The SMCC Beacon

By Jessica Spoto Why does it always seem like people have trouble accepting who they are when they have anxiety? Why can’t a person just love herself, rather than filling herself with a massive amount of hate and negativity? Anxiety can knock a person down when they were just on top of the world. Chemicals… Read more

By Ben Riggleman We can all agree that 2016 sucked. The year began with David Bowie’s passing; it ended with the deaths of Carrie Fisher and Debbie Reynolds. In between, we lost Prince, Alan Rickman, Phife Dawg, Muhammad Ali, Gene Wilder, Leonard Cohen, Merle Haggard, John Glenn and George Michael. (And of course Harambe.) Meanwhile,… Read more

By Lydia Libby First off, I would like to wish everyone a happy New Year and welcome you back to school. With the start of the new year, and our spring semester, I want to touch upon the idea of the New Year’s resolution. A New Year’s resolution is the intent of a person changing… Read more

By Lydia Libby As students we often find ourselves stressed out to our breaking points. But what if I told you that there are fun and productive ways to handle those stressors? Between juggling courses, jobs, and maybe even family life, it is hard to remember there are options for us to relax. It may… Read more