The SMCC Beacon

Beacon Editorial Staff In the September 13th issue of the Beacon, in the column Surfsite Hall Isn’t Bad! we erroneously stated that Surf Site Residence Hall was originally a barracks when the grounds of SMCC was an  a naval post. The truth of the matter is that Fort Preble was originally an army post and… Read more

Hali Sarah Parsons   SMCC’s Business Club kicked off their first meeting with a pizza party! That doesn’t mean the club is all about partying. However, “partying with a purpose” is how it goes down often. President Nathalie Kpade is full of energy and focus, and has lots of “business” lined up for this semester.… Read more

Brandi Abrams   SMCC is full of extremely busy students. Most of us work, have families, and other various responsibilities in addition to our classes. We are driven, motivated, responsible, busy people. One thing that most of us don’t have is time. The parking lot to classroom to parking lot rut is an easy one… Read more

Emily Morrison (on the left) and Elizabeth Curtis (on the right) enjoyed the Welcome Back cookout on the South Portland campus. Both students had a wonderful time meeting awesome people and talking to various clubs. They received a bottle of water for taking the photo and then headed to class. Both commented that it was… Read more

Brandi Abrams   As the semester begins we love all of our classes, and our professors are so interesting, and we are planning to get all “A’s,” but then the reality of everyday life happens. We realize that our expectations of all “A’s” were a bit unrealistic. The little stressors of everyday life build up… Read more