-
The Many Colors of Our Community
By Alexander Bessey Vice President of the SMCC Midcoast Club On March 5th, the Midcoast Club invited Color of Community to the Midcoast campus to share their stories with us. Color of Community is a non-profit organization of Portland area college aged immigrants and refugees. Their mission is to strive to “open people’s minds and hearts, to… Read more
-
The Business Hub
By Darcy Pope Hi everyone! So who thinks that businesses are a place of all work and no play? Well, that’s a bunch of nonsense! There are several big businesses that play April Fools pranks on their customers on this very special day of the year. Google is infamous for their hilarious pranks. Here… Read more
-
Campus Expose
By Garrick Hoffman Let’s expose the recent happenings on (and off, in fact) of campus again, shall we? On Friday, March 21st, President Cantor held a forum in the Health Science building that focused on the financial challenges we here at SMCC face today, and what the financial scene could look like in the future.… Read more
-
Scott Ian: Speaking Words
By Nicholas James Miller With sparks in the air, and a fistful of metal, I was had my first encounter with legendary guitarist Scott Ian as his band Anthrax made the State Theater erupt into chaos that one cool October’s night in 2012. I was seventeen, energetic, and more alive than I’d ever felt before as… Read more
-
Joseph Mushishi:SMCC Computer Science Major And 2004 Gatumba Massacre Survivor
By Charles Ishimwe At the night of August 13th, 2004, in a Gatumba refugee camp in Burundi, Africa, 166 innocent victims from the Democratic Republic of Congo were mercilessly slaughtered by armed factions and at least 116 others were maimed or seriously injured. Families were traumatized and all of those murdered and injured were of the BANYAMULENGE… Read more
-
Alpha Chi Nuz
ACN Wins Big at PTK Regional Convention! by ANGELINA SMITH AND JASON GLYNN. Alpha Chi Nu, SMCC’s Chapter of Phi Theta Kappa, is excited to welcome everyone back from Spring Break, and we hope you had an awesome time off and received plenty of much-needed sleep! While many students were getting in their last hurrahs… Read more
The SMCC Beacon 