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Zaq Interviews Zak, Maine Senate Candidate

By ZACHARY GUIOD

When I first got the idea to interview a candidate for the U.S. Senate, I was doubtful I’d even get a reply. But the day after I emailed him, Zak Ringelstein responded to me personally, and we set up a time for an interview the following week. I met him at his

campaign headquarters on Congress Street, a hotspot of highly caffeinated activity on a Tuesday afternoon.

Ringelstein is running against sitting independent Angus King and Republican challenger Eric Brakey. Despite his party affiliation, his policies set him apart from traditional Democrats.

Similar to progressive politicians such as Senator Bernie Sanders and congressman Beto O’Rourke, Ringelstein takes no money

guy,” he says. “I like him. But he’s not going to save us from this crisis right now.”

The crisis Ringelstein is referring to is cli-

The Gripes of Wrath

Reflections on Dorm Life at SMCC

By ALEX DOWNING

When the word “dormitory” comes to mind, one may be inclined to imagine messy, cramped quarters, a plethora of caffeinated beverages and fast-food wrappers, inventive storage techniques, and a persistent pile of dirty laundry that seemingly never diminishes.

But for many young adults, the college dorm room represents freedom and progression.

After all, Napster, WordPress, Dell and Facebook were all started within the confines of student housing facilities.

Moving into a dorm is perhaps the quintessential experience for new college students.

For many, this milestone represents a step towards independence, a bridge between adolescence and adulthood. But while such a transitional period in a person’s life is new and exciting, it also comes with many unforeseen challenges. Disputes over cleaning habits, contrasting sleep schedules and the complicated division of a small space are just a few of the many possible difficulties that accompany this style of living. They add to the complex labyrinth of navigating a secondary education.

Personally, this is my first time rooming in a dormitory setting. For a long time, I could not wrap my head around the idea of living like this. I envisioned clashes and conflicts, chaos and clutter, disquietude and disorganization.

You see, I have always been the type of person who held a sincere appreciation for the tranquil solitude of personal space. So abandoning my normal tendencies and attempting to adapt to a lifestyle outside of the rigid barriers of my comfort zone seemed daunting.

However, my relatively smooth transition into this new living arrangement is a testament to the pleasant housing system here at Southern Maine Community College. As someone who is both defeatist and particular, I have actually found this experience somewhat enjoyable. I am currently living at Spring Point Hall. My close proximity to classes is convenient, the sense of being immersed in my learning environment is encouraging, and the actual facility itself is, for the most part, perfectly adequate.

This is not to say everything is flawless. We have yet to be provided chairs for our desks so I currently utilize an outdoor folding-seat.

For some reason the heating and cooling unit seems to be dispelling cold air despite rapidly descending temperatures. My room’s nearness to both the elevator and an exit door ensure that a constant hub of noise and activity linger outside of my door.

As I am ever-curious about the opinions of others, I decided to ask around to find out just how students are finding their accommodations this year. In a Festivus-style “airing of

grievances,” I sat down with three residents of SMCC’s housing facilities and let them reveal their protests and praises.

My first interview was with second-year student, Anelise Carroll. Anelise returned to Spring Point this semester and is settling in nicely to her new room. Her walls are adorned with stylish tapestries and her raised bed allows for ample storage. Since she already has had experience with housing at SMCC, I was interested in hearing if there have been any noticeable differences between this year and last; especially since the preamble to this semester’s housing situation was unique, to say the least. However, Anelise informed me that the residents’ behavior and overall atmosphere seems comparatively familiar. This demonstrates the adaptability of the young adults here that had to deal with some unusual circumstances last month (i.e. living in a hotel for three weeks).

As far as complaints go, Annelise’s were minor and manageable. Like me, she takes a little issue with the level of noise pollution emanating from the hallways and is frustrated with the lack of seating. However, she enjoys the responsibility and the sense of community that dormitory life provides.

But what about those being housed at Surfsite Hall? I was eager to discover how the boys across the parking lot have been liking their accommodations. I turned to Carter Castay, a first-year student, in order to gain some insight.

Carter is having an exceptionally satisfying stay in Surfsite. His roommates are proving to be helpful and engaging companions which has surely eased his transition. In fact, Carter has taken to dorm life so quickly that nights spent back home seem less familiar. “Whenever I go home for the weekend, it feels a little weird,” he explained. “It’s my room and my bed, but at the same time it’s not, because I’ve grown so used to living in a dorm.” Carter’s only real qualm is his measurable distance from the dining hall.

In a third interview, I got to hear a fascinating perspective about the on-campus housing here. Rika Sasada, an international student doing a year abroad at SMCC, told me about the similarities and differences between rooming here and dorming in Japan. Rika is particularly enjoying the luxuries of a stable WiFi connection, an en-suite bathroom, and access to a mini-fridge and microwave. She told me about how her school’s restrictions on energy consumption forbid the allowance of personal appliances in dorms. However, she is very unaccustomed to the lack of volume control that certain students display during late hours (Continued on Page 3)

Zak Ringelstein and Zaq Guiod. from corporate PACs. His campaign messaging centers on a single issue: “Get money out of politics.” I asked him how he planned to do this. He emphasized the necessity of overturning Citizens United v. FEC, the Supreme Court decision holding that political spending is a form of speech protected by the First Amendment. But, acknowledging that this would be “complicated,” he suggests other ways of improving our democratic process: limiting gerrymandering and imposing congressional term limits. He mentions a recently introduced bill that would “give every single American the opportunity to donate $50 to a campaign.” He considers this a small step in the right direction.

The upcoming Maine election will be the first in history to use ranked-choice voting to decide a Senate race. Ringelstein calls ranked-choice “a really great reform.” He elaborates: “This is the first U.S. Senate race in the history of America where you don’t have to worry about a spoiler effect. And what that means is that we get out of this two-party-system mentality. Instead of thinking about, ‘Oh, I have to vote the lesser of two evils,’ I can vote for my hopes.’”

He has encouraged his supporters to rank Angus King second. “Angus is a pretty good

Pat Donaghue, A Life Never Forgotten

By TAYLOR LANDON

On Sept. 25, 2018, I looked up to a 1 a.m. sky and asked the world, “How do you continue to turn after something so bad has happened?” The moon circled by, the stars faded away, all while the black changing sky looked back blankly with no reply.

I am still waiting for an answer. Someone once said, “As is a tale, so is a life: Not how

mate change, a critical — and personal — issue for him. “We don’t have time,” he says.

“The message of our campaign is there is no time.” Ringelstein is the father of two young kids, Zion and Jack. “In 20 years when they’re just becoming adults,” he says, “it’s very clear that if we stay on this path, they’re not going to be living in a safe world.”

His proposed Green New Deal, as described on his website, would include “Divesting from fossil fuels and transitioning to 100% renewable energy by 2035, all the while creating new renewable energy industries and high-wage jobs here in Maine.”

Ringelstein’s strategy sharply distinguishes him from Senator King, who, Ringelstein notes, “takes money from Exxon Mobil and recently introduced a bill to fast-track pipelines through our state.” Last week, Senator King addressed a natural-gas industry conference and spoke enthusiastically about the fuel: “Natural gas is at the forefront of an energy revolution and energy transformation in this country.” A recent tweet by @RingelsteinME called the senator out for his position. “While Angus King is promoting fracking and natural gas, I’m fighting for 100% renewable energy.

