The SMCC Beacon

By Garrick Hoffman Liberal Arts Major If you’re reading this, summer is either right around the corner or is already here. The advent of the summer invariably denotes that we’ll be stepping outside in the sun and watching as our skin either darkens or reddens. Will you look more like a brownie, or more like… Read more

Each year there are more new cases of skin cancer than the combined incidence of cancers of the breast, prostate, lung and colon.2 Treatment of nonmelanoma skin cancers increased by nearly 77 percent between 1992 and 2006.1 Over the past three decades, more people have had skin cancer than all other cancers combined.3 One in… Read more

By Ian Ziller Political Science Major Through the 19th century and early 20th there was a period in U.S. political history known as the “Gilded Age,” which was a time marked by political corruption and where corporate interests dominated the political system. For example, patronage and the powerful political machine dominated the political system, and… Read more

By Ashley Berry Political Science Major Sandy Hook, Virginia Tech, Columbine, Aurora, and the list goes on. Everyone knows those names because they carry such immense weight. They are not just names of places or schools, they are symbols of tragedy and they are very much symbols of failure. Failure to enact gun control laws… Read more