By Garrick Hoffman Liberal Arts Album of the issue: Metallica, aka “The Black Album” (1991) One of Metallica’s most controversial albums, Metallica exploded on the charts, and has now been certified sixteen […]
Metal Up Yr Ass: The Final Edition
Maine’s Gun Control Should Not be Lessened
By Ashley Berry Political Science Major Sandy Hook, Virginia Tech, Columbine, Aurora, and the list goes on. Everyone knows those names because they carry such immense weight. They are not just names […]
We Are Not Failures
By Ashley Berry Liberal Arts Major Governor LePage, please hear us, the Maine Community College System is not a failure. If there is a failure it is your policy of flat funding […]
Hoffman on Hollywood
“Lost in Translation” By Garrick Hoffman Liberal Arts Major “So what are you doing here?” Charlotte asks. “Taking a break from my wife, forgetting my son’s birthday, and getting paid $2 million […]
Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor of The Beacon, I am writing in regards to the article [i]Surfsite Exposed: Inside SMCC’s Dirtiest Dorm[i] in volume twelve, issue eleven of The Beacon. In my opinion this […]
Fat Plus-Sized Fallacies: The Flaws of the Fat-Friendly Media and Movements
By Garrick Hoffman Liberal Arts Major Many of us are becoming disillusioned to how the media both continually and criminally portrays women: they’re almost invariably thin – too thin – and alarmingly […]
Art and Culture Class
Aboriginal Australian Paintings Teacher: Mary Hart These paintings were inspired by our study of Australian Aboriginal culture, one of the oldest continuous cultures in the world. They are based on the idea […]
“Get Hard”: Ellsmere BBQ and Wood Grill
By Nicholas James Miller If there’s one thing I’m certain I always will be, it is an extreme cheapskate. Now, I almost never am willing to pay the ten dollars required to […]
Poetic License
By Patrick Doyle Liberal Arts – English Major Poems about internet videos should exist more. ‘Fail videos’ are little bits of time captured that make us either go “eek!” “ahhh!!!” or “haha.” […]
Metal Up Yr Ass, Part 4: A 5-Part Review of Metallica’s ‘80s Albums
By Garrick Hoffman and Patrick Doyle Liberal Arts and Liberal Arts – English Majors Review of the Issue: …And Justice For All (1988) Garrick: My second-least-visited ‘Tallica album of their […]
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