By Garrick Hoffman

Opinions and Editorials Section Editor

If you’re an illustrator, keep reading. If you’re not, keep reading anyway.
Illustrators play a prominent role for The Beacon and other newspapers, and always have. From N.C. Wyeth to Norman Rockwell, newspaper illustrators in both the past and present have created noteworthy reputations for themselves. In fact, The Beacon has a superb history that boasts a multitude of skilled artists, and you could be a part of that history. If you delight in drawing, painting, or even graffiti (we won’t tell on you), consider contributing to your student newspaper. This could be in the form of column-related drawings, in which you would draw something that pertains to a writer’s article; it could be in the form of political cartoons; it could even be in the form of advertisement drawings. But the boundaries don’t end there; in contributing to The Beacon, you still have an artist’s freedom. Shoot an email to the address listed on the front page for inquiries!

Our newspaper is still working on speakers for its Beacon Speaks series. We have invited Beacon founder Benjamin Hilton to speak before the college, serving as the first guest to open the series if this event materializes. We’ll keep you updated on this one. There are a few other names being thrown around, all of which would be enough to spark some interest throughout the campus; maybe even more so than last semester’s Snoop Dogg news story.
And in speaking of guests on campus, The Beacon just conducted an interview with gubernatorial candidate Eliot Cutler, the Independent in this year’s race, on Friday, the third of this month. Unfortunately, we’re going to have to subject you to a cliffhanger on this one. The full interview will be featured in the October 23 issue.

The Beacon meets every Tuesday night at 6:15 P.M. in the Captain’s House. It is open to everybody, even those who don’t seek to make any solidified commitments right away. Feel free to pop in if you’d like to find out what we’re all about!