By Lloyd Metcalf What if you could do exactly what you loved? For this round of “What If” I hope our readers will allow me to an opportunity to relate a bit […]
Drone Ethics
By Erik Squire There are multiple ethical issues that arise with the United States’ use of drone warfare in the Middle East; two such issues which readily come to mind are extrajudicial […]
Wealth Inequality: Part 2
By Zachary Guiod The two regions with the most people living in extreme poverty are Sub-Saharan Africa and Southern Asia. In Southern Asia, 30 million children have no access to education to […]
Defining Morality
By Kamal Karimi I believe that there is no accurate way to determine what is moral and what is not. Beliefs are different from person to person; one person may be less […]
Meet Randa Jarrar
By Gio DiFazio Say what you want about the political climate in this country over the lasts 20 years, Barbara Bush had an impact on millions of young lives. Unfortunately, for millenials, […]
From the Desk of the Managing Editor
By Troy Hudson On Saturday, April 21, close to twenty people attended SMCC’s Community Garden Cleanup Day, which you can read about on the front page. I was among them, despite having […]
With Great (Photoshop) Skills Come Great Responsibility
By Daniele Amandolini I joined SMCC less than a year ago, specifically the Communications and New Media program, with the intent of learning everything about graphic and visual design. Just like many […]
Imagine Your Teacher Naked for a Moment
By Gio DiFazio Saul Levine, a film instructor at Massachusetts College of Art and Design, was terminated after showing a film to his senior thesis class that included intimate shots of him […]
From the Beacon Adviser’s Keyboard: Tell us your stories
As the 2018 spring semester heads into its final month, this adviser thought it a wonderful idea to reach out to the SMCC student population on both campuses and share a few […]
Facebook’s Thin Line: Is This the New Normal?
By Troy Hudson When Facebook announced last month that personal data from approximately 50 million users had been scraped by data firm Cambridge Analytica, that number was so staggeringly large that it […]