By Garrick Hoffman Liberal Arts Major For decades, mainstream news media has continuously proven to be a red herring. Often a dubious, deceptive distraction, the news typically serves as more of fodder […]
Why we needed “Last week tonight”
Colorless
By Dan-Herley Mathieu Let me reveal a secret that will change how we perceive the world forever and ever. It’s really hard not to be a writer when one is a thinker […]
The Deadly Styrofoam
By Ashley Berry Recently, Colgate University’s Student Government Association banned the use of Styrofoam on their campus. They did this by changing the bylaws that governed their Budget Allocation Committee. Specifically, they […]
Money in Politics
By Ian Ziller Political Science Major The money in politics is a big problem. For example, the Koch brothers (two billionaires with strong conservative ideology) plan to spend $900k or more in […]
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The Anti-Vaccination Movement is its Own Worst Enemy
By Will Craig Part Time Student Out of the host of anti-establishment conspiracy theories that is unfortunately common amongst those less inclined to formal logic comes the Oedipal beauty of the anti-vax, […]
Creationism in the Classroom …and its implications
By Garrick Hoffman Liberal Arts Major If you subscribe to the separation of church and state, it’s likely you’ll be disappointed to learn that many – not some, but many – schools […]
Why 2014 was the year that we should have turned “LePage”
By Ashley Berry Liberal Arts – Political Science The year 2014 brought the State of Maine the opportunity for a fresh start, by removing a governor who cares more about businesses than […]
Awards
Leader of the Pack Students, faculty, and staff are encouraged to nominate qualified Southern Maine Community College students to be recognized by the Center for Student Involvement and Leadership’s Leader of the […]
The Keystone XL Pipeline: Why the Environment Should be our No. 1 Concern
By Ashley Berry “Because if you haven’t seen a raise in a decade; if your house is still twenty-five thousand, thirty thousand dollars under water; if you’re just happy that you’ve still […]
The SMCC Beacon 