by Clayton Hoyle It was a cool, early October evening. Armando Cresta and his friends were chilling and grilling some wings in the SMCC parking lot. “After a night of cooking chicken […]
Steak-Out: Story of a Lost Flame
Health On The Farm
by Alexandra Griffin Hay Baling. My mom, Lisa Griffin, doing a power stance. Photo by: Alexandra Griffin WALL-E, an animated movie from 2008, depicts a robot that goes on a space journey […]
Film Festival Highlights Talents of All Type Part 2
This photo is from the film, High Flying Jade, showed in the festival. By Sam Jacobs This past weekend, I had an opportunity to join the Superfest Disability Film Festival, taking place […]
Nursing Students Make the Grade
by Sam Jacobs “At the end of the day, what really matters is that the program was able to facilitate us to continue our education,” said Mandy Greer, SMCC nursing student. “We […]
Disc Golf: A Whole in One
by Tim Randall The first few times I was introduced to the sport disc golf, I was ready to spend the rest of my life playing and striving to become better at […]
Maine is for Lovers (of Nature)
By Connie Clarkson As we all most know that Maine has some of the most beautiful wildlife and scenery in Northern New England. Maine is full of rivers, lakes, mountains, trails and […]
Online Learning Challenges and Time Mastery
by Krista Nadeau Computer screens seem to dominate our lives these days. Technology was prevalent for many prior to COVID, but if not, chances are there has been a newfound reliance on […]
Letter From the Photo Editor
By Jake Doolittle Sam Jacobs took our cover photo for this issue, which highlights the dramatic transition from in-person to online learning. She described her creative process. “I used a Canon Rebel […]
Never Enough Time
by Krista Nadeau “One reason so few of us achieve what we truly want is that we never direct our focus; we never concentrate our power. Most people dabble their way through […]
Online Learning: The Pros and Cons
by Alexandra Griffin Online learning has been very stressful and hard to handle for the younger generation today because there is no social contact between people in the zoom classrooms and there […]
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