• Student interviews: Nour Alsammarai – Her journey from Iraq to SMCC

    A week ago last Friday, Nour Alsammarai and I met in the Captain’s House to videotape the second installment of “5 Minutes Student Interviews.” For those of you who would like to see the interview in it’s entirety, please look for it on the Beacon WordPress and Facebook web sites. Nour Alsammarai who is the… Read more

  • SMCC ACE: Observing Our Unfolding Galaxies – Astronomy club takes to the night skies

    By Nicholas Moll, Liberal Studies – Mathematics    On the evening of October 14th into the 15th, the Southern Maine Community College Association of Cosmic Explorers met for the first time to host a space party. After a period of being dormant, approximately 20 students met in front of Ocean View cafeteria to dust off their telescopes… Read more

  • Rumor Has It

    Megan Prevost, Biotechnology Major Rumor: To prevent extreme budget cuts, the tuition is going to increase hundreds of dollars by the semester, making the overall tuition quite a bit higher each semester. Fact: The student senate is proposing that we raise tuition by $3-5 dollars per credit hour to reduce the debt over a longer amount… Read more

  • Professors Get Pied for the Captain’s Cupboard

    Pies were flying from the hands of students and into the faces of staff and faculty – including President Cantor – in an effort to raise funds for the SMCC student food pantry, The Captain’s Cupboard, on October 16. Sodexo helped organize the event, and it was quite evident that the pie-ers and pie-ees were… Read more

  • Hydrate Humanity

    By Emily McFarlin, Business Major Here at SMCC, there are three Political Science classes that are taught by Ellen Moy and Julie Mueller. Ellen and Julie have combined our classes in an effort to raise the funds in order to place a water pump in a remote Cameroon village. This water pump will help the lives… Read more

  • Transfer Fair

    By Megan Prevost, Biotechnology Major If you’re like me you might be thinking about transferring after two years or so here at SMCC. Not only is the thought of transferring a daunting task but then there’s what follows: choosing and applying to a school (or ten). Yeah, remember when you applied to schools your senior year… Read more