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 […]
The Gilded Age
By Ian Ziller Political Science Major Through the 19th century and early 20th there was a period in U.S. political history known as the “Gilded Age,” which was a time marked by […]
Roman Senate vs. the U.S. Congress
By Ian Ziller Political Science Major When we think of democracy we often look back to the Romans, and by the same extension, we think of the Roman senate as being […]
Let’s Talk About Race
By Ashley Berry The Civil Rights Act of 1964 is about 50 years behind us, and we have an African-American President for the first time ever, so does that mean the […]
Detached Together
By Lauren Michelle Communications and New Media Major An oxymoron; if you think about it for a moment maybe life is just that. It seems while everything we do, think and […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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