• Preferred Names Are a Necessity

    Juniper White, President of the Rainbow League   Many transgender and gender-variant people choose to adopt a name that better reflects their identity. Renaming themselves can be a joyous occasion, the feeling of affirmation washing over them as the dead name is shed like old, ill-fitting skin. However, because legally changing your name can be daunting… Read more

  • Voting Retrospective

    Alex Serrano At the present time, we at The Beacon do not know who will win the presidential election because our paper is coming out the day of this most important election. In advance we would like to congratulate whichever candidate has won on their win. This presidential race has been a strange and contentious… Read more

  • Perspective

    Brandi Abrams   We all have our own personal tragedies; life is perpetually challenging and full of the unknown. It’s hard to live under so much stress, or live impoverished, or deal with repressed mental health issues. We all struggle, and we all think that our personal struggles are paramount to the struggles of everyone… Read more

  • A Response to Alex Serrano’s “What’s Up With Midcoast?”

    Simone Lee-Lynch Serrano writes that the Midcoast Campus in Brunswick is not very well represented by The Beacon due to apathy on the part of the Midcoast Campus students. He states that he has been told by many Midcoast Campus students that they have no representation on the SMCC South Portland Campus. He also states… Read more

  • Midcoast Responds: An Open Letter

    Arielle Bailey and Taylor M.   Dear SMCC students and faculty, We are writing this article to help bring the two school communities together. “Why?” you may ask. Maybe it’s because we are all one school at the end of the day, and we shouldn’t be insulting each other — South Portland students or Midcoast students.… Read more

  • Historic SMCC:  The J.A.J. Special:   A Commitment To Excellence

    Brandi Abrams   Southern Maine Community College has an extensive history; our campus is built on historic forts, our professors teach us about historic events and SMCC prepares us to make history ourselves. One way the college experience prepares us for greatness is providing the opportunity to participate in extracurricular activities that are challenging, incite… Read more