Freedom From Fear Life is a battle that we all have to face. You can’t just turn away and give up. (Well, you can, but that won’t be very productive.) Life is […]
Marshall on Cinema
Director’s Profile: Ben Wheatley Though it may be true that, now more than ever, filmmakers are intrigued by the prospect of pastiche, it ultimately requires a singular vision to transcend imitation […]
Marshall on Cinema
Director’s Profile: Ben Wheatley Though it may be true that, now more than ever, filmmakers are intrigued by the prospect of pastiche, it ultimately requires a singular vision to transcend imitation […]
Portable CD Player or Smartphone?
By Jessica Spoto Many people listen to music on their smartphone because, well, it’s very convenient — and who doesn’t have their smartphone on them? Now, before we jump in here […]
Kafkaesque Bukowski
By Oğuzhan Özkan Kafka and Bukowski may seem miles apart from each other by plain logic: they lived in different eras; they had different personalities; Kafka’s poetic skills are not what he […]
Poetic License
By Jessica Spoto The last poem for this year’s Poetic License comes to The Beacon from Rebecca Dow. Last week Rebecca read her piece to me while we shared a few moments […]
Vintage Era
By Jessica Spoto Ever go into those vintage clothing stores in downtown Portland, but you just never seem to know what era the clothes you are buying are from? Well, there are […]
On Display in the Learning Commons
By Paul Moosmann Painting has been part of the human experience since the ancient days of the cavemen. While we may have moved from pigment on rock to pigment on paper […]
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