By Joseph Zhang So your grandma came to visit — “What’s the Wi-Fi password?” “I don’t know, that Time Warner guy wrote it down somewhere, let me see if I can […]
Tech Talk: Configuring SSID and Password for Your Home Wireless Network
Heroes Around Us
By Sudeep Stauble A mother struggles to balance her writing career and take care of her family. A student with an eating disorder strives every day to pursue her goal of […]
Who Is That Man With the Tracts?
Ben Riggleman If you’ve gone to a home baseball game at the South Portland Campus, or even just walked by during one, you’ve probably interacted with Ed Heron. It’s hard not […]
Why We Need Indigenous Peoples’ Day
By Kate Bennett Across the country, Americans spend the second Monday of October celebrating Columbus Day. Why? Because it is a federal holiday and typically a day off from work and […]
What If…
By Lloyd Metcalf What if SMCC were off the grid? If we throw out all budgetary concerns, what would the ripple effect look like for SMCC to go to a completely […]
From the Desk of the Managing Editor: What Service Can Look Like
By Ben Riggleman On Page 2, you read about Coach Brian Dougher’s no-nonsense approach to helping Hurricane Irma victims: “It doesn’t matter what type of environment we’re in; we’re down there […]
Fall Hiking in Midcoast Maine
By Dan Elliott With the decline in temperature we’ve seen in the past few weeks, it is now official: Fall is here. While some people mark the beginning of the new season […]
Record Scratch: “The Desaturating Seven”
By Michael Harrington Humans like to be comfortable. If the temperature is not to our liking, we use climate control. If our chair is hard, we add a pillow. If we […]
‘Blade Runner 2049’: A Visual Masterpiece With a Hollow Narrative
By Justin Taylor “Blade Runner 2049” is the long-awaited sequel to Ridley Scott’s sci-fi-noir epic, “Blade Runner,” and the latest film by acclaimed Franco-Canadian director Denis Villeneuve. “2049” is a visual masterpiece, […]
The (Sh)‘It’ Movie
By Sol Gray I had the supposed honor of seeing the new “It” movie last week, and I decided I had some things to say about it. Now, I did […]
The SMCC Beacon 