Events
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 […]
By Garrick Hoffman Liberal Arts Major “Jobs” and “economy” are words that, despite their degree of truthfulness and merit, have essentially become thought-terminating clichés, and no one seems to use these words […]
By Nick Miller Communications & New Media Major In an all-ditch effort to make a zombie game that stands out form the rest, Warner Brothers and partner Techland have worked together to […]
FitzsimmonsLetter
By Garrick Hoffman Liberal Arts Major “Sugar. It’s in everything!” These are the laconic words in the description of an episode of Last Week Tonight with John Oliver, posted on YouTube. According […]
By Ian Ziller Liberal Arts – Political Science Major Last week the President had his State of the Union address before Congress. The speech tackled the many issues that the President wished […]
By Ashley Berry Liberal Studies – Political Science Community colleges are life rafts in the savage and tumultuous sea that is the job market. The appeal of higher education reaches not only […]
The Beacon encourages letters from students, faculty and staff about campus, commentary about the newspaper, and more. All leters may be printed in anonymity if desired, but the sender must be identifiable […]
Beacon Editorial Staff Feeling frustrated by John Fitszsimmons, the President of the Maine Community College System (MCCS), Governor Paul LePage demanded that the system’s trustees ensure Fitszsimmons’s resignation. If the trustees did […]
By Ashley Berry SMCC Student Our prison system is one of the largest in the world, incarcerating roughly 25% of the world’s prisoners. This number is especially monstrous when one considers that […]
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