By The Business Club On Saturday, March 10, a generous group of SMCC Business Club students volunteered at Portland’s Ronald McDonald House to make and serve breakfast to families in need of […]
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Lockdown Drill Raises More Questions Than Answers
By Troy Hudson On Monday, March 5, at 12:56 p.m., all SMCC students, faculty and staff received notifications via text message, email and computer-screen alert that the College was experiencing a lockdown […]
Getting to Know Your Student Government
By Liam Higgins The position of vice president of the SMCC Student Senate has been held by Mariam Jabbar since Jan. 23, 2018. From Iraq and currently in her second year at […]
What is P2G?
By Rebecca Dow Path 2 Graduation (P2G) is a program offered at SMCC that aims to guide and aid students during their time attending, primarily during their first year by providing support […]
Global Wealth Inequality And Its Consequences
By Zachary Guiod We, as a society, rarely question or dis- cuss global poverty and wealth inequality. We know that there are poor countries and poor people; and anyone, who has ever […]
Free Will
By Alicia Brosseau In “Consider Ethics” (2011), Bruce Waller writes, “We are not entirely self-made and self-chosen — our desires, affections, and inclinations are the product of our genetic and conditioning histories […]
The Beacon Goes on Spring Break
By Daniele Amandolini I haven’t lived in the US for a long time, and I’m constantly learning and experiencing new bits of American culture. As school in Europe has a vastly different […]
The Disgraceful Purple P
By LaRene Wentworth Strange as it may seem, plagiarism hasn’t always been viewed as a no-no. There was a time in history when it was encouraged to copy the masters. The great […]