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long it is, but how good it is, is what matters.”

The tale of Patrick “Pat” Donaghue’s life was not only that, but one that lives on throughout all of those who love him.

While focused on the end, it is important to become overjoyed of the beginning.

How would you know your favorite song if you hadn’t started listening? How would you know your favorite movie if you hadn’t started watching? How would you know the greatness of life if you hadn’t started living? As the loss we face is hurting, we have to remember the joy we had of meet(Continued on Page 2)

Campus News Behind Open Doors

By STEPHEN P. MCCABE II AND LEAH PARRISH

Hello, SMCC! Stephen Patrick McCabe II here again with an inside glimpse of what goes on in your student government here on campus. What a pleasant surprise I received when I said yes to the opportunity to sit in on a Student Senate meeting. Our Veterans Club president, Nathan Russell, invited me to come and see what goes on in the student government, seeing that I was so active with the Veterans Club and motivated to do more to be a part of the campus. I can say I am very happy that I took him up on that opportunity. I am now a Student Senator who meets with the rest of the student government and am trying

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to be a voice for the student body, those that we are meant to represent.

The Student Senate of Southern Maine Community College is your current student government on campus. In case you did not know, every single one of you is welcome to come and sit in on a meeting to see what goes on. However, if you don’t have the time, or you want an inside look before you make that decision, here is a brief glimpse into what goes on behind open doors at your Student Senate.

Senate meetings begin with Student Senate President Leah Parrish calling the meeting to order. The first order of business is to go over last week’s minutes for any errors and amend or approve them before beginning.

The minutes are a summarized version of the prior proceedings, including how many Senators were present, what was discussed and the counts for each vote held. Next, each of the officers serving on the executive board gives a report of their actions in the prior week — starting with President Parrish, then moving on to Vice President Mariam Jabbar, and taking considerably extra time on Treasurer Anna Witthon.

Because the Student Senate is funded through the Activities Fee you pay at the beginning of each year, monetary delegation is one of the main functions of the Student Senate.

A large portion of the Senate meeting is spent discussing whether or not to finance various events, clubs, activities, workshops, etc. with your money! (Our money, too, of course, as students!)

Following the typically lengthy debates about who gets how much money, Public Relations Secretary Joshua Parks and Director of Records William Chabot, as well as Advisors Herb Adams, Elizabeth Tharpe and Alex Matos, all speak their piece. Clubs get a chance to update the Senate about how they are doing, what they have done and what they would like to do. This makes it very easy to stay involved in so many things going on all over campus, because each of these organizations is often required to go through the Senate for funding.

After officers, advisors, committees and clubs have all had their chance to address the Senate, it comes time for new and different things that do not quite fall into the previous categories. Questions and ideas are discussed towards the end of the meeting in hope that some might be answered and addressed by the following week. At the end, during open floor, visitors are welcome to speak, and new or less relevant ideas are offered a place to be heard.

The Senate meets at 4:30 Tuesday evenings in Jewett Auditorium. Occasional off weeks will be hosted in Howe Hall conference room.

Senate does a lot of stuff, like host gubernatorial candidate Alan Caron, get you registered to vote and even help your Business Club go to Wall Street. But it’s not nearly as intimidating as I was originally expecting! The people are friendly and serious about making the campus better. Everyone has a common goal, and it is to make our lives better, easier and more fun.

There is definitely something for everyone at

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Fort Gorges Record Club

By THOMAS ENG

I’ve always loved music, but I’ve never had the dedication to learn an instrument.

So instead, for the last 18 years, I’ve been sitting in my bedroom listening to hundreds of albums. That’s been nice and all, but recently I’ve had an itch that I just can’t scratch. I want to share my love of music with someone, but who? I tried talking to some friends about albums that I love, but for one reason or another, they weren’t as excited as I was. Now I’m in South Portland, right next to all kinds of amazing music, but so far away from almost all of my friends from high school. Great, now I really have no one to talk music with. If only there was some sort of club that I could join where I could meet people who love music as much as I do, and get a taste for some music that I otherwise wouldn’t find.

Wait, did you say, “The Fort Gorges Record Club is exactly that”? Well, please, tell me more!

Whether you just listen to music on your way to class or you meticulously analyze every album you listen to, the Fort Gorges Record Club is for you! The Fort Gorges Record Club is a place for all fans of all music to come together and talk about what they love. Whether you’re into Slipknot, Clario, Tchaikovsky or Mac DeMarco, there’s a place for you at the Fort Gorges Record Club. If you want to listen to some great music you’ve never heard and make some friends along the way, bring an artist, album or a song you think everyone should know about, and we’ll give it a listen! So feel free to swing by the second floor of the Captain’s House every Tuesday at 4:45 for a real rockin’ time!

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ing: the joy of laughter, memories, secrets and nights we will always remember — how lucky we were to have been so close to a person whom others around us had never heard of.

While the hole in many hearts is one that can never be filled by another, the love for Pat will never leave — being blessed to have had him in our lives is beyond an understatement. During the time shared with Pat, we found in him a kind, pure, giving, happy and everlasting friend. Although on this Earth we have physically lost that, in our hearts we know he will forever stay. To the one who always smiled, the friend who always listened and the person we all aspire to be: We love you, we miss you, and you will never be forgotten.

“Those who died yesterday had plans for this morning, and those who died this morning had plans for tonight. Don’t take life for granted. In the blink of an eye, everything can change. So forgive often, and love with all your heart. You may never get to have that chance again.” — Unknown

Campus News Students Create Art Show

By CELINA SIMMONS

Kai Greene, a professional bodybuilder, actor and artist, once said, “In the mind of every artist there is a masterpiece.”

SMCC’s Student Art Club has arranged three weeks to allow students to showcase their own masterpieces for the first time. From Oct. 18 to Nov. 8, students’ artwork will be displayed across the walls of the Captain’s House at the South Portland Campus.

The Art Club intends the first-ever Students Create Art show to be a chance for each student to show their “creative endeavors” to their fellow peers. Every student was sent an email that included details on how to submit their own work to the show. That email brought together online students, commuters and dorming students to collaborate on this event.

Each piece of art on display is unique in its own way. Techniques varied from woodworking to intaglio. Not to mention the

Zak Ringelstein (Continued from Page 1) The planet does not have another second to waste on dirty energy!”

Ringelstein recently joined the Democratic Socialists of America, a move that sets him apart from most Democrats. He says the group’s progressive platform is the reason he joined. “The Democratic Socialists stand for Medicare for all, they stand for raising teacher salaries, they stand for giving workers more power, they stand for saving our planet through a ‘Green New Deal.’” The Issues page on his website includes plans to “Reduce income inequality” and “Make the rich pay their fair share of taxes,” but says nothing about the abolition of capitalism.

Ringelstein shows again that he is far from your average Democrat when we discussed the recent increase in military spending — which 40 Senate Democrats and Angus King voted for.

