The SMCC Beacon

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

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

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

Alex Serrano   The Midcoast campus is not very well represented in the Beacon newspaper. As much as It would be easy to point fingers at the South Portland campus staff—who possibly harbor anti-Midcoast resentment—but alas, doing so would be akin to libel. The real culprit is that grotesque beast we all know and love.… Read more

Noah Williams   Weed. Dope. Ganja. Everyone’s heard about it, most of the populous has tried it, and lots of people from 15-year-old kids to 70-year-old cancer patients think marijuana is pretty great. Whether or not marijuana should be a recreational drug made radially available is a relatively complex and personal decision, and the intention… Read more

Noah Williams   If you stop to ponder for a moment the amount of people making more than $200,000 a year (roughly 2% of the population) and then consider the number of children enrolled in public school you would find that Question 2 is extremely important to Maine’s future. Question 2 proposes a 3% tax… Read more