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Emerge Excites in Maine
Ness Hutchins Communications & New Media Major The Emerge Film Festival is an annual four day festival held in Lewiston/ Auburn that highlights independent movies from Maine, the United States, and the world. This was the third festival for the nonprofit organization. Emerge’s 2016 schedule started Thursday April 28, ran until Sunday May 1, and was held at five different venues. In… Read more
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Congratulations MCCS Students of the Year
The Beacon Staff The final month of the semester wa welcomed a few days early as recipients of the 26th annual Student of the Year & John H. Lapoint Leadership Awards. The recognition ceremony was held on April 27 in Augusta at the Senator. Students from the seven campuses that make up the MCCS gathered with the seven college Presidents and… Read more
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SMCC to the TPC
Gio DIfazio In 2011 Tommy Stirling and The SMCC Golf Team, placed SMCC in the national spotlight by winning numerous tournaments and finishing two golfers among the top five in the United States Collegiate Athletic Association National Golf Tournament. Alex McFarlane of Cape Elizabeth finished 4 over par tied for fifth place, but Tommy… Read more
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Baseball and Softball Stay Hungry
With less than three weeks to go in the spring semester, the softball and baseball teams are rounding third base and heading for home plate ending their fall and spring seasons. Arms are sore and bats are dented as the end of the month of April is fast approaching and the baseball and softball teams… Read more
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Transcending the Perfunctory: Portlanders Philosophize Together
Evelyn Waugh Physics Major After entering Portland Public Library, climbing the towering staircase, and finding the ‘Portland Room,’ one is immersed in an atmosphere of scholasticism. A large table sits at the front of the room, framed on one side by large, inviting windows, on the other by lofty shelves housing an impressive assortment… Read more
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Tech Talk: GIMP Your Image Manipulation Program
Nicholas Small GIMP is an image manipulation program. If you are unfamiliar with the term “image manipulation” you might know it better as “Photoshop”. Photoshop was one of the first and for a long time the best by far software for image manipulation. Therefore when people think of editing photos with a more professional… Read more
