• How Much Food Does SMCC Waste?

    By Ben Riggleman Twice a week, under the cover of early-morning darkness, a large orange truck pulls up to Oceanview Dining Hall. Pizza crusts, paper cups, unpopular quinoa dishes — it all gets packed Read more

  • Dining-Hall Construction

    Dining-Hall Construction

    By Cassie Marceau Have you tried to go get something to eat at Oceanview Dining Hall and noticed all the construction? I had the opportunity to talk to Rachel Fisk, Sodexo unit Read more

  • Backpacking South Asia: Annapurna Base Camp

    Backpacking South Asia: Annapurna Base Camp

    By Jennifer Jang I had no plan in the least, and no questions in mind when I first embarked on this journey. Thus, I was also in for a surprise when I Read more

  • Fighting Hunger in Maine

    By Kate Bennett Did you know that Maine has been taking steps to end hunger? It has. According to Preble Street, a Portland-based nonprofit that provides food and housing services, “1 in Read more

  • Markiplier’s Tour

    By Taylor Freeman If you are asking “what the heck is a markiplier,” let me give you a brief history lesson before getting to his tour. Markiplier, as he is known on Read more

  • Announcing: Design-a-Wall Contest 2017

    Announcing: Design-a-Wall Contest 2017

    By The Beacon Editorial Staff Good fences make good neighbors, as Robert Frost so wisely said. Building walls, a logical extension of that principle, is a positive duty of friendship among nations. Read more