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Good News, Bad News Coal Warriors & Rising Levels of Agreement to Combat Climate Change
By Garrick Hoffman Liberal Arts Major “Jobs” and “economy” are words that, despite their degree of truthfulness and merit, have essentially become thought-terminating clichés, and no one seems to use these words more than the League of Climate Change Doubters, also known as the GOP. Many of the doubters, including prominent Kentucky Senator Mitch McConnell,… Read more
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The Keystone XL Pipeline: Why the Environment Should be our No. 1 Concern
By Ashley Berry “Because if you haven’t seen a raise in a decade; if your house is still twenty-five thousand, thirty thousand dollars under water; if you’re just happy that you’ve still got that factory job that is powered by cheap energy; if every time you go to fill up your old car because you… Read more
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The Faculty Senate
By Jason Glynn, Danni Olsen, and Dan Modifica The Faculty Senate met on January 26th to bring about the Maine Community College System fossil fuel divestment proposal. The meeting was attended by us: the Student Senate President, Daniel Modifica; the Student Senate Vice President, Danni Olsen; and Honor Society President, Jason Glynn. The Faculty Senate… Read more
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Poetic License
Electricity by Patrick Doyle Liberal Arts – English Major For months my battery was depleted; I couldn’t keep a charge. None of the days’ monotony could bring even a spark. Then you came along. My fingers reached forward to hold you, to love you, and then it happened! Electrical shocks. It felt like walking on… Read more
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Metal Up Yr Ass, Pt. 1 A Five-Part Review Series on Metallica’s Earliest Albums
By Garrick Hoffman and Patrick Doyle Liberal Arts & Liberal Arts – English Majors Album of the Issue: Kill ‘Em All Here’s some trivia for you: what band is the only band to have five No. 1 albums on The Billboard 200, defeating that of U2, the Dave Matthews Band, and The Beatles? The answer:… Read more
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Marin at the Movies: Living on One Dollar
By Rebekah Marin Liberal Arts Major While I can’t seem to last a week without complaining about money, making an impulse purchase, or eating an overpriced breakfast sandwich, there are people living on almost nothing, unsure of how they are going to generate enough income to feed their families. Four brave college students, Chris Temple,… Read more
The SMCC Beacon 