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Seawolves Hoops Season Heats Up; Women get to 6-1 while men slip to sub 500 percent
By The Beacon Staff Since the last Beacon the women and men’s basketball teams have hit the courts eight times the games against Penn State Beaver are being played while the paper is going to print) and have compiled a four and two record over the six games played. A week ago Saturday the… Read more
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Tech Talk: Problems With Your Wi-Fi Signal Strength? The solution(s) are here!
By Justin Vraux First off, make sure your Wi-Fi is up to the newest Wi-Fi standard. Most older routers operate at the 802.11n Wi-Fi standard, which is three times slower than the new Wi-Fi standard, 802.11ac. To find out which standard your router is using, all you have to do is go down to… Read more
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Looking for a New Life in the U.S.
Illaria Dana, Education Major I am embarrassed to say that I know very little about refugees in Maine. When I began this article, I knew almost nothing. I had taken a course called History of American Education with Professor Marguerite MacDonald. We had studied about cases in Supreme Court that had limited the accessibility… Read more
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How Modern Food Production is Contributing to Climate Change
Elizabeth Barrett, Liberal Studies/Psychology In the past few decades, climate change has been a hot topic. Whether you believe in it or not, climate change is real, and it has been proven time and again that the processes we as humans use to make our daily lives easier are damaging the planet. There have been many… Read more
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All Your Movies; Actor Shia Labeouf Attempts to Call Attention to the Passive Public from a Movie Seat
By Illaria Dana, Education Major It’s Wednesday night, and actor Shia Labeouf has been streaming himself in real time onto the Internet for 29 hours and 40 minutes. He is watching all of his films in reversed chronological order from the most recent films to the oldest. He is in the Angelika Film Center,… Read more
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White House Backs Civil Rights Law Protecting LGBT People. Now What?
By Paul L. Young After months of threat and damage assessment and downright vacillation, the Obama administration last Tuesday endorsed amendments to the 1964 Civil Right Act that would guarantee federal protection against discrimination for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people. The Equality Act would extend the Act’s anti-discrimination enforcement to persons on the… Read more
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