By Ryan Plouffe Is your computer working slower than it should? Try using a free program called CCleaner also known as Crap Cleaner. There are two editions that an individual can choose, […]
CCleaner: Making your computer run faster
20 years of Shawshank Redemption
By Garrick Hoffman Take a look at the IMDb Top 250 list on its eponymous website – a list dictated by users, not just critics or hierarchal IMDb staff – and at […]
Marin on Movies: Fury
By Rebeka Marin Brad Pitt, Shia LaBeouf, Logan Lerman, and Michael Pena… could David Ayer have chosen a better leading cast for his newest drama “Fury”? I was certainly more than thrilled […]
Dining out on a Student’s Budget: Back Cove BBQ and Pizzeria
By Dierdree Glassford Have your midterms got you in a slump? Do you just wish it were summer again, so you could kick back and relax? Do you wish it were Super […]
Poetic License
By Garrick Hoffman Poetry doesn’t come easily for me. Analyzing it, understanding it, writing it – I’ve always endured a lot of difficulty with it, even despite my title as an enthusiastic […]
America’s Feeble Infrastructure
By Garrick Hoffman August 1, 2007, remains a date of haunting memories for many. During the evening rush hour in Minneapolis, Minnesota, the nearly 2,000 foot-long Mississippi River Bridge, carrying scores of […]
A Glimpse Inside: Sam Underwood
By Garrick Hoffman Sam Underwood is a student here at SMCC who spent his fall season canvassing for the Maine Democratic Party. I recently had the pleasure of interviewing him to discuss […]
Arrogant Dogmatism in American Media
By Rachel York In his essay The Problems of Philosophy, Bertrand Russell uses a term, “arrogant dogmatism,” to describe the personality of someone who has never “travelled into the region of liberating […]
Democracy: Why is it hard in Africa and the Middle East compared to Western Europe?
By Ian Ziller In some nations, democracy has become a long-standing tradition. In countries like the U.S., democracy is such a tradition that we think of it as a core of who […]
Edward Snowden Part 1: The Man Behind the Name
By Garrick Hoffman The name “Edward Snowden” was once virtually unknown. The man behind the name lived in Hawaii with his wife and kids and worked as government contractor for the National […]
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