One of the best things about living in Maine, at least in my eyes, is the sense of being off the grid. As someone who…
Photo by David Jakacky
COVID-19 has wreaked havoc on our modern world. On top of a public health crisis, the virus has clearly illustrated that many of our public…
In the wake of a year spent sitting around and doing nothing but thinking, I have been searching for new vices to tame my anxious…
Picture this: it’s 2010. The Ave doesn’t yet exist, with its abundance of officers patrolling for groups of people and any noise slightly above a…
Most people know that watching TV isn’t the most productive use of time. Parents tell us we will rot away in front of the TV…
Last week I found myself in one of the most frustrating and painful conversations that a woman can find herself in: I was begging someone…
Photo by David Jakacky We all know the drill: everyday we open our university email to find an abundance of irrelevant requests and notices. Maybe there’s some noteworthy anxiety-inducing…
Photo by David Jakacky It’s Friday, and you want to have a movie night. So you sit down with friends, roommates, alone or whatever your preference is, and you…
Again and again, there we sit, unconsciously opening social media app after social media app, eyes glazed over, binging on any new content we can…
“As COVID-19 continues to keep businesses from operating at full capacity, the cry for a better stimulus package grows louder.” Photo by David Jakacky My three younger siblings and I were raised by the restaurant industry. My mother has either worked in or run restaurants all over central Maine…