By Illaria Dana, Education Major The other day I was thinking about how people always talk about the weather. I used to see this as small talk. I did not connect my feelings of […]
Seeing the Unseen: An ASTEP Photo Series
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Seawolves Open 2015-16 H Season with 2 Impressive Wins. Wolves get better of Penn State University Greater Alleghany
By The Beacon Sports Staff As the fall season lingers with a welcomed extended stay in Southern Maine, the SMCC women’s and men’s basketball teams opened the season on Saturday against Penn State University […]
The Seawolve Watch: YSCC Honors 5 Soccer Players: Women’s and Men’s Team Members Named All Conference
By The Beacon Sports Staff While the SMCC soccer teams aspirations for stellar seasons may have fallen short somewhat, there remains plenty to be proud of as five Seawolves soccer players were […]
Tech Talk: How to Automatically Keep Your Browser Plugins Updated
So you sit down at your computer and down in the corner of your screen, Java is nagging you to update it again. You went through this last week, but you click […]
Tech Talk: F.lux
F.lux is a free application that alters the color temperature of your screen from a bright, beaming blue to a calm, relaxing reddish hue. This application was created by both Michael and Lorna […]
Tech Talk: Don’t Fear the Penguin
How a Linux Live CD Could Help You in a Pinch. So: first week of the new semester and your computer decides to take a dump. You boot it up, a vague error […]
Portland Minimum Wage Referendum Shot Down
Illaria Dana, Education Major The Portland Minimum Wage Referendum that sought to increase the minimum wage from ten dollars per hour to fifteen dollars per hour was voted down on Tuesday, November Third. Advocates […]
Lock Them Up, Throw Away the Key? How the Maine Corrections Department is Slighting Rights of Prisoners and Self-Betterment Efforts of Addicts
By Illaria Dana, Education Major The Maine Corrections Department is proposing to amend the conduct policies for inmates. According to the Portland Press Herald, “The proposed rules mostly seek to amend existing policies for adult […]
Education is Freedom
By Ashley Berry, Political Science Major “‘Let us pick up our books and our pens,’ I said. ‘They are our most powerful weapons. One child, one teacher, one book and one pen can change […]
Even War Has Rules
By Ashley Berry On the morning of October 3rd, 2015, an American AC-130 gunship started a relentless aerial attack on the Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF), hospital in Kunduz, Afghanistan. The attacks started at 2:00 […]
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