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An interview with Sam Underwood
By Garrick Hoffman In the last issue, we presented an interview with SMCC student Sam Underwood, who spent this fall season working for the Maine Democratic Party in support of Mike Michaud. This is the second of three installments. If you don’t see yourself working with politics in the future, how else do you think… Read more
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Why We Need Election Reform in Maine
By Ian Ziller There are many election reforms needed, but one that I shall discuss and that we should be considering is a change in our election process called instant-runoff voting. Instant-runoff voting, or ranked choice voting, allows the voter to rank the candidates in order of preference, eliminating the candidate who receives the lowest… Read more
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Letter to the Editor
Garrick Hoffman Opinion & Editorial Section Editor Dear Editor, I think the Beacon is a great way for students to know what is going on in the campus community. However I’ve never heard of it until it was presented by one of my professors to the class. It’s a great idea but I think it… Read more
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Edward Snowden, Part II Motives and Concerns
In the wake of 9/11, the National Security Agency (NSA), authorized under the Bush administration, the USA PATRIOT Act, and under their surveillance program PRISM, found itself with more power and oversight than it previously held. Its reach was more pervasive: the agency could monitor all the activities of the average citizen, both domestically and… Read more
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