The SMCC Beacon

As the 2018 spring semester heads into its final month, this adviser thought it a wonderful idea to reach out to the SMCC student population on both campuses and share a few thoughts on the current state of the Beacon and its future. Please allow me to frame the final points within the broader arena… Read more

By Troy Hudson When Facebook announced last month that personal data from approximately 50 million users had been scraped by data firm Cambridge Analytica, that number was so staggeringly large that it would have been easy to assume it almost didn’t matter. Like the amount of consumer plastic that ends up in the ocean each… Read more

By Gio DiFazio Across Casco Bay, in Maine’s largest city, lies a voting system in which elected officials are not chosen using an antiquated and overly simplistic method of election. Portland has been electing their mayor with a ranked-choice system since 2011 and uses the ranked-choice voting system to elect members of its City Council.… Read more

Dear Managing Editor of The Beacon, As a fond reader of newspapers, I wish to write to you in appreciation of your hard work delivering the news to our great campus. In this new era of “fake news,” journalists are under severe scrutiny, and unbiased pieces are hard to come by. After reading your most… Read more