Let me start with a story: Dave was a practical young man. He’d known he was going to be a machinist ever since, at the age of eight, he saw “The Machinist,” […]
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3 Seawolves Win USCAA Division I Awards
Last Tuesday, two days before the USCAA Division I and Division II nationals officially tipped off, members of participating teams gathered for the 2016–17 USCAA basketball All-American and end-of-the-year awards. The ceremony, […]
Spring Break: What’s Up?
As spring break rolls around, we all wonder what we are going to do. As students, we need to relax and just take a well-deserved break from school. Let’s take a […]
We Are SMCC
“I remember going to my grandma’s house … my grandma always did so much for us. Even when we were going through hardships or whatever it was, she would always make a […]
A Life and Culinary Journey
I came to the culinary arts by a long and circuitous route. The notion of considering a career as a food writer evolved by an even stranger set of circumstances. My life’s […]
Arts at SMCC
Last semester, SMCC student Destinee Linscott created a large painting inspired by her friend Elizabeth “Liz” Corvese’s interest in narwhals. Narwhals are a type of Arctic whale remarkable for having a single […]
A Note from the Advisor
If you are reading this column, it means you are holding the 95th consecutive Beacon printed since the paper returned to after a brief hiatus a little more than seven and a […]
Trump and Islamic Extremism: Admission is the First Step
It is unsurprising to see not a single Democrat applauding when President Donald Trump announced in his Feb. 29 address to Congress that he and his administration are “taking strong measures […]
The Grandiose Verbiage of a Trump Speech
“Then, in 2016, the earth shifted beneath our feet. The rebellion started as a quiet protest, spoken by families of all colors and creeds — families who just wanted a fair shot […]
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