• Tech Talk: Cisco Packet Tracer

    By Shunming Liu This summer I joined the CCNA boot camp. There is a network simulation tool named Cisco Packet Tracer, which I think can be handy. Just like saying the name, it can simulate the packet transfer process between routers and switches across the enterprise network infrastructure. It is also a very useful tool… Read more

  • And The Beacon Locomotive Engages Again…

    Garrick Hoffman The doors have opened, the engines are fired up, and we’re officially in motion again, folks. The Beacon of 2014 has returned for round two. We’re wildly excited, and you should be, as well. In the 5+ years of The Beacon’s tenure, this is the earliest an issue has been published. Cheers to… Read more

  • Welcome Back, Nerds!

    By Maisarah Miskoon The Pro-Advice Column from “a Millennial for Millennials” So summer called while I was writing this column. It said its usual salutations and dropped a bomb on me. Summer was leaving me, and winter is coming. I replied, not so eloquently, “What the bleep are you talking about? Fall is here!” And… Read more

  • MCCE: Working to Take Money out of Politics!

    By Erik Squire Money is a force that should never be taken lightly. Money can be used for a tool of ultimate corruption. Sadly, it is no foreign concept that people use money to influences others. In a democratic country where politicians are supposed to represent their constituents, often they end up offering a listening… Read more

  • Starbucks Offering Free Education For Employees

    By Garrick Hoffman Quite The “Venti” Announcement On the 16th of June of this year, Starbucks announced that they would offer free college tuition for all of their employees. The program, entitled the Starbucks Education Achievement Plan, renders Starbucks as the first U.S. company to provide free tuition. Howard Schultz, the Starbucks chairman and CEO,… Read more

  • Dear Editors

    A Changing World Today we live it a society that is going through some interesting changes. As we move into the 21th century we can see many of the changes in your society like technology mostly in the form of digital technology that has made communication easier than in past generations. Even transportation has changed… Read more