The SMCC Beacon

Dear Editor, I’ll admit, until my teacher told the class to spend a few minutes reading The Beacon, I had never picked one up before. First impressions were good, however there are a few things I think could be improved on. One of the big things for me was that some of the articles didn’t… Read more

Dear Editor, I would like to tell you that your work on the newspaper The Beacon is well done. The articles are well placed, well organized, and have fairly decent headlines. The photos are sometimes a bit too small, as they don’t always catch my eye. Grammatical errors could not be found, and that tends… Read more

By Alex Serrano First of all, thank you very much for your critiques! Every year we get a couple of letters from Huey Coleman’s “Intro to Mass Communications” class, and they certainly help keep us to rigorous journalistic and editorial standards. The Beacon newspaper is run essentially by students. Because of a lack of interest and… Read more

By Alex Serrano Life at college, it would seem, is defined by what you choose to get involved in. Clubs. Work. Different social groups we find ourselves in, and who we choose to interact with. At a time in life when most people our age are unsure of the future, it helps to have a social… Read more

By Jessica Spoto Dealing with breakups can be hard, especially when you love the person. If you broke it off, there must have been a reason, and honestly, you might regret that. You may regret breaking up for a very long time, or you won’t. You may feel refreshed, and free in a sense. Breaking… Read more

By Oguzhan Ozkan Everything we do is to gain more of something: money, respect, sex, serenity, fame or ice-cream. In our tiny little self-universe, most of us limit ourselves to humble achievements, but some kids grow up wanting it all — and they are the ones who eventually and inevitably end up being ruthless administrators… Read more