By A.S. Kinsmen Everyone remembers when Obama took a selfie at the funeral of Nelson Mandela a few months ago. It was rude, it was crass, and it was, above all, disrespectful. […]
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Poetic License
by Patrick Doyle stFor the first time in Poetic License history, a featured instead of one of my own. This is not to account for any laziness or writer’s block on my […]
Deborah Klotz: Traces at the Maine Jewish Museum
By Jennifer Connor Walking into Deborah Klotz’s recent show at the Maine Jewish Museum on Congress Street in Portland was like taking in a breath of fresh air. The light and energy […]
Radiology Program Acquires Essential Learning Tool.
Garrick Hoffman At the SMCC Mid-coast campus in Brunswick, there sits a GE Proteus x-ray unit with a value in the ballpark of $50,000 – $80,000. Manufactured in 2007, the machine provides […]
American College Theater Festival Welcomes the Cliffhangers, SMCC’s Theater Club
#eyeopening #soulsearching #castbonding By Dierdree Glassford, SMCC Theater Club Director Two months, a ton of paperwork, and an endless amount of excitement later, SMCC’s Theater Club, The Cliffhangers, finally made their first […]
From The Vista Volunteer Desk
By Madelyn Holm In the United States, public education has stood physically and philosophically apart from the community and society in which it serves. Maintaining a divide between schools and communities is […]
Proposed Campus Center Café
By Jennifer Lague Has anyone noticed that there is currently not really much food to choose from on campus and a long line at the snack bar? Well, in a couple of […]
Campus Exposed
By Garrick Hoffman Hey there strangers! My name is Garrick and I’m happy to return to the keyboard on behalf of The Beacon. In 2012 I was a regular contributing writer, and […]
Alpha Chi Nu: Taking on the Nu Year
Alpha Chi Nu, SMCC’s Phi Theta Kappa Chapter, is in full swing this Spring and we hope everyone is having a great start to their semester! If you are a student with […]
Shedding Light on Child Welfare Services
By Tiffany Crockett Louise Boisvert, the Assistant Program Administrator of Child Welfare Services within the DHHS (Department of Health and Human Services) came and shared her experience and wisdom with our school […]
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