• All in a Day’s Work – A Profile of Local Entrepreneurs: Jonathan Holmes and Lola’s BBQ

    All in a Day’s Work – A Profile of Local Entrepreneurs: Jonathan Holmes and Lola’s BBQ

    Lola Leighton   Hello SMCC, this is Lola Leighton who is studying Business Administration here at SMCC. I’m very passionate about business and entrepreneurship. My goal with this column is to pick the brains of people in the Portland area, as well as SMCC alumni, who are now working for themselves. My first interview is… Read more

  • Food for Thought: Words You Should Say More 

    Beatrice Talmage   Two words: Thank you. There’s no gray area. You either say it, or you don’t. Not into it? Well, you’re at liberty to say it however you like, but you ought to find some synonym, or some action that demonstrates a very important message: I appreciate you. First and foremost, gratitude says… Read more

  • Acts of Kindness at a Catch and Release Tournament

    Logan Stout In a recent catch and release Blue Shark fishing tournament Melisse Merlim of Port Harbor Marina saw a disturbing sight. A young Blue Shark had previously swum through a “bait band.” Bait bands are exceptionally tough rubber bands used to hold bait for lobster traps. Realizing the band, already constricting the shark visibly;… Read more

  • This Week in History

    Logan Stout   September 25, 1789 US Congress proposes the Bill of Rights   September 26, 1983 Soviet military officer Stanislav Petrov averts a worldwide nuclear war by judging supposed missile attack from the US an error.   September 27, 1905 Albert Einstein’s paper “Does the Inertia of a Body Depend Upon Its Energy Content?”,… Read more

  • Tech Talk: The iPhone 7 Should you upgrade?

    Kendel Tatsak   The main talking point of the new iPhone 7 has been its lack of a 3.5mm headphone jack, but what else on the phone is new? What has always shined most in Apple’s iPhones are their sheer speed and processing power. The iPhone 7 and 7 plus feature an A10 fusion 64… Read more

  • From the Desk of the Managing Editor

    Alex Serrano   Hey folks. For this issue of the Beacon newspaper, three of our dedicated writers; Noah Williams, Mariah Findlay, and Brandi Adams, chose to tackle a delicate and often maligned topic: sexual assault. I believe these three took to the cause with remarkable grace and civility. However, I know that we live in… Read more