“What was so disturbing about the $82 billion they added to that budget was that it wasn’t talked about. I didn’t see it on NBC, I didn’t see it on CBS, I didn’t see it on ABC, I didn’t see it on MSNBC, I didn’t see it on Fox News. It is not a talking point. With all that’s going on, adding $82 billion to the military budget is a big deal — it’s the biggest military budget since the Iraq War. Angus King and Susan Collins both voted for that. And I always remind people that for $82 billion we could have tuition-free public colleges.”

As he brought up tuition-free college, I asked what he would do to help the 44 million Americans who collectively hold $1.5 trillion in student-loan debt. “I think I’m the only candidate who’s talking about total loan forgiveness,” he tells me. “It sounds crazy, but we spent $1.9 trillion giving a bunch of money to the ultra wealthy through the tax bill.” He goes on to say that Millennials are buying homes, starting business, and investing in the stock market at lower rates than the previous generation. “The reality is that if they didn’t have the burden of student debt, they would actually have a shot at living the American dream.”

He then brings up ways that people could serve our country to help pay back their student loan debt. “I want to propose different ways to serve our country domestically. Mean-

plentiness of sketches, prints, acrylics and if there would be another Students Cresculpturesques. One student mentioned ate Art show in the future, he responded that what was intriguing to him was the with “Heck yes!” So if you are interested in act of creating something that’s never been sharing your own passion for art in the next created before. showing, keep an eye on those email upThe featured artists had varied years of dates and your work can be on the walls too! experience with creating art. Some shared how they had been sketching or painting pretty much their whole Photo by Tyler Arabia lives, while others said they only had a year or two under their belts. But the experience has no relation to their skills; each student has found a passion, and that passion is evident in their art.

One of the best aspects to art is that there are no boundaries. Once an idea begins, the soul takes over and the outcome can speak louder than words. When the faculty advisor of the Art Club, Chuck Ott, was asked Sculpturesque artwork on display at the Captain’s House

ing like in our national parks, as teachers, as nurses, in different capacities that will also have loan forgiveness components.”

Ringelstein supports a federal jobs guarantee — an idea that has been slowly gaining steam in the Democratic party. “Instead of having an unemployment office, we have an employment office.” He explains that a “jobsfor-all” program will set a standard of wages and benefits that the private sector will have to compete with. “That’s really powerful considering the degradation of unions in the past 50 years or so. Union jobs used to be that standard, that bar, and now there isn’t much of a bar at all and that’s one of the reasons we have poverty wages. And I think that’s criminal.”

As a former public school teacher, Ringelstein supports several policies to improve public education in America. He believes that students have to deal with far too many standardized tests; wants to see higher teacher salaries and lower class sizes; and supports a federal minimum teacher salary of $60,000, with any pay increases left up to individual states.

In June, Ringelstein went to McAllen, Texas, to bring supplies to children who were separated from their parents under the Trump administration’s “zero-tolerance” policy. He was arrested on a charge of criminal trespass and spent a night in jail. The experience was “really intense and showed me just how bad this problem is. I always say we go to war with other countries for less human rights violations.”

If elected in November, Ringelstein will be the youngest serving senator at 32 years old, which is close to half the age of the average senator today (61.8 years). When asked about the pros and cons of that, he says, “I think it’s all an advantage. It’s our future, we need to start to own our future and that’s part of this campaign.”

He doesn’t plan on being a senator for that long. “Twelve years is long enough. And I will stand by that — unlike Susan Collins, who didn’t stand by her commitment.” He believes that career politicians are part of the problem with our current political system. “They stay in office too long, it gets comfy, and they learn to play the game.”

As the interview approached its conclusion, I felt it was important to ask about foreign policy, particularly our government’s close ties to Saudi Arabia. The Saudi government

had recently assassinated a journalist, Jamal Khashoggi, and killed 40 children in a school bus as part of their ongoing bombing campaign in Yemen. When asked if we should continue to be so close to a monarchy that does such horrific things, Ringelstein replied instantly, “No, absolutely not. This is something I have taken issue with Angus King over, because Angus King takes money from Raytheon. The shells that were found from the bomb that killed those children was a Raytheon bomb.”

Every election, people say, “This is the most important election of our lifetime!” But this time it really could be true. Our country is facing serious issues such as economic inequality, climate change and political corruption. Regardless of who you plan to vote for, show up to the polls on Nov. 6 to participate in the first ever ranked-choice election in U.S. Senate history.

For those interested, the Maine rapper Spose is performing a free concert on Oct. 27 to get the vote out for Ringelstein. It is at Fort Allen Park, from 3 to 5 p.m.

Scenes From Midcoast Midcoast student Michael Black had a thrilling moment when he had the opportunity to meet Senator Angus King during a recent Midcoast Career Fair on the 16th. Asides from meeting Senator King, Michael was also able to talked to several perspective employers at the Career Fair.

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of the night. She also has taken minor issue with the lack of some standard conveniences such as desk chairs and a properly functioning heating and cooling system; the air conditioning system in her room seems to be leaving her frigid at times.

The gray area between being dependent and independent is a confusing and unusual time in the lives of many young adults. Living in a building with a conglomeration of near-perfect strangers is an accurate representation of just how strange this period can be. Though moving into a dorm is both a rewarding and trying experience, at the end of the day it teaches us important lessons about how to function properly by ourselves and with the cooperation of others. I’m pleased to hear that the gripes and difficulties for some of the students here seem relatively minute and that living on the campus of Southern Maine Community College appears to be more of an advantage than a hindrance.

Vets’ Corner

By STEPHEN MCCABE II

Hello, brothers and sisters, I am sorry that I didn’t write to you in the last issue, or at least provided some updates on what’s going on inside Veterans Club. The most active of our Veterans on campus find their way to the Veteran Lounge throughout the week, and we catch up that way, but I realize that a large population of our Veterans never come to the Lounge. That’s OK, I promise to continue my efforts in being some kind of voice or friendly guide to all Veterans and Students in general. I will keep working on getting more of our Battle Brothers and Sisters to come by and hang out, introduce themselves. From here on out I will do better for you all, and continue to give SMCC Veterans a voice in the paper,

as well as on the Student Senate. If you haven’t read the article “Behind Open Doors” which I co-wrote with our Student President Leah Parrish, I talk about how the SMCC student government was the last thing I thought I’d get involved with, and now I couldn’t imagine not being a part of it.

Upcoming Events - Meeting with Allen Blackstone, Nov. 1 at 12:30 p.m. in the Veterans Lounge (Captain’s House) - Veterans bake sale/fundraiser, Nov. 13 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at Campus Center long tables

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There is no doubt that computers have changed almost every facet of our modern existence as humans. In a very short time we have moved from a completely analog environment regarding communications and interactions to the present, where almost everything has a digital equivalent or conversion to a digital output. Our relationship with the world has been fundamentally changed. This article will explain some of these changes and identify what is on the horizon in human computer integration I grew up in the mid-’80s, around the time when we saw the first household computers.

I remember the Commodore 64, TRS-180, the first IBMs and Apple IIe. While these computers were novel, they were still quite limited in scope: word processing, databases and simple text-driven games. Despite the limited functionality, early computers hinted at the promise of the future. A revolution of the fundamental human condition and the desire for technology hardwired in all of us was about to be fast-tracked. Enter the GUI. The Graphical User Interface, or GUI, allowed for greater interaction with the computer for the common user. No longer did you

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have to have to be a whiz at the command line using text-based commands to perform tasks with a computer. The GUI allowed for mainstream computer use, creating a functional tool for every individual to use without a steep learning curve.

