• Miller Time Interstellar Gets 5 Oscar:  Nods but is Chris Nolan Still Upset?

    Miller Time Interstellar Gets 5 Oscar: Nods but is Chris Nolan Still Upset?

    By Nick Miller Best Original Score Hans Zimmer Production Designer Nathan Crowley Sound Editing Richard King Sound Mixing Gary A. Rizzo Visual Effects Paul Franklin Let me start this article exercising that I did not care for Interstellar until the last thirty minutes of the movie. Nolan is a director who gears his films towards… Read more

  • Poetic License

    Poetic License

    By Patrick Doyle Liberal Arts – English At this very moment I am stuck in the blizzard of 2015, Snowmageddon. All my essentials are met (cigarettes, instant coffee, english muffins) and I have spent the majority of this storm in solitude. My dad does snow removal for his job. I found a bunch of storm… Read more

  • Seven Things Surrounding Portland’s “Seven” Sculpture: Indiana’s Impact on Maine

    Seven Things Surrounding Portland’s “Seven” Sculpture: Indiana’s Impact on Maine

    By Frank Coletti Communications and New Media Major 7. SYMBOLIC ART It was seven years ago today when I saw my first Robert Indiana piece. Seven of my friends were watching 7th Heaven when we decided to go to the closest Seven Eleven. We drove my dad’s 70’s mustang with a seven fifty seven and… Read more

  • Marin at the Movies “Blackfish”: Killer Whales in Captivity

    Marin at the Movies “Blackfish”: Killer Whales in Captivity

    By Rebekah Marin Liberal Studies/English Major This week I decided to switch it up and embrace the wonderful resource that is Netflix to do a little documentary watching. Blackfish, directed by Gabriela Cowperthwaite, came out in 2013 and depicts the life of performing killer whales, more specifically a 12,000 pound Orca named Tilikum. The documentary… Read more

  • This Day in Sports History: February 3rd

    This Day in Sports History: February 3rd

    By The Beacon Staff For the second time this semester, with 5 more columns to go, it’s time to climb into the “WABAC Machine” ~ Google search Mr. Peabody and Sherman, an animation series from late 50’s and early 60’s ~ and you’ll be exposed to history told no other way. Here’s the skinny, Sherman… Read more