• Hoffman on Hollywood: Movies to Look Forward to this Christmas (and Beyond)

    By Garrick Hoffman, Liberal Studies Major   As a cinemaphile, I rarely get excited for films. I’m not sure if it’s because the state of Hollywood is just like Bob Dylan’s music now (dull and boring; commence my tar-and-feathering for disparaging Dylan) and that all the skilled screenwriters flocked over to television, or if it’s just… Read more

  • The Beat on the Street

    By Cody Jayne, Liberal Studies Major Looking for some extra fun during the holiday season? Check out these upcoming gigs around Portland. Friday, November 27th at Portland House of Music | Model Airplane | 9pm | Cost : $10 adv, $12 d.o.s. | portlandhouseofmusic.com Saturday, November 28th at State Theatre | 13th Annual Beatles Night | 8pm | Cost: $18 adv, $20 d.o.s., $30… Read more

  • Seeing the Unseen: An ASTEP Photo Series

    By Illaria Dana, Education Major The other day I was thinking about how people always talk about the weather. I used to see this as small talk. I did not connect my feelings of peace in nature, of feeling whole when I am outside, holding onto nothing, looking at everything, with this social convention of talking about the weather.… Read more

  • Seawolves Open 2015-16 H Season with 2 Impressive Wins. Wolves get better of Penn State University Greater Alleghany

    By The Beacon Sports Staff As the fall season lingers with a welcomed extended stay in Southern Maine, the SMCC women’s and men’s basketball teams opened the season on Saturday against Penn State University Greater Alleghany. The Alleghany team traveled close to 700 miles to take to the court with the intents of grabbing 2 wins against the… Read more

  • 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