This is where we have been for about the last 30 years. As with all human evolvement and technological advancement, in the last decade or so, we have started to see a new level of human-computer interaction.

There are several next-level integration systems being developed. There is augmented reality and virtual reality, using cameras and dedicated hardware interfaces to interact with digital media. Brain-machine interfaces, or BMIs, tap even deeper into human-computer integration, essentially making the hardware interface disappear.

BMIs allows for controlling computers and machines with your mind, akin to science-fiction reality. Yet they are not exactly new science. The first research began in the 1970s at the University of California, Los Angeles, focusing on neuroprosthetics and applications that aim to restore damaged hearing, sight and movement. The results of this research have already yielded some great discoveries, but we are just starting to see the emergence of BMIs that are very capable. These devices take advantage of current computing power and emerging technologies.

Elon Musk has recently announced the development of a BMI known as Neuralink. This technology uses a needle to implant a rolledup nano-sized mesh covered with electrodes.

These unravel and attach to your skull, with the ability to convert brain impulses into useful signals. Called Neuralace, initially these devices would focus on brain injuries, with the ultimate goal of allowing users to control and access information. According to Elon Musk, “Without the creation of the Neuralace technology, humans will be unable to keep pace

with the rapid advances in Artificial Intelligence.” He compared humans without this technology to the intellectual equivalent of the house cat.

Another promising emerging technology is Openwater. Openwater is a San Francisco-based startup focused on devising a new generation of imaging technologies featuring high resolution and low costs, enabling medical diagnoses and treatments — and a new era of affordable brain-to-computer communication. This company was founded by the highly credentialed Dr. Mary Lou Jepsen, who has worked as an engineering executive at Facebook, Oculus, Google and Intel, and been a professor at MIT and the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology in Australia. In addition, she has invented over 200 published or issued patents, and has been recognized with many awards, notably appearing in TIME magazine’s influential “Time 100” and CNN’s Top 10 Thinkers.

Dr. Jepsen’s approach to BMIs uses much less invasive techniques than Neuralace to connect the human brain to a computer interface: light — near-infrared light, to be exact.

This approach is based on the premise that light can penetrate the body non-invasively, just like the old campfire trick when you press a bright flashlight against your hand you can see an outline of the bones in your fingers. Openwater systems scan the brain with infrared light using specialized LCD detectors and the ability to focus this light down to the current 100 micron resolution, or the thickness of a human hair. Further advancements in these technologies would increase resolutions to detect individual neurons, which are around 6 microns wide.

This technology would allow us to examine the brain’s neurons and possess information in real time by using a change in the refraction of the neuron to process data. When a neuron is in use, its structure roughens, changing how

21st Century Polio

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Acute flaccid myelitis, also referred to as AFM symptoms can differ in severity and AFM, has many similar symptoms to the range from muscle weakness to complete once formidable polio that left thousands of paralysis. Symptoms include (but are not children paralyzed in the early 20th century. limited to) dizziness; trouble breathing, swalAFM is a rare but potentially severe condition lowing and moving; facial drooping; and slurthat affects the human nervous system. More ring of the speech. Some patients heal rather specifically, it attacks the gray matter in the quickly, while others continue to be in need of spinal cord, causing muscles and ongoing care. Another point to note reflexes to weaken. Confirmed about AFM is that most patients cases of AFM have been rising with confirmed cases are children since 2014, and health officials ages one to eighteen. still have no answer as to why.

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light is reflected. As these systems develop, there are many potential benefits, such as doing surgery without cutting, removing plaque from clogged arteries and delivering localized treatments. The high-resolution imagery would effectively replace expensive MRIs with a device worn on the head like a ski cap.

At the extreme end of this technology, some believe we can change neuron states, ideas, and memories. Delivering information directly to a user will be one of the few things this incredible emerging technology will be able to do. We are already cyborgs in a sense. We are connected to our smartphones, limited only by the bandwidth of the data we can transmit and receive.

With this technology you could dump images from your memory and receive new images and information almost instantaneously. You could think of a new object and immediately create it with a 3D printer. Imagine creating art and music, or even brainstorming new environmental solutions. Wielded correctly, we could address global problems and create incredible solutions.

While incredible advances in AI are happening every day, we really need to be talking about IA, or Intelligence Amplification. Instead of the fear of losing our jobs to AI, we must empower humans with the ability to solve some of the most difficult problems facing our society today. Using AI and technologies like the ones examined in this paper to make ourselves smarter and more creative, we can transform healthcare, education, the environment, space exploration, communication and more… by just thinking about it.

Steven Dube is a member of the Information Technology Senior Capstone Project course and is already working in the tech sector. In his spare time he likes hanging out with family, making art and music, and creating. You can see more of his work at www.stevendube.com

firmed cases of AFM in 16 different states, but an unofficial tally with health officials in 24 states show a total of 85 suspected and confirmed cases.

Officially confirming an acute flaccid myelitis case can take up to a month. That’s because doctors must confirm that the patient’s spinal cord is being affected. Not all states require doctors to report cases of AFM. For example, in South Carolina doctors are not required to report any cases of the condition.

Because of this, health officials will never have an exact count of confirmed cases.

The recent outbreak of AFM in children added to the uncertainty of the condition and may be a cause for concern. Health officials and doctors are working towards extensive research on the condition, but not much progress has been made. Unlike polio, acute flaccid myelitis cannot currently be prevented with a vaccine, nor are there any ways to prevent it, so as of right now, it’s a luck of the draw.

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BY ANONYMOUS

PL oetic ICENSE This week I’m proud to submit more poems from our peers. The weather is turning colder, and sickness stalks us on our late nights. It swept into my house and shook me over the toilet before throwing me on the couch, hot, tired, sweaty and ill-brained. Best wishes as the mid-semester comes coldly. Rest well, drink fluids and keep reading.

Not a Victim Just The Result

By Magella Cantara

A victim, is a person harmed, injured even killed in the event of an accident or crime.

Result, is a consequence, conclusion or outcome.

There’s not much difference in between.

While Mother cried over the sink vomiting up her own misery from the day he arrested her with a wedding ring she is now his victim.

Their only daughter, at 16, peeling off chains down her back the way a tattoo does, is now a result.

An asylum of a dogs jaw getting broken by passing sirens, buried his darkest secrets he believed where hidden in that nightclub Their daughter is tearing between seams of a couch in the living room he tucked her goodnight in.

Mother started to deny his insanity after locked in a crazy house once he held that shotgun at his side.

A rts & Features As always, if you have any poems or prose you’d like to publish in The Beacon, please send them to me at liammwoodworthcook@smccme. Now, dear professors, this goes the same for you! Please submit your work if you have the interest. Also, if you happen to be reading this and know some creative writers and poets, mention that The Beacon is always looking for more work!

This week I present a poem from one of the loudest writers we have, Alex Downing!

I also would like to introduce Magella Cantara joining the submission list.

The way her words repeated like a trained parrot made it hard to see he wasn’t a good man.

