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Attention Windows Users! and Smart Watches
Attention Windows Users! By Matt Mizrahi Looking for a simple and FREE solution to increase your computer’s performance? This article will discuss the benefits of Glary Utilities. This free download, available […]
The Student Dilemma Part 2: Interview Ingenuity
By Rebekah Marin Liberal Studies/English Major In last week’s Student Dilemma column we examined the difficulties associated with choosing a field of study. As students, once that decision has been made, […]
April: A Monumental Month
By Garrick Hoffman Liberal Arts Major April seems like it’s teeming with significant historical events, birthdays…and tragedies. Every time it rolls around, my brain begins the slow process of exploding as […]
Fat Plus-Sized Fallacies: The Flaws of the Fat-Friendly Media and Movements
By Garrick Hoffman Liberal Arts Major Many of us are becoming disillusioned to how the media both continually and criminally portrays women: they’re almost invariably thin – too thin – and alarmingly […]
Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor of The Beacon, I am writing in regards to the article [i]Surfsite Exposed: Inside SMCC’s Dirtiest Dorm[i] in volume twelve, issue eleven of The Beacon. In my opinion this […]
Detached Together
By Lauren Michelle Communications and New Media Major An oxymoron; if you think about it for a moment maybe life is just that. It seems while everything we do, think and […]
Let’s Talk About Race
By Ashley Berry The Civil Rights Act of 1964 is about 50 years behind us, and we have an African-American President for the first time ever, so does that mean the […]
Roman Senate vs. the U.S. Congress
By Ian Ziller Political Science Major When we think of democracy we often look back to the Romans, and by the same extension, we think of the Roman senate as being […]