Illaria Dana Education Major The honors program will make a triumphant return to SMCC after being suspended three years ago. Eben Miller will act as the coordinator for the honors program. He emphasized […]
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Taking Care of Business
Sixteen SMCC Business Club members traveled to New York City from April 21st to April 24th to tour Wall Street, the NY Finance Museum, Trump Towers, 9/11 Memorial, Central Park and many other iconic NYC landmarks. Business Club […]
POETIC LISCENCE
Laura Leighton Business Administration Major She’s Sancerre in the glass on an oak table, I am the bottle. She’s the fine linen folded Next to the ancient spread. I am wisteria growing […]
GREEN ROOM: Claustrophobic, Cancerous, Cantankerous
Alex Serrano Communications & New Media Major For five twenty-something year-olds, life just got a lot worse. The band, touring as the Ain’t Rights, has been down on its luck. Siphoning gas, crashing with a college-radio punk, […]
Emerge Excites in Maine
Ness Hutchins Communications & New Media Major The Emerge Film Festival is an annual four day festival held in Lewiston/ Auburn that highlights independent movies from Maine, the United States, and the world. This was […]
Congratulations MCCS Students of the Year
The Beacon Staff The final month of the semester wa welcomed a few days early as recipients of the 26th annual Student of the Year & John H. Lapoint Leadership Awards. The recognition ceremony was held […]
SMCC to the TPC
Gio DIfazio In 2011 Tommy Stirling and The SMCC Golf Team, placed SMCC in the national spotlight by winning numerous tournaments and finishing two golfers among the top five in the […]
Baseball and Softball Stay Hungry
With less than three weeks to go in the spring semester, the softball and baseball teams are rounding third base and heading for home plate ending their fall and spring seasons. Arms […]
Transcending the Perfunctory: Portlanders Philosophize Together
Evelyn Waugh Physics Major After entering Portland Public Library, climbing the towering staircase, and finding the ‘Portland Room,’ one is immersed in an atmosphere of scholasticism. A large table sits at […]
Tech Talk: GIMP Your Image Manipulation Program
Nicholas Small GIMP is an image manipulation program. If you are unfamiliar with the term “image manipulation” you might know it better as “Photoshop”. Photoshop was one of the first and […]
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