• 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

  • The Inside Scoop

    The Beacon Sports Staff As the fall semester creeps ever so slowly forward (for some that is), and the summer fades over the horizon like a stoutly hit 7 iron, here’s a chance to highlight some of what the SMCC Athletics Department has accomplished over the summer. On the personnel level, Sabrina Best returns to… Read more

  • (Not So) Pro-Active Advice

    By: That friend you hate at first but secretly love because she has your back After a semester sabbatical, I am back, snitches. I wanted to swear right there but my editor would probably end my career after this column. Not that there is much to it to begin with. Let me be honest with… Read more

  • Examining Addiction: Overdoses Take the Lives of Mainers

    By Illaria Dana Addiction has deep roots in our society. It would be hard to trace these roots to a specific time, to the first addict. There was a BBC radio special narrated by Iggy Pop about William S. Burroughs, a writer and a junky. The special discussed how Burroughs had influenced other artists, including… Read more