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SMCC Graduation
Every college student’s dream is the day they can finally graduate and start the next chapter of their lives. With graduation season right around the corner, that is no different for Southern Maine Community College students. SMCC’s commence ceremony for 2024 will be taking place Saturday, May 21st at the Cross Insurance Arena at 45… Read more
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Why Do You Teach: April Duckworth
Before the 2023 semester started, the faculty at SMCC all got together for a convocation and one of the activities was to discuss why they decided to be teachers. The SMCC Beacon decided to follow up with a few teachers to dig a little deeper into that question. We’ll share their responses with you now. … Read more
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Goodbye Teenage Fever, Hello Adulthood
Youth Adultification and The Erasure of Teenagehood Is it the lack of representation in the tween/teen market? Girls as young as 11 are no longer interested in the different phases of growing up into a young woman today. From fashion to cosmetics and music interests, the young girls of today don’t care for Disney channel… Read more
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OnlyFans Explained: The Adult Film Takeover
How OnlyFans is dominating the sex industry without even trying OnlyFans is a platform where people are free to post exclusive content. Anyone is free to subscribe and creators charge a monthly fee of $4.99 for their service. In terms of what the app is like, think YouTube patreon meets Twitter. Content creators are free… Read more
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TikTok: We Have a Problem, and It’s Not in Houston
TikTok May or May Not Be a Threat To the Masses By now the whole world is familiar with TikTok, a social media app that’s been making its rounds through everyone’s phone screens. The app was established in 2016 but rose to fame in 2020 when the pandemic hit and has been on top since.… Read more
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Social Media Has Changed the Game for Human-Traffickers
This is how Mainers are staying safe on the streets Maine is statistically numbered one of the safest states to live in in the U.S., and yet we have few ways to protect those who are susceptible to becoming victims about the serious matter of sex trafficking in the state. According to statistics conducted in… Read more
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