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A weekend in Maine's North Woods teaches lessons beyond survival

Woman versus Wild
Tim Smith doesn't think the apocalypse is coming. He's not into high-tech gadgets or high-drama, made-for-TV survival situations.
By: DEIRDRE FULTON  |  February 10, 2012

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Spot the winterized queer!

Out in Maine
It's winter-time.
By: KATIE DIAMOND  |  December 14, 2011

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You know you need it

If you’re reading this, you’re the 99 percent. Here’s what people should get you — and what you should get all your friends.
There are a lot of things that the 99 percent need.
By: JEFF INGLIS  |  December 07, 2011

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Voices carry

Marty hears things that aren't there. Doctors say she's schizophrenic. A new movement says she's just human.
She can hear a baby crying. She searches the house, each cluttered room, the closets, under the bed. She checks the cupboards. She checks behind the shower curtains. There is no baby.
By: S.I. ROSENBAUM  |  October 21, 2011

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On carpentry and college

Finding reward - and real learning - in the ivory tower
Age 30, I quit the Phoenix and ended up with a job as an apprentice to a carpenter. Sawing, chiseling, hammering, nail-gunning, tiling, sanding, slotting, framing, hauling, measuring, and sweeping are less obvious outcomes of an undergraduate career in the liberal arts. College, in strange and unexpected ways, prepared me for this sort of work. And in others, did not prepare me at all.
By: NINA MACLAUGHLIN  |  October 20, 2011

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Portland Student Survival Guide 2011

How to get through your first year of college without panicking
How to get through your first year of college without panicking
By: PHOENIX STAFF  |  August 31, 2011

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Can a single woman peacefully co-exist with schlubby bachelor roommates? Absolutely!

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Wait — you're living with guys? Don't you know they're filthy creatures who don't clean up after themselves and leave a trail of Doritos everywhere they go?!
By: ASHLEY RIGAZIO  |  August 31, 2011

Don't sweat your major — you'll probably change your mind anyway

Throwing it all away
Chances are that two of you have no friggin' idea what you want to do with your lives, and the one of you who does will change his or her mind by age 25.
By: ASHLEY RIGAZIO  |  August 31, 2011

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The biochemical issue

My on- and off-campus struggle with a cognitive curveball
No matter what you're struggling with, take the initiative and get help.
By: DEMETRIUS BURNS  |  August 31, 2011

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Wizard Justice

Harry Potter fans are fighting the forces of evil. No, for real.
Andrew Slack is the co-founder and executive director of the Harry Potter Alliance (HPA), a globe-spanning nonprofit that draws parallels between the Potter books and real-world problems to get young people engaged in social justice.
By: STEVE MILLER  |  July 19, 2011

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Best. Summer. Ever.

New England's Best Summer Guide
New England's Best Summer Guide
By: PHOENIX STAFF  |  June 16, 2011

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Higher education, with joint enrollment

Summer school
When he's teaching pot-growing classes at places like the Ramada convention center in Saco, Ray Logan doesn't use actual marijuana plants for demonstration — he substitutes basil or pepper plants, whatever's available that day from High Tech Garden Supply.
By: DEIRDRE FULTON  |  June 15, 2011

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Wanna get away?

Maine retreats offer a chance to recharge and reconnect — with yourself, your partner, or the spiritual world
Believe it or not, there are some people who seek to "get" something out of their vacations beyond a sunburn and a souvenir mug.
By: DEIRDRE FULTON  |  June 15, 2011

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The secret history of the claw machine

Mark of the claw
You can find them next to the Kiddie Room at Funspot in Laconia, NH; in the dark depths of the Dream Machine Arcade in the Walpole Mall; and 24 hours a day in the Boston Bowl Game Room.
By: ALEC ERNEST  |  June 10, 2011

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Photos: Best.Summer.Ever.

Photographer Mike Pecci and crew shot an inspired collection of photos to accompany The Boston Phoenix Summer Guide.
Photographer Mike Pecci and crew shot an inspired collection of photos to accompany The Boston Phoenix Summer Guide.
By: MIKE PECCI  |  June 13, 2011

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Gamers gather for retro glory in New Hampshire

Cathode-ray dreams
A person prone to dumbass assumptions might have confused this past weekend's 13th annual International Classic Video Game Tournament with a four-day-long exercise in retro-fetishism.
By: BARRY THOMPSON  |  June 10, 2011

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Curating cassette culture

People just don't listen to music like they used to
For all practical terms, the tape should be an artifact. But over the last few years, a rash of independent labels in Maine are slowly adopting the cassette as their preferred medium.
By: NICHOLAS SCHROEDER  |  May 12, 2011

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A woman takes charge and learns the art of the best defense

Going on offense
When the first attacker grabbed my wrist; I hammer-fisted his forearm and issued a sweep-kick to his groin.
By: DEIRDRE FULTON  |  April 27, 2011

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Does this book make me look smart?

Somervillian mocks the cult of David Foster Wallace with Tumblr-tastic 'People Holding Infinite Jest'
The first and only complete passage of Infinite Jest Chris Braiotta ever read was tattooed on somebody's calf.
By: EUGENIA WILLIAMSON  |  April 13, 2011

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A look at Portland's graffiti history

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Back in the early '90s, Eli Cayer had just finished art school in Boston and headed to Maine, where he continued creating street art.
By: JEFF INGLIS  |  April 05, 2011
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