• Friendly Security

    By Celina Simmons The first reaction for many students when seeing a security officer walking your way is not to get excited. Let’s admit it- there’s a stigma around a badge and a uniform that makes students want to walk in the other direction. Marcus Sinclair has worked in Security since August of 2017, when… Read more

  • The Captain’s Cupboard Is Ready to Feed SMCC

    By Margaret Davis, Operations Manager and Board Chair Happy New Year and welcome all 2019 Spring Students! For those who don’t know, The Captain’s Cupboard is an on-campus, student-run food pantry located in the Captain’s House. We have been providing students with resources vital to academic and personal success since 2013. All students are welcome!… Read more

  • Astrology Check

    By Celina Simmons Based off the positive energy sent out by the New Moon that happened on the fifth of this month, hopefully our creative juices are flowing and we’re all ready to jump into this new semester. The best advice I can give you for the rest of this month is to hold on… Read more

  • The Beacon Travels to Siena

    By Daniele Amandolini Walking through a snowy campus in sub-freezing temperatures, I felt like an animal who woke up too early from hibernation. Where are the bees pollinating the flowers, the birds tweeting in the morning? Where are the squirrels irresponsibly roaming the roads? It might be called “Spring semester”, but this ain’t no Spring,… Read more

  • The Mystery of the Werewolf Dream

    By Quindelynne Hasler For as long as I can remember, visions of a werewolf in a pinstriped suit have visited my nightmares. I have always had odd dreams. Fantastic dreams. Terrifying dreams. A werewolf wearing a pinstripe, red-and-white, three-piece suit was strange, but not entirely impossible for me to invent with my own whimsy. Recurring… Read more

  • Aliens Land in Westbrook

    By The Beacon Staff Ice circles are thin and circular slabs of ice that rotate slowly in the water, most often the rotation is caused by the push from a current. It is believed that they form in eddy currents. It has been shown that existing ice discs can maintain their rotation due to melting.… Read more