• Reaching OUT

    Alex Serrano Since the event was largely catered to the schedules of students and educators, many woke up bright and early on Friday morning to travel by big yellow bus to Jewett Hall Auditorium. Why? For Reaching OUT, a conference for parents, teachers, students, and anybody interested in being educated on the issues facing LGBT+… Read more

  • Election 2016:  Education Platform

    Election 2016:  Education Platform

    Brandi Abrams Nothing elicits a visceral response like a conversation about politics. This election season, more time is being spent covering who said what horrible thing or who sent what type of email, than on the facts themselves. This article is an attempt at a nonpartisan explanation of each candidate’s higher education platform. We at… Read more

  • From the Desk of the Managing Editor

    Alex Serrano   Hey Beacon Readers,   It seems like it’s been a while since we talked. How’s it going? Now that midterms are over for the most part, how about a few of you write a bit for the paper? Nothing too long, just a three to four hundred word piece would be awesome.… Read more

  • Referendums: What They Are and How They’re Flawed

    Ben Riggleman   You’ve probably heard the word referendum quite a bit in the last year. If you don’t know yet, a referendum is when citizens vote directly on a proposal. Earlier this month, a referendum was held in the nation of Colombia. By a razor-thin margin, Colombians voted against a peace treaty between their… Read more

  • The Hijab Incident: A Progressive Male Perspective

    Alex Serrano   As many of you may know, the week before last, there was an incident. A white, male student on the SMCC South Portland campus pulled the hijab off of a woman’s head. This, in the wake of the Donald Trump tapes and ever-increasing anti-Muslim rhetoric coming from the abhorrent right-wing of America,… Read more

  • What Matters Most

    Jack Rollins   Menials are being reported as the most apathetic generation of Americans in history. Many of us still live at home, have bachelor’s degrees in Anthropology or English, yet are barely able to subsist from a meager coffee shop salary. This election season many of you may be considering abstaining from voting. After… Read more