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 […]
A Stand for Fast Food Farmers
By Ashley Berry On March 22nd, in St. Petersburg Florida, the Coalition for Immokalee Workers announced to the crowd at the Concert for Fair Food that the Coalition, alongside students from across […]
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 […]
Metal, Melody & Me
By Garrick Hoffman Liberal Arts Major Art is an inherently subjective form. What you hate, I may love. What I love, you may despise. I absolutely love metal music. With three brothers […]
Metal up your Ass, Part 3
A Five-Part Review of Metallica’s Earliest Albums By Garrick Hoffman Liberal Arts Major Master of Puppets If Ride the Lightning was an evolution of Kill Em All, Master of Puppets proved to be twice […]
Marin on Movies
Marin on Movies Liberal Studies/English Major “Gone Girl” (Give ‘er FOUR AND A HALF STARS) If Valentine’s Day had you feeling down in the dumps for being a lonely, unlovable S.O.B, I […]
Why we needed “Last week tonight”
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 2014 Was The Year We Should Have Turned “LePage”
By Ashley Berry Governor Paul LePage has drafted a Tax Reform Plan that would eliminate revenue sharing for municipalities, increase sales tax, decrease income tax and cut corporate taxes. The elimination of […]
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