By Jessica Spoto The last poem for this year’s Poetic License comes to The Beacon from Rebecca Dow. Last week Rebecca read her piece to me while we shared a few moments […]
Vintage Era
By Jessica Spoto Ever go into those vintage clothing stores in downtown Portland, but you just never seem to know what era the clothes you are buying are from? Well, there are […]
On Display in the Learning Commons
By Paul Moosmann Painting has been part of the human experience since the ancient days of the cavemen. While we may have moved from pigment on rock to pigment on paper […]
How Do I Find the Perfect Career for Me?
By Zach Drew Ultimately, that is what we are all here for, right? Each of us is making that personal investment in skill and knowledge building so that we too can join […]
Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, I’ll admit, until my teacher told the class to spend a few minutes reading The Beacon, I had never picked one up before. First impressions were good, however there are […]
Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, I would like to tell you that your work on the newspaper The Beacon is well done. The articles are well placed, well organized, and have fairly decent headlines. The […]
The Editor’s Response
By Alex Serrano First of all, thank you very much for your critiques! Every year we get a couple of letters from Huey Coleman’s “Intro to Mass Communications” class, and they certainly help […]
From the Desk of the Managing Editor
By Alex Serrano Life at college, it would seem, is defined by what you choose to get involved in. Clubs. Work. Different social groups we find ourselves in, and who we choose to […]
Dealing With a Breakup
By Jessica Spoto Dealing with breakups can be hard, especially when you love the person. If you broke it off, there must have been a reason, and honestly, you might regret that. […]
A Hunger That Will Not Go Away
By Oguzhan Ozkan Everything we do is to gain more of something: money, respect, sex, serenity, fame or ice-cream. In our tiny little self-universe, most of us limit ourselves to humble achievements, […]
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