Noah Williams The current state of the environment is causing many people of the millennial generation to take drastic steps to reduce their environmental impact, but shutting off a few extra […]
Leading Cause of Premature Death Among Good Teachers
Noah Williams Imagine for a moment that you’ve spent at least four to six years of your life becoming an expert in something. Your skill and knowledge has afforded you a […]
Preferred Names Are a Necessity
Juniper White, President of the Rainbow League Many transgender and gender-variant people choose to adopt a name that better reflects their identity. Renaming themselves can be a joyous occasion, the feeling of […]
Voting Retrospective
Alex Serrano At the present time, we at The Beacon do not know who will win the presidential election because our paper is coming out the day of this most important election. […]
Perspective
Brandi Abrams We all have our own personal tragedies; life is perpetually challenging and full of the unknown. It’s hard to live under so much stress, or live impoverished, or deal […]
A Response to Alex Serrano’s “What’s Up With Midcoast?”
Simone Lee-Lynch Serrano writes that the Midcoast Campus in Brunswick is not very well represented by The Beacon due to apathy on the part of the Midcoast Campus students. He states that […]
From the Desk of the Managing Editor
Alex Serrano Hey Beacon Readers, It seems like it’s been a while since we talked. How’s it going? Now that midterms are over for the most part, how about a […]
Referendums: What They Are and How They’re Flawed
Ben Riggleman You’ve probably heard the word referendum quite a bit in the last year. If you don’t know yet, a referendum is when citizens vote directly on a proposal. Earlier […]
The Hijab Incident: A Progressive Male Perspective
Alex Serrano As many of you may know, the week before last, there was an incident. A white, male student on the SMCC South Portland campus pulled the hijab off of […]
What Matters Most
Jack Rollins Menials are being reported as the most apathetic generation of Americans in history. Many of us still live at home, have bachelor’s degrees in Anthropology or English, yet are […]