After all their daughter was full of pride to call him a father until the day he never held her hand.

Mother couldn’t see through the cloudy breaths of his drug deals in the back woods, couldn’t see he slept with his employees, can’t see he’s a liar, cheater, coward, not even the trophies he kept of all those women in his office beside her wedding picture.

Even though my mother won’t admit she’s under a routine of power, a victim to a crazy man, she still loves in lies.

After all the remarks made too her face out of hatred from my mistakes.

People have said she’s strong when they don’t recognize she is weak.

Too tied to escape.

Mother when you look at me.

Do you see the victim or just a result of your mistakes.

Exploitation

Patience Holds Close

We met under grey suede skies.

I, an unkempt vagabond of a forgotten time, And you, a structured jacket on the shoulder blades of society.

Fragile heart ponders purple departure.

Fragrance coils nostrils a swift scent.

Inscribing forgiveness open sky pelts my forehead.

By Alex Downing

At first, you seemed fair and impartial to my muchness; Like a curious onlooker to an event in which you held no bias.

But I remember the day in the coffee shop downtown.

You told me that my tragedies had become your music.

That my sorrow was enviable in the way good things are enviable.

You said, “You are the type of girl that men write songs about.”

And then you left, without so much as a goodbye, And wrote a song about me.

Empty

By Magella Cantara

A paintbrush continuing its paces Shedding every sad empty thought Painting only empty faces Suffocating pained exquisite traces Spinning becoming distraught A paintbrush continuing its paces A mind continues its embraces Of the unseen words that brought

By Liam Woodworth-Cook

10,000 conversations underbelly of our eye lashes.

Gash in tongue swallow, silence of Winter ferment.

Your anvil heart thawsMy pillows melt with salt healing.

We don’t touch certain words as slumbering nudity Greets yesterday’s clothes.

Here is a whispering bell, A braided blanket, relics uncovered in steeping of spring.

Painting only empty faces Dazed upon flickering fallen graces Sincerely a hand reaches out to be caught A paintbrush continuing its paces A heart suddenly beats to races One empty heart soon to sought Painting only empty faces Binding only looping laces Creating a mystical naught A paintbrush continues its paces Painting only empty faces.

St. Lawrence Arts Earn Your Bachelor’s with UMA Hosts ‘The Curious Incident Transfer your SMCC Credits of the Dog in the Night-Time’

By LIAM WOODWORTH-COOK

There’s a chapel up on Munjoy Hill, right as you crest the steep hill on Congress.

There’s a laundromat with a short Italian man who’s been on the hill 47 years giving you your quarters as you come to the top.

You pass the Hilltop Coffee Shop, a trendy spot to caffeinate and do work. The hill starts its descent to the Eastern Prom, the Atlantic before you. Past Hilltop Coffee there appears to be a small building that looks like it could be a boy-scout’s cabin sunken back from the street. “Munjoy Hill Neighborhood Organization” it reads. Then there’s a little Italian eatery; across the street, a restaurant called the Blue Spoon has tables outside and an inviting sign hanging in the wind.

There’s a Rosemont cafe & bakery; colorful letters and fresh breads poke out.

And now we are on the descent down the hill, my friends. There’s a large stone chapel aside an empty fenced in block of grass. This is the St. Lawrence Arts, host of the Good Theatre. A converted church, it now proudly proclaims a three-part mission. First, to promote and host artistic performance in an affordable and accessible space; be that theatre, music, dance, film, or workshops.

Second, to be a community events space of both Munjoy Hill and Greater Portland. Of course, a community center must go hand in hand with the arts. Art and community are symbiotic hosts. The third mission point of

St. Lawrence Arts is to serve as a hallmark of historic preservation, and the reinventing of such: from church to theatre. St Lawrence is owned and operated by the Friends of St. Lawrence Church, a non-profit.

While this might be a drive from campus, for the rest of October St. Lawrence Arts will be hosting the performance of “The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time”, adapted to the stage by Simon Stephens. If any of you have taken or are currently taking an Intro to Literature class with Professor Ann Boyce, you know this book by Mark Haddon is used in our curriculum. It is a fabulously funny and heartwarming tale of the neurodivergent boy Christopher. He’s a curious savant knowing every country in the world. He hates the colors yellow and brown and doesn’t believe in Heaven because we’d know if dead bodies were being rocketed up into space. When his neighbor’s dog is murdered and he seems to be the culprit, Christopher sets out to find the real killer in his suburban English town. It is a joyous read and while I have yet myself to see the play, the reviews speak of dazzling entertainment.

This play won the 2015 Tony Awards for Best Play. Performance times are Wednesday and Thursday at 7 p.m., Fridays at 7:30 p.m. (all three of these times are $25), Saturdays at 3 and 7:30 p.m., and Sundays at 2 p.m. (weekend shows $32). This play will run weekly until the 28th of October.

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The Beacon ◊ October 23, 2018

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Opinion From the Desk of the Managing Editors

By CELINA SIMMONS AND ZACHARY GUIOD

If you remember from the last issue, our former managing editor, Rebecca Dow, has left the position. Rebecca did such a phenomenal job it will be hard for us to follow in her footsteps, but we’ll try our hardest. Therefore, we’d like to formally introduce ourselves as the new managing editors of The Beacon for this semester.

What’s happening SMCC students! My name is Celina Simmons and I am one half of the managing editing team. I am a second-semester student at this school enrolled in the Communications and New Media Department. I would share with you my plans after school but I am still deciding which direction I want to go in. But I can tell you that I love to write, sing (only in my car), and learn as much as I can about anything and everything — and that I’m thrilled to take on this new position with The Beacon.

Hola mis amigos, my name is Zachary, a.k.a. Zaq with a Q. I’m the other half of the managing editing team. This is my fifth and possibly final semester at SMCC as I will be graduating in December with a liberal arts degree with a focus on political science. After that I have absolutely no idea what I’m going to do with my existence on this blue rock spinning around the sun. But in the present moment I’m excited to be working in this new position for The Beacon.

With everything that’s going on we want to bring up a few points for our fellow students to ponder. As some of you may know, our current president has been accused of sexual assault by 22 different victims. Not only that, our newly appointed Supreme Court justice, Brett Kavanaugh, has three sexual assault accusations. Why is it that white men who come from money and privilege continue to get away with this type of malfeasance? Do you think if President Obama was accused by one woman he would even be elected?

Current Supreme Court justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg once said, “I ask no favor for my sex. All I ask of our brethren is that they take their feet off our necks.”

We believe this quote is a representation of how victims are being treated in these sorts of situations. Women are trying to put their voices out there in a time where the feedback received is not necessarily positive, risking their safety for the greater good. Even still, those in positions of power continue to step on their necks.

The Beacon supports the idea that victims take a stand against such behavior and support the idea of victims reporting transgressions right away when they happen or when they feel comfortable.

Although we cannot count on men of privilege and power to acknowledge the voices of victims, we can stand together and fight to be heard.

Here are resources if you don’t know where to turn for help: Sexual Assault Response Services, So. Portland:1-800-313-9900 Sexual Assault Response Services, Midcoast:1-800-822-5999

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Trump’s Triumphs: The Economy

By LORAINE ACETO

President Donald J. Trump, USA’s 45th president has been winning even more for America ever since he has been elected!

