• Out of Darkness and Into Light

    By Illaria Dana On September 20th, Bath, Maine hosted an Out of Darkness walk to raise awareness about suicide and funding for suicide prevention. The American Foundation for Suicide Prevention (AFSP) organizes walks like these in cities across the country. Walks were held in Scarborough, Orono, Waterboro and Fort Kent this year. Students from the… Read more

  • The Nursing Club Is Alive and Well

    By Cody Powers Because the Southern Maine Community College (SMCC) Nursing program is academically challenging and mentally perplexing, it is important for students to have support systems and resources within reach. The SMCC Nursing Club fulfills both of these needs. The club kicked off its semester with a breakfast on Friday, September 11th, at which… Read more

  • Students Interview

    By Paula Limba Hello SMCC students! I hope you’re all doing well and that everybody has had a wonderfully invigorating good start to the academic 2015-2016 year. My name is Paula Limba. I’m from the Democratic Republic of Congo and I’m a second year student here at SMCC. I’m an undergraduate student concentrating in Liberal… Read more

  • Dave Chappelle Provokes Laughter, Examination in Portland

    By Garrick Hoffman The Merrill Auditorium was packed with people on the night of Tuesday, September 22. The only sound was the white-noise hum of the crowd. Everyone was awaiting the living (and still quite young) comedic legend to arrive on stage. When he did, the audience found that there was no shortage of laughs.… Read more

  • Ocean Acidification

    Megan Prevost, Biotechnology Major Recently some really exciting information has come to light on the SMCC campus: the EPA, or the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, has provided us with $85,000 towards a high-grade ocean observing system. This program will be used to evaluate the threat of coastal acidification. Ocean acidification happens when there is too much… Read more

  • Welcome to the Other World

    By Illaria Dana Welcome, new and returning students and faculty! My name is Illaria, and I will be the editor of the Other World section of “The Beacon”. It is exciting to begin this new year and this new role on campus. A huge part of my experience here has been learning how to integrate… Read more