The SMCC Beacon

By Garrick Hoffman and Patrick Doyle Liberal Arts & Liberal Arts – English Majors Album of the Issue: Ride The Lightning On July 27th of last year, Metallica’s Ride The Lightning turned 30. It’s still one of their most celebrated albums and it boasts such legendary songs as “For Whom The Bells” and “Fade To… Read more

By Lahana Palencia So now that it’s been the New Year long enough for us to realize those resolutions we made are as extinct as the Flappy Bird app, we can start to focus on the important things like pop culture. (I mean how else would we know what to consume?) Let’s break it down… Read more

By Patrick Doyle Liberal Arts – English Major A POEM FOR ALL THE WOMEN I’VE WRITTEN PUBLISHED POETRY FOR WHO SHORTLY THEREAFTER BROKE IT OFF WITH ME The disco ball spins away, reflections of images of me and the women I write poems for. Except the cord snaps and shatters. The dance floor is nothing… Read more

Marin Squire at the Movies Waste Land By Erik Squire Hello my fellow SMCCites. This week I have commandeered our movie review section regular from fellow section editor Rebekah Marin. After watching a remarkable documentary in my Intro to Visual Art course, I simply had to write a column about it. The documentary that captured… Read more