By Celina Simmons October can be a crazy time of year, especially with people dressed up in costumes everywhere and adjusting to the substantially colder weather. We get to experience a bit […]
The SMCC Beacon
This is a news site, all of the content is written by, and for the SMCC students.
A Running Start to a Cleaner Environment
By Celina Simmons Have you ever gone for a walk or run and while enjoying the nature surroundings, you come across a pile of trash that is sitting, waiting for nobody to […]
There She Is, Miss… Competition?
By Loraine Aceto Miss America has made some major changes to the structure of their pageant… er, competition. A beauty pageant is a competition as well, however, based on judging the physical […]
Brain Candy
By Jacob Darling “What the heck is ‘brain candy’?” I hear some people asking. Well to me, brain candy is any concept or fascinating tidbit of information that my brain finds every […]
Tips & Tricks for a Better You
By Matt Flaherty In order to get the most out of college, students have to put a lot of effort in their studies. In other words, you get what you put into […]
Drug Addicts Are Not ‘Losers’
By Alex Downing I met him on my first day of high school. He sat in the back of his classes and feigned disinterest. Teachers didn’t like him at first because they […]
You Said What… ? Arm Our Teachers?
By Zachary J. Guiod Our current Secretary of Education, Betsy DeVos, is reportedly considering using federal funds that are meant for improving academic achievement for another purpose: to allow states to purchase […]
Trump’s White House: Normalizing Insanity
By Jacob Darling This current administration has made many unprecedented things part of our day-to-day as Americans. Everything from banning entire groups of people from entering the country, to threatening North Korea […]
Janet Mills: Not a Constitutionalist
By Loraine Aceto Janet Mills, American lawyer and liberal Democratic politician, was selected to be the Democratic candidate in the June primary election. Mills is running for Maine governor in the upcoming […]