• Colin Woodard, Renowned Author, Visits SMCC to Discuss Environmental Plights

    By Garrick Hoffman, Liberal Arts Major In the HUB gymnasium at SMCC, students, faculty, and staff alike sat and listened to words of environmental degradation and the grave frivolousness of man, but they also got a taste of hope. The illustrious author and journalist Colin Woodard, a George Polk Award recipient, has written four books with… Read more

  • From Personal to Global: A Lecture by Professor Charles Ott on his Landscape Paintings

      Illaria Dana, Education Major On Thursday, November 12, Professor Charles Ott gave a lecture about his paintings on display in the SMCC library. The lecture was attended by students and faculty. SMCC has an exhibitionist committee that curates exhibits in the second floor of the Learning Commons and plans to show student art in the… Read more

  • Business Club Updates: Volunteering at the Ronald McDonald House

    By Bryan Gelinas   On the first Saturday evening of November, the Business Club here at SMCC was given an opportunity to give back to the community. Those members who were available that night got together at the Ronald McDonald House in Portland to prepare dinner for all the residents staying there. The Ronald McDonald House… Read more

  • The Beacon Visits USM’s Free Press Workshops

    By Garrick Hoffman, Liberal Arts Major This year’s Veterans Day offered a unique experience when USM’s own Free Press student newspaper invited The Beacon to a series of workshops in the morning and afternoon. Among the workshops were topics on copy editing, journalistic interviewing, legal implications of journalistic libel and slander, and others. USM professor Matt… Read more

  • Suffragette:A Film Review

    By Alexander Balzano   3 out of 5 stars Suffragette is a surprising, interesting historical piece. It centers on the women’s suffrage movement in England in the early 20th century and stars Carey Mulligan, Helena Bonham Carter and Meryl Streep. The film centers on Mulligan’s character Maud, a working wife and parent who was initially… Read more

  • Poetic License

    Night Sky By Elizabeth Barrett, Liberal Studies – Psychology Major   When stars began to sparkle, I practice my own religion, amazed at all that is remarkable, belittled in Earthly indecision.   Instead of bowing my head to pray, I raise my eyes and behold, the sky I merely sit, contemplating space. Freedom of thought, I… Read more