By Rebecca D. Salutations, This is your friendly human “Bean,” Rebecca Dow. It’s my pleasure to make your acquaintance as managing editor for The Beacon this fall. To give a little backstory […]
Stop Calling Asylum Seekers ‘Illegal Immigrants’
By Zachary J. Guiod Immigration is something that is talked about very often in America. Many people feel that it is one of the core problems facing our country and believe that […]
Political Reasoning for College Students
By Loraine Aceto Award shows such as the Emmys and Oscars are so political nowadays. Isn’t politics redundant and not relevant to the purpose of award shows being entertainment, cinematography and movies? […]
Spring Point Hall Is Back!
By Zachary J. Guiod It must have been a difficult start to the year for many students who were living in a hotel or in Surfsite when they expected to be chilling […]
Prisoners Across The Country Strike For Humane Treatment
By Zachary J. Guiod, Political Science Although you may not know it, Sunday marked the end of one of the largest prison strikes in American history. Instead of going to cook in […]
Volunteerism
By Sheri Bell This past spring, I had the pleasure of attending the Scarborough Public Safety Annual Recognition Ceremony. It just so happens they were honoring my father-in law for 60 years […]
From the Desk of the Managing Editor
By Troy Hudson As my time at SMCC draws to a close this semester, I find myself marveling at how far I’ve come since my very first class in 2016, History of […]
A Case for Consequentialism
By Sarah Farrugia They say if you buy your pregnancy test at a dollar store, you probably aren’t ready to have a baby. Not really, but they should. The dollar-store test was […]
Solutions for Global Wealth Inequality
By Zachary J. Guiod In this article I would like to focus on ways to fix the egregious level of global wealth inequality. It would be impossible to do this without calling […]
#MeToo and Male Power
By Tina Teall The #MeToo movement and revelations about sexual misconduct from several high-profile men have shown the country and the world how prevalent our culture of male power really is. I […]
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