• Hoops Highlights And The Beat Goes On

    Hoops Highlights And The Beat Goes On

    By The Beacon Staff Since the last publication of the Beacon, Seawolves basketball teams have posted an 8-5 record. With more than two-thirds of the season played the teams are winding down the regular season and gearing up for the YSCC post-season playoffs with the hopes of winning in New Hampshire and a trip to… Read more

  • America Has Lost Touch With MLK’s Legacy

    America Has Lost Touch With MLK’s Legacy

    By Carlin Whitehouse There was once a time in America when the rearing head of racism was unmistakably ugly. One could point a finger and say, “There. That is ignorance. That is hatred.” One could witness, right out in the wide, open light of day, the white majority enforcing its supremacy – on streets, at… Read more

  • Rome and the US: How Money Affects Politics

    By Ian Ziller Today we are facing a problem with money in politics, but what are the dangers really? If we look back 2,000 years to the end of the Roman Republic what we see is a lot of corruption. During this time, with wealth and power only in the hands of a few, this… Read more

  • Dining With Dierdree: The Great Lost Bear

    By Dining Dierdree Over the break we all had plenty of time to think over what our New Year’s resolutions were going to be. Some of us will take the vow to read more and watch TV less, some of us will promise that we will see more family and friends, and some of us… Read more

  • Obama Announces Free Community College Proposal

    By Garrick Hoffman If you’re a future college student, or even currently a college student, you might end up pondering your path of education, so long as Obama’s recent proposal comes into fruition. Under what’s been dubbed the America’s College Promise plan, about nine million students could benefit from a tenure at community college tuition-free.… Read more