By Jessica Spoto We all use excuses to get out of class or work or really anything that we don’t feel like doing at that moment. “The bridge was up” or “I’m […]
Excuses & Sugar-Coating
Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, I want to express an opinion that may very well infuriate some of my colleagues. It is this: I did not vote for Donald Trump, but I believe it is my […]
Decadent and Depraved, a College Christmas Party
By Noah Williams There is no escaping the merciless onslaught of Smirnoff Ice hidden in the chip bowl, or the wild, sticky, groping admissions of love and guilt, when you accept the […]
Director’s Spotlight: Dario Argento
Dario Argento, born on September 7th 1940 in prestigious Rome, is the man responsible for some of the underrated “Giallo” genre’s most sinisterly stylish pleasures. The maestro’s father Salvtore was a legendary […]
Movie Review: “Manchester by the Sea”
By Ryan Marshall There is, however, a third and final film in this sequence, and it might just be the best of the bunch. “Ouija: Origin of Evil” is billed as a […]
Rogue One: A Child’s Plaything Run Amok
By Alex Serrano Rogue One reminds me of the kind of stories I would make up on the playground in third grade. Which is to say that it has an interesting story, […]
Poetic License
Every issue of the SMCC Beacon, the student run paper (website, and Facebook page) the Arts & Features section will highlight student poetry. New poets, and old, SMCC alumni and friends, please […]
‘67 Ford Falcon, a Classic Beauty
By Jessica Spoto Imagine a classic car so sweet and amazing that you would just drool over it. Imagine its sleek, rounded square body and the beauty of its nature. It stands […]
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Billiards Ban Cuts Deep at Spring Point
Ben Riggleman SPRING POINT RESIDENCE HALL, