• The Seawolve Watch: YSCC Honors 5 Soccer Players: Women’s and Men’s Team Members Named All Conference

    By The Beacon Sports Staff While the SMCC soccer teams aspirations for stellar seasons may have fallen short somewhat, there remains plenty to be proud of as five Seawolves soccer players were named to the 2015 YSCC All-Conference teams. Women’s soccer forward Kym Hendrix was named conference Player of the Year for her 10 goals,… Read more

  • Tech Talk: How to Automatically Keep Your Browser Plugins Updated

      So you sit down at your computer and down in the corner of your screen, Java is nagging you to update it again. You went through this last week, but you click through the screens to download and update Java again. Oops, you clicked through the screens too fast without reading them and now your homepage and… Read more

  • Tech Talk: F.lux

    F.lux is a free application that alters the color temperature of your screen from a bright, beaming blue to a calm, relaxing reddish hue. This application was created by both Michael and Lorna Herf. F.lux is available for Windows, Mac, and iOS operating systems. You can download F.lux for free off of the F.lux website. Blue light emitted… Read more

  • Tech Talk: Don’t Fear the Penguin

    How a Linux Live CD Could Help You in a Pinch. So: first week of the new semester and your computer decides to take a dump. You boot it up, a vague error message message flashes across the screen: you start to feel sick. You need a computer, you realize, especially for the workload you have to… Read more

  • Portland Minimum Wage Referendum Shot Down

    Illaria Dana, Education Major The Portland Minimum Wage Referendum that sought to increase the minimum wage from ten dollars per hour to fifteen dollars per hour was voted down on Tuesday, November Third. Advocates for the referendum stated that workers need to be making a living wage, one in which they could pay rent ormortgages, support their families,… Read more

  • Lock Them Up, Throw Away the Key? How the Maine Corrections Department is Slighting Rights of Prisoners and Self-Betterment Efforts of Addicts

    By Illaria Dana, Education Major The Maine Corrections Department is proposing to amend the conduct policies for inmates. According to the Portland Press Herald, “The proposed rules mostly seek to amend existing policies for adult and juvenile inmates related to commonly prohibited acts such as destruction of property, fighting, displaying gang symbols and possessing contraband. “But they also include… Read more