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Liam Neeson Takes It to the Tombstones in His Newest Thriller
Rebekah Marin Liberal Arts Major with a concentration in English After only googling the title of the film and reading the short synopsis I decided that going to see “A Walk Among the Tombstones” would add a little excitement to my Saturday night. I realized a little excitement was an understatement after watching a shootout… Read more
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A Glimpse Inside
By Garrick Hoffman Opinions and Editorials Section Editor If you’re an illustrator, keep reading. If you’re not, keep reading anyway. Illustrators play a prominent role for The Beacon and other newspapers, and always have. From N.C. Wyeth to Norman Rockwell, newspaper illustrators in both the past and present have created noteworthy reputations for themselves. In… Read more
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Pro-Active Advice
By Rachel Flowers Dear Rachel, I went shopping with my boyfriend and I saw these boots I really wanted. Quick to say I was going to buy them, but my boyfriend started to say how I shouldn’t buy them because they were too expensive, and I will only wear them once. I really wanted these… Read more
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A Pro-Life Crusade
By Garrick Hoffman Every Friday in Portland, a band of pro-life – or anti-abortion, if you choose that description – individuals gather to protest and to offer “sidewalk counseling” to incoming patients at Planned Parenthood of Northern New England, located on Congress Street. They protest the women’s choices in addition to the clinic’s practices. In… Read more
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Out Of The Darkness and a… A Step Toward a Brighter Future
By Alexander Bessey Suicide is something that many of us have some emotional reaction or connection to. A great many of us know someone who has taken their own life, someone who has attempted suicide, or someone who has spent time thinking about suicide. The consequences of such actions may seem self-evident, to me included;… Read more
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Is the US Still a Democracy?
By Ian Ziller The United States is in a serious crisis, but it is not what you think it is. The crisis that the U.S. faces is a threat to our democracy. The question is whether the U.S. is a democracy or not. That has to be considered, and some would say that we are… Read more
