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A Refugee In Maine
Saima Sayed is an Afghani refugee from Karachi, Pakistan who migrated to Maine in 1998. She is now the mother of three incredibly cute children. In addition to her passion for photography, writing, and cooking, she is also a student at Southern Maine Community College. At just 9 years old, she began a quest to… Read more
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An Event Away!
Emma Gallant is a second year student at Southern Maine Community College, who majors in Liberal Studies and can’t wait to share what’s going on in the Portland Maine area. She’s here to inform you about events, social happenings, entertainment, and new opportunities both on and off campus. Alongside others who write for The SMCC… Read more
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Greatest Metaphor For Life
Meet Dominic Rice, one of two Sports Editors for The SMCC Beacon. The reason Rice chose to do sports is because he believes sports is the best metaphor for life. Sports brings everybody together. Anybody can play a sport,any race, any background any sex it’s something that all of us individually can do. So, what… Read more
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Lights, Camera, Politics!
Elora Griswold grew up in a family of women from whom she learned to be independent and opinionated, and this developed into a passion for investigative journalism and film. Her primary interests include writing and producing documentary films on issues surrounding local politics, crime, and cases of gender-based discrimination across the media industry. She is… Read more
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Dirigo
Jesse Bifulco will be editing the Local Politics section of The Beacon. Find him on twitter @Mocha_Punk. Please don’t hesitate to contact him with information and stories at jessefbifulco@smccme.edu. Jesse is among many things: former e-sports journalist for The Game Haus covering the Valorant Champions league, security guard, and enthusiast of sword fighting and roller… Read more
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Pine Spangled Banner
Owen Parr will be editing and writing for the State Politics and Media section of The Beacon. To reach out to Owen for questions and/or stories, please email: owenaparr@smccme.edu Owen Parr is an 18 year old graduate of Casco Bay High School and is currently taking a gap year to work (with some classes on… Read more
