “Did you visit Ireland?” […]
Understanding DRM
By Adam Barber As we very rapidly transition into a digital world, the content that we consume — our entertainment — has gone from a physical copy you can hold to something […]
Password Security and Why It Is Important
By Joshua Duplessis As a college student pursuing a degree in Information Technology, passwords have been a big interest to me. Passwords are what keep us secure when a majority our of […]
From the Desk of the Managing Editor
By Troy Hudson As my time at SMCC draws to a close this semester, I find myself marveling at how far I’ve come since my very first class in 2016, History of […]
A Case for Consequentialism
By Sarah Farrugia They say if you buy your pregnancy test at a dollar store, you probably aren’t ready to have a baby. Not really, but they should. The dollar-store test was […]
Solutions for Global Wealth Inequality
By Zachary J. Guiod In this article I would like to focus on ways to fix the egregious level of global wealth inequality. It would be impossible to do this without calling […]
#MeToo and Male Power
By Tina Teall The #MeToo movement and revelations about sexual misconduct from several high-profile men have shown the country and the world how prevalent our culture of male power really is. I […]
What If?
By Lloyd Metcalf What if you could do exactly what you loved? For this round of “What If” I hope our readers will allow me to an opportunity to relate a bit […]
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