Dear Editor, I’ll admit, until my teacher told the class to spend a few minutes reading The Beacon, I had never picked one up before. First impressions were good, however there are […]
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Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, I would like to tell you that your work on the newspaper The Beacon is well done. The articles are well placed, well organized, and have fairly decent headlines. The […]
The Editor’s Response
By Alex Serrano First of all, thank you very much for your critiques! Every year we get a couple of letters from Huey Coleman’s “Intro to Mass Communications” class, and they certainly help […]
From the Desk of the Managing Editor
By Alex Serrano Life at college, it would seem, is defined by what you choose to get involved in. Clubs. Work. Different social groups we find ourselves in, and who we choose to […]
Dealing With a Breakup
By Jessica Spoto Dealing with breakups can be hard, especially when you love the person. If you broke it off, there must have been a reason, and honestly, you might regret that. […]
A Hunger That Will Not Go Away
By Oguzhan Ozkan Everything we do is to gain more of something: money, respect, sex, serenity, fame or ice-cream. In our tiny little self-universe, most of us limit ourselves to humble achievements, […]
Club Spotlight: The SPLC at SMCC
By Alex Serrano The Southern Poverty Law Center, a nonprofit legal-advocacy group focused on civil rights, has many chapters across America. So after hosting a screening and discussion of “13th,” a deep-dive […]
A Liberal’s Guide to Getting Involved Again
By Ben Riggleman If you’re like me, you haven’t been feeling too politicized lately. It’s been over three months since President Trump took office. At first, you felt a sense of urgency. […]
The Director’s Profile: David Durston
By Ryan Marshall At first glance, David Durston hardly appears to be the most likely candidate to have directed one of the most genuinely transgressive and memorable horror films of the […]