Next to Washington, Reagan and Nixon, he has been one of the best presidents of America! There are numerous mechanisms to provide evidence that Trump has been victoriously winning, but how so? Here are Trump’s triumphs.

According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics website, “The unemployment rate declined to 3.7 percent in September, and total nonfarm payroll employment increased by 134,000.” If we look at the unemployment rate at time of Obama’s presidency, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics government website, it was 10.0 percent in December, 2010! Specifically it was worse for African Americans; the unemployment rate for that ethnic group especially reached 16.1 percent!

On the contrary, Trump has been “Making America Great Again” for all Americans.

The labor force statistics from the current population survey by the BLS provide the following information: Asians ages 65 and over have a 0.9 percent unemployment rate.

Asians ages 35 to 44 and 55 to 64 years have an unemployment rate of 2.1percent unemployment rate. Asians 16 years old and over in general have a 3.3 percent unemployment rate, and Asian Women ages 65 and older have an unemployment rate of 0.6 percent. Asian Women 16 years old and older in general have a 3.1 percent unemployment rate. This finding holds so much hope for “Making America Great Again,” personally for me, and is very near and dear to my heart as an American citizen of mixed Eurasian (Filipino, Scottish, Italian, Spanish, Tibetan) ethnic descent.

One of the many reasons I love America is that we are a nation of immigrants. We are the melting pot of the world. As Americans we all have different ethnic backgrounds, and if the economy is growing for all hard-working Americans regardless of race, I don’t see anything to complain about or say I’m oppressed. Because I’m not treated any different based on the color of my skin by experience, by the data provided, and by any current law. No law says I am not allowed to vote, drive, speak, study, or satisfy my basic desires and needs because of the color of my skin. That would be oppression — the same for any race.

And thank God we don’t have such laws anymore, especially targeting people of color. If we were really oppressed because of our race, only white people would be allowed in America or be allowed to do activities other races couldn’t — but if you look at all Americans, we are not all completely white, so that would be impossible! We would not be here in that case. None of us would.

BLS research shows, in fact, that Asian Men 16 years and older actually hold a higher unemployment rate than women (but still strikingly low), at 3.4 percent.

Near and dear to my heart since I have multiple great friends of color, the unemployment rate among African-Americans is at 6.5 percent. That is less than half now the rate during Obama’s time! Colored women ages 25 years old and older and 25 to 54 years old have reached a 5.4 percent unemployment rate. Things are even better for Americans of color than ever before. Women of color from ages 45 to 54 and 55 to 64 are at a 4.7 percent unemployment rate.

Similarly to Asians, findings show that black men, on the contrary, have a higher unemployment rate at 6.5 percent. Re-

search is shown defeating the myth of the gender wage gap!

The unemployment rate for Latino or Hispanic men 16 years old or older is 3.8 percent. The best part is when Latino or Hispanic Men 45 to 55 years old are polled, they have an unemployment rate of 2.2 percent! Hispanic and Latino people 16 years old or older hold an unemployment rate of 4.5 percent!

And for white people, the unemployment rate holds about the same as for Asians.

Food for thought: That’s equality. Another finding relating to the heroes of America: “Veterans with a service-connected disability had an unemployment rate of 4.3 percent in August 2017,” the Bureau of Labor Statistics states. “In 2017, the unemployment rate of veterans varied across the country, ranging from 1.7 percent in Maine and Vermont to 7.3 percent in Rhode Island.”

According to the World Economic Forum, “The U.S. economy is back on top” — ranked the world’s most competitive economy for the first time since 2008.

Stay tuned for the next Trump’s Triumphs articles two issues from now: Trump calls the U.S. military to close our Southern Border! This will surely ensure a stop to criminal actions like slavery of illegal immigrants, human trafficking, children being sold for abuse, and drugs pouring in. Ultimately it will secure America.

And Trump’s negotiations with the North American Free Trade Agreement will result in Canada treating the U.S. fairly on trade. “U.S.-Canada NAFTA talks resumed Wednesday after the Trump administration threatened to withdraw itself from the 24-year-old trade deal, notifying Congress on Friday of its intention to enter into a trade deal with Mexico,” as Fox News reported in September.

Susan Collins Has Always Been Extreme

By ZACHARY GUIOD

Susan Collins is known as a “moderate Republican” who has served as a check to the president and the right wing in Congress. After her vote to confirm Brett Kavanaugh, people are furious that the “moderate” confirmed such an extreme figure to the Supreme Court. But people who are just now getting angry at Susan Collins are late to the party.

While confirming Kavanagh was an extremely odious vote, according to FiveThirtyEight, Collins has voted with Donald Trump 78.5 percent of the time.

Her voting record is absolutely abysmal.

The tax cuts that give 83 percent of the benefits to the top 1 percent: She voted for them.

Rolling back regulations on big banks that were weak regulations to begin with: She voted for it. Raising the military budget by an additional $82 billion: She voted for it.

She has also voted for most of Trump’s extreme nominations. Susan Collins confirmed Gina Haspel, who oversaw torture during the Bush administration and tried to cover it up, to head the CIA. She voted to confirm white supremacist Jeff Sessions as attorney general. She confirmed Steve Mnuchin, former Goldman Sachs executive, to be the Treasury secretary. While having corporate banksters and torturers in positions of power in the United States is a moderate position, it shouldn’t be. So the Kavanaugh vote is not

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too out of character for Collins. Even so, it is unarguably extreme.

Kavanaugh once argued that a sitting president could not be indicted. He believes that if the president is going to deal with his never-ending tasks, he “should be excused from some of the burdens of ordinary citizenship while serving in office.” Even though he didn’t believe this to be the case when Bill Clinton was being impeached, which is an example of his extreme partisanship. “This is not something I necessarily thought in the 1980s or 1990s. Like many Americans at that time, I believed that the President should be required to shoulder the same obligations that we all carry. But in retrospect, that seems a mistake.” This is basically saying president should be immune to punishment if he breaks the law, which should immediately bar Kavanaugh from being on any court, let alone the highest court in the land. So even if Susan Collins was to ignore the testimony of Dr. Ford, which she did, confirming someone with a philosophy such as the now Justice Kavanaugh’s is extreme.

To put pressure on Susan Collins, activists began a crowdfunding campaign. The campaign description read, “If you fail to stand up for the people of Maine and for Americans across the country, every dollar donated to this campaign will go to your eventual Democratic opponent in 2020. We will get you out of office.” The campaign has raised $3.7

million, and because Collins voted to confirm Kavanaugh it will be donated to her Democratic opponent in 2020. Of course Collins was not pleased with the crowdfunding campaign against her: “This is a classic quid pro quo as defined in our bribery laws. They’re asking me to perform an official act and if I do not do what they want, $2 million plus is going to go to my opponent. I think that if our politics has gotten to the point where people are trying to buy votes and buy positions we’re in a very sad place.”

Okay, Susan. So you believe that over the course of your career General Dynamics has given you $164,400, Blue Cross Blue Shield gave you $89,700 and Goldman Sachs has given $46,050 for the sole reason that they like your personality? Or do they believe that you’re going to vote a certain way if elected, and if they give you money, the chances of you being elected will be greater and the legislation they support will have a higher chance of getting passed? Because if you didn’t vote for the tax cuts that gave so much to the wealthy people and corporations who BRIBE YOU, then many of those corporations and PACs wouldn’t give you money for reelection. Susan, you’ve raised $21 million during your time in politics. You’re taking bribes and if you think otherwise, you’re fooling yourself.

Opinion

Elect Politicians Who Value Community Colleges

By ALEXANDER KENNEDY

With the election just a couple weeks away, many people will be making their final decision on the candidates running for office this year.

Whether you plan to vote Democrat, Republican or third party, it is important to pick candidates who will support our community colleges.

As someone who works and attends classes at SMCC, I want this school to be successful. There are, however, some key reasons why everyone should want our community colleges to be the best they can.

Even if you don’t need a degree to work in your field, most likely there is one that can increase your earning potential. Simply put, people who have some form of postsecondary education earn more money compared to those who don’t.

There is also a nationwide demand for more labor. The economy is doing well and businesses

are hiring. New industries are starting to develop here in Maine, creating a demand for highly skilled labor.

Degree and certificate programs from a community college will help fill this demand at an affordable rate. Maine’s seven community colleges offer the lowest tuition in New England. The Portland Press Herald called the community colleges possibly the “best-kept secret” in higher education in Maine.

If you decide to pursue a bachelor’s degree or graduate program, our community colleges make it easy. Students are able to complete up to 35 credits of general-education requirements and transfer that block of credits, for full credit, to any school in the UMaine system. In fact, around 800 students per year transfer from a Maine community college to a UMaine school.

Enrollment has been decreasing at community colleges, and the people we elect this Novem-

ber will have an affect on this. The Maine Community College System’s funding and budget is approved by the state legislature and the governor. When making your decisions at the polls on Nov. 6, remember to choose candidates who will not only support our funding but help us find ways to increase enrollment.

Derek Langhauser, President of the Maine Community College System, believes there are many things our elected officials can do to help our community colleges.

I sat down with President Langhauser to discuss the challenges our colleges face and what solutions we can implement with the help of our state government.

President Langhauser stressed the importance of strong workforce development. We discussed developing more short-term skills programs for nontraditional students that don’t necessarily adhere to the semester model. This

p.m. (don’t let anyone tell you otherwise). If you live on campus, you can vote at the Boys and Girls Club at 169 Broadway in South Portland or at the Brunswick Junior High School at 65 Columbia Avenue in Brunswick.

What if you’re just here for college and you normally live in a different state? You can either request an absentee ballot to vote in your home town, or you can claim residency here for the purpose of voter registration. What exactly is voter registration? Before you can vote, you have to register so that you’re on the electoral roll (the list of people eligible to vote in your district). If you’ve never registered, you’ll need a valid driver’s license, state ID or social security number, and you have to be at least 17 years old (though you need to be 18 by election day to actually vote). If you’re already registered elsewhere, there’s a space on the voter registration card to provide your old address so you can be removed from that municipality’s electoral roll prior to the election. While it is possible to register to vote on election day, I highly recommend doing it ahead of time in case there’s a problem.

Once you’ve registered to vote and you’re awaiting your absentee ballot or waiting for Nov. 6 to roll around, you should do some research into what exactly you’ll be voting on. Sample ballots can be found on your town’s website, or at your local town office. This is a similar copy of the ballot you’ll receive on election day (or in the mail). For a more informative resource on the candidates and issues at hand, I recommend politically-neutral sites like Ballotpedia. There you can find detailed information about each

candidate and referendum issue, with external links to campaign websites and lots of statistics.

Make yourself familiar with the issues and the candidates so you can make well-thought-out, informed decisions. Ignorance is not an excuse!

Voting typically involves filling in one circle next to a candidate of your choice, or one circle next to a “yes” or a “no,” but this year we’re trying something new in Maine. Ranked-choice (or instant runoff) voting is being implemented for certain seats. Because part of the state constitution implies the governor must be elected by a “plurality,” this system will not apply to the gubernatorial election. For the U.S. Senate and U.S. Representative elections, you will be given a choice to rank the candidates in an order of your choosing. You can vote for any number of candidates, and the highest-ranking candidate of your choice who does not get eliminated by being the least popular will count as your vote. For more information on ranked-choice voting, see the state’s website.

So far I’ve discussed the how of voting, but what about the why? Why should you care who wins an election? Why shouldn’t you just stay home on election day? While it may seem a passive action, abstaining from voting sends a message of complacency to the powers that be. Your apathy tells the leaders of our world to ignore your interests, and to work only for themselves.

Your absence on the electoral roll is not a silence, but a resounding call to the political machine to trample your rights, and to do what it will with your future.

You have no excuses.

wide economic impact of the University of Maine System — a $7.50 return for every State dollar.”

For a cost lower than that of a new Maine high school, Question 4 will do the following: Upgrade (expand, improve) classrooms and labs to provide education/training where “Maine needs workers.”

Numbers will boom of recruiting graduates to be prepared for Maine’s well-paying careers.

The cost of the universities’ footprint will be much less for operating and maintenance.

Best of all, Yes on 4 would “Bring more students, jobs, investments, and opportunities to University campuses and local communities and keep them in Maine”!

According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, in 2018 the U.S. has reached a record low unemployment of 16 years.

The Yes on 4 campaign urges that “with record low unemployment, an aging population and severe shortages expected in jobs requiring

a four-year or advanced degree like teaching and nursing, the time to invest in Maine’s public universities is now.” $25.2 million of the bond will be invested directly in southern Maine to: Build new Student Success & Career Services to excitingly connect USM’s blossoming Portland campus to internships and jobs for students locally; Double the size of USM’s nursing simulation lab, increasing the effectiveness of Maine’s largest nursing school and producing “more nurses to care for our aging friends and neighbors”; Allow the expansion of engineering classrooms and labs, producing more graduates and new technologies right away, “as requested by southern Maine employers and in partnership with UMaine”; Allow more computer programmers and cybersecurity professionals to be trained to protect

No Excuses, Get to the Polls

By CHRIS HEDGPETH

There is a powerful line in Rush’s song “Free Will” that has always resonated with me: “If you choose not to decide, you still have made a choice.” I had always interpreted these words in a philosophical/religious context that gave me a feeling of empowerment as an atheist. It wasn’t until recently that I considered the words of Neil Peart in a political context. Of the estimated 250 million eligible voters in the 2016 general election, less than 140 million actually showed up at the polls. That’s about 110 million people who could have voted but didn’t. Why? Could they not get a ride? Did they consider themselves apolitical? Did they not care? None of them had a legitimate excuse to abstain from voting, and neither do you.

Let’s first consider physical impediments to voting. You don’t have a ride, you can’t get the day off from work, you have classes all day, or maybe being in a crowd of people makes you uncomfortable. In any of these cases, you can easily obtain an absentee ballot in the mail by calling your local city hall or town office as early as three months and up to three business days before election day. You can also request an absentee ballot online through the state’s website.

If you prefer to cast your ballot in person, free or discounted rides are available on election day through public transportation services and private companies like Lyft or Uber. You can also talk to your employer or teacher in advance and let them know you need time off to vote. All polling places in Maine are open from 6 a.m. to 8

Yes on No. 4!

By LORAINE ACETO

All political parties will benefit from voting Yes on Question 4! Nov. 6 is Maine’s time to shine for a vote that will invest in Maine’s future. Ballot measure No. 4 would put out “A $49,000,000 bond issue to be matched by at least $49,000,000 in private and public funds to modernize and improve the facilities and infrastructure of Maine’s public universities in order to expand workforce development capacity and to attract and retain students to strengthen Maine’s economy and future workforce.” It would attract and retain students in the workforce, building our economy.

On the 14th, I had walked up to a “Vote Yes 4 Maine’s Workforce” booth at USM to receive informational papers. According to the papers, cited from Yes 4 Maine’s Workforce website, “Maine relies on the $1.5 billion annual state-

would enable working adults to take courses that increase their knowledge and the value of their labor. In Maine, we have 175,000 working adults with college credit but no degree. These skills programs would make it possible for many of them to complete their degrees.

President Langhauser and I also discussed improving the high school to college pipeline.

Sixty-two percent of Maine high school students attend college right after graduation. This means 38 percent don’t. Improving career and technical education (CTE) programs at our high schools could lead to more students enrolling in college.

President Langhauser said all of this comes down to one question candidates should be asked: Are you willing to fund it?

He told me community colleges are typically not a partisan issue. Republicans love the return on investment they provide. They offer the lowest tuition around while producing students who are better prepared for the work force and helping them find their careers. Our community colleges fuel Maine businesses and help drive a good economy.

Democrats love community college because they provide a helping hand to our citizens regardless of social, economic or racial background. Community colleges are a government-provided opportunity that is proven to help people succeed.

When you go to vote on Nov. 6, please consider each candidate’s views on our community colleges and what they would do to help us achieve our goals.

President Langhauser hopes that the candidates we elect this year will agree with this statement he made when addressing the Maine state legislature on March 2, 2017: “Our students come to us with the fewest of privileges. They don’t want a government service, and they don’t want just a job. They want a career, and they want to earn it for themselves.

Increasingly, they choose to come to us because our programs are local, affordable and they lead promptly to a defined career. They know that our colleges offer them the first, best, and — for many — only chance to stay in, and give back to, the communities where they live, the communities that you represent, the communities that define the very character of our state.

That is the meaning of our work: to provide the essential opportunity to better one’s life through the dignity and prosperity of gainful employment. That meaning runs to the bedrock of our economy. It runs to the vitality of our businesses, cities and towns. And it runs to the moral commitment that a thoughtful government makes to its aspiring people.” the personal and financial information of Maine people and business will be produced; Attract young people from out of state “by improving existing residence halls and other highuse facilities the campus and community depend on, critical to revising the state’s dangerous demographics”; Help transform Portland’s campus in a visionary master plan: performing arts center, student housing and a graduate professional center.

According to the Yes4MainesWorkforce.org paper, paid for and authorized by the Maine Economic Growth Coalition, “Yes 4 Maine’s Workforce provides $12 million in nursing investments to grow enrollment and expand programs into high-need regions of Maine”.

If you vote Yes on Question 4, graduates will be prepared ASAP for the global economy.

Vote Yes on 4!

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SMCC SPORTS The Scene on the Pitch

Both Squads Gear up for YSCC Championships

By THOMAS ENG

The Lady SeaWolves had a great few weeks, crushing each of their three games.

After a 2-0 victory at University of MaineMachias on Saturday the 13th, and a 3-0 victory against CMCC on Tuesday the 16th, the Lady ‘Wolves found themselves on another hot streak. The win in Machias marked a milestone for the Lady SeaWolves, as it was the first time they have won there. They had some real momentum heading into their match with Unity College this past Saturday. As Saturday was Senior Day, that only added fuel to the their fire. They were unstoppable!

After recognizing their seniors and thanking them for all their hard work, the Lady ‘Wolves got to work. Unity could not get ahold of the ball while our Lady ‘Wolves dominated the first few minutes, keeping the ball away from their net and keeping the pressure on until sophomore Callie O’Brien

could capitalize with a great shot sailing over the goal keeper’s head.

The SeaWolves didn’t let up, forcing Unity to play a completely defensive game. Unity started to fight back until freshman Ashley Atwater sniped a shot from half field, scoring her first goal with SMCC. The rest of the half was calm, with Unity pushing back against the dominant force on the field but unable to capitalize.

The second half was like a chess match, players running back and forth trying to figure out how to break through the opposing defense. It wasn’t until the very end of the game, with two minutes on the clock that O’Brien caught the back of the net again with the help of junior Jessica Haskell. This crushing 3-0 shut-out pushed our Lady ‘Wolves to an 11-1 record while Unity stands in the dust with four wins and ten loses.

The SeaWolves will be traveling to Concord, New Hampshire, this coming Saturday (the 27th) to face off against Machias

once again, this time in a YSCC semifinal match.

The men SeaWolves team, while not as dominating as the Lady ‘Wolves, have had none-the-less an impressive few games.

On the 13th they wiped out Machias with a crushing 6-1 victory. Five days later, on Thursday the 18th, they battled it out against CMCC. The game ended with two goose eggs on the big board as neither team could ruffle the back of the net.

The men’s match on Saturday was an entertaining one. The first half of the match was exciting but uneventful. Neither team was able to score, despite SMCC’s eight and Unity’s six shots on goal. Freshman goalkeeper Camden Lebrecque continued to display his dominance on the field, not only saving each shot fired his way, but also protecting the net from a dirty penalty kick.

The second half was slow rolling at first, but the SeaWolves got into their groove, quickly scoring three goals within five min-

utes. Sophomore Yaroslav Philbrook started it off with two stingers that ripped right into the net. Sophomore and defenceman Stephen Brady soared on a free kick into the back of Unity’s goal not 60 seconds later for his first goal of the season. The last 25 minutes were hard fought, but all too similar to the first half, with no more goals scored.

Again, Lebrecque was dominant in the goal box, saving eight shots this game, which brings his total to 104 saves this season resulting in a staggering .819 percentage.

This victory sent our SeaWolves to a 6-5-3 record as Unity’s record fell to 5-9 record.

The men SeaWolves team will also travel to Concord on Saturday the 27th for a YSCC semi-final match with NHTI. The Beacon wishes both squads the best in the tournament.

Photo by Tommy Eng

Photo by Tommy Eng SeaWolf Yaroslav Philbrook leads the SMCC scoring attack in Saturday’s match against Unity College, scoring in the 62nd and 65th minutes of play.

Emily Harris looks to strip the ball away from Unity’s Bailey Holland. Harris also got three shots off, with two being on goal.

Photo by SMCC Athletics and Cassie-Briana Marceau

Health & Wellness Club

O R G A N I Z AT I O N A L

MEETING

Join us on Monday October 29, 1:30 pm + Howe Seminar Room 3rd floor Open to anyone interested in any aspect of health or wellness.

Come for a snack and to help us plan some activities for the year!

Yaya Dunn fights to get control of the ball and advance it up field in Saturday’s action against Unity College. Dunn got three shots off, two of which were on goal.

All majors are welcome!

For more info contact: cbroihier@smccme.edu