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Bonny Eagle School Board Votes Not to Ban Sex-Ed Book in 11-1 Decision
A nationwide debate concerning parental rights over classroom content reached the Bonny Eagle School District Board of Directors last Tuesday. The board voted 11-1 not to ban “It’s Perfectly Normal,” a book about sex education. While prohibiting controversial books is nothing new in this country, many supporters of its inclusion in the school curriculum are… Read more
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Events, Entertainment, and More!
Elizabeth Johnson, better known as Liz, will be the new editor for the Events/Entertainment section of the SMCC Beacon. Writing is something she’s grown to love over the past five years and is something she plans on pursuing as a career, leaning more towards technical writing. This is her first year at SMCC as a… Read more
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Campus News with JD
Justin Dennison (who also goes by JD) is a Communications & New Media major at SMCC. Dennison will share editing responsibilities for Campus News with fellow editor Saima Sayed. Together they will work hard to keep everyone informed and up to date with what’s going on on-campus at both the Brunswick and South Portland campuses.… Read more
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Love, Serena
The topic of conversation in sports lately is how Serena Williams is retiring from tennis. In an article in “Vogue”, Serena talks about how she didn’t want to retire just yet, and how it’s going to be a tough transition for her to do so. Every time she thinks about retiring, it just makes her… Read more
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And She Keeps on Dancing
Jessica Spoto hopes to serve the SMCC community by cultivating articles surrounding mental health in conjunction with the overarching theme of art and culture. Spoto’s fight with her mental illness has been one she has been battling with since she was around the age of 7. Almost 20 years later, she can finally say she… Read more
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Educated Guesses
Gavin Chambers is an SMCC student from Portland, Maine. Majoring in New Media with a focus in Video Production, he is in his final semester. Chambers is editing the Editorial and Opinion section for The SMCC Beacon. Chambers spends his summers playing semi-professional box lacrosse with the Maine Northmen. When he isn’t serving customers at… Read more
