The SMCC Beacon

Dear Editor, Hello, I was given an assignment to write a letter to the editor of the Beacon on what we thought of the latest issue. I thought that the paper organised well and all the articles were written very nicely. I did have one thing about it that I thought was a little misleading.… Read more

By William Chabot I’m no writer, but I have some thoughts to vent that could stand to benefit others. I’m struggling with my first love, and I am having trouble finding the adequate vocabulary to convey the abstractness of it. In many discussions I was told she was my “cheerleader” and that is why I… Read more

By Lloyd Metcalf “I’d like to buy the world a home, and furnish it with love. Grow Apple trees and honey bees and snow-white turtle doves.” https://youtu.be/2msbfN81Gm0 In 1971 the coca-cola company ran an ad that would set the tone for a generation of media advertisements and an attitude that would permeate media culture for… Read more

By Katie Champlin Some days, it can be hard. Hard to see how fortunate we are. Most of us walk through our lives, recognizing our problems and allowing them to consume our minds effortlessly. So much that the consumption of our minds becomes the consumption of our bodies, and we stop doing. Relationships, obstacles, illness,… Read more

By Sudeep Stauble I recently went on a retreat with a Christian group called InterVarsity. The topic that weekend was healing a hurting world. I found myself contemplating the meaning of suffering, and why we suffer. But as much as I would like to tell otherwise, I admit I don’t have all the answers. However,… Read more