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The Student Advocate
By Wayne Lawson Business Major Hello readers of The Beacon. I am Wayne, a nontraditional student – which is a polite way of saying I am older than a few of my instructors. I am beginning my second semester at SMCC, with a tentative major in business. I also have a visual impairment due to… Read more
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Awesome People Wanted
Build marketable and desirable skills in leadership, communication, collaboration, experience, and awesomeness! Both The Student Senate and SMCC’s Honor Society are looking for team members that are looking to do great things and really go places. Alpha Chi Nu, SMCC’s chapter of Phi Theta Kappa Honor Society (the one that brought you the Captain’s Cupboard),… Read more
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24 Hour News Need of Format Change
By Frank Coletti Communications and New Media Major According to Pew Research, 71% of people 18- 29 get news from the Internet and not subject to watching “what’s on” television because of the Internet’s ability to pick indulgences. As a fellow Internet news follower I decided to try going against the grain and studied CNN’s… Read more
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Best Practices to Keeping: Yourself Protected Online
By Nicholas S. Alexander The Internet has come to a point now that it’s part of each and every one of our daily lives. We connect to one another through social media websites, chat messengers and email to converse; we complete transactions involving our credit and bank information for things we want or need; we… Read more
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You don’t say: The Devolution of our Language and Us
By Rebekah Marin Liberal Studies/English Major Recently, Duke University student, Daniel Kort, launched a language campaign called “You Don’t Say”. In Kort’s Huffington Post article he talks about the use of language he was hearing at a number of the university’s basketball games. Unimpressed with the lack of respect Duke fans showcased on the sidelines,… Read more
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Just How the Hell did Microsoft Pull that off again? Microsoft HoloLens? What’s that?
By Richard M. Bigega Just a few hours after I was asking myself where Google Glass went, a new reality was born in Seattle. I’ll spare you the drama: the good guys won. First, some context: Microsoft haven’t released an exciting product in nearly fifteen years, and had become world-renowned for being one of the… Read more
