• Checking in with the Beacon Staff Astrologist

    By Celina Simmons The past few months have been insanely hectic to say the least, and that’s all thanks to the crazy cosmic energy that has been thrown at us. We’ve survived retrograding planets, eclipses, and Super Moons, one right after the next. The good news: the Universe is giving us time to heal from… Read more

  • She was their only hope… the passing of Beijing

    By Tyler Arabia In a southern China zoo last week, one of the world’s most endangered and rarest turtle species has suffered a great loss when the turtle Beijing died. Beijing was the last known female Yangtze Giant Softshell turtle left in the world. In 2015, scientists announced that they were going to try and… Read more

  • Student Leadership Awards

    By Meghan Lessard On Monday, April 29, the Center for Student involvement held their sixth annual Student Leadership Awards, which were previously known as the CeSIL awards. CeSIL helps students become more involved in events on campus and they hold these awards to recognize students who are leaders within the SMCC community. The Awards began… Read more

  • Apohadion Theater

    By Liam Woodworth-Cook The Apohadion Theater is a small basement like venue on Hanover Street in Portland. Across the street of the looming Bayside Bowl and a minute walk from Bayside Village, the Aphodian is a small treasure nestled with the big Bayside waters. Their door has a small sign changing with whatever act is… Read more

  • Some Finals Just Happen to Be More Fun Than Others

    By The Beacon Staff While students in the physics, business and computer technology classes are cramming for finals, as were students across both campuses, students in Chuck Ott’s Drawing I class are working on their large representational abstractions for their final projects. The drawings, which measure 30 by 60 inches, can be done with any… Read more

  • Student Senate: Meet the New Leadership

    By Wilson Frankwell When you hear the term “Student Senate,” it may be easy to immediately think of “X-Files”-esque Illuminati figures operating in the shadows to decide something sinister, like how difficult our final exams will be. Fortunately that is not the case, and the Student Senate is an accessible and important part of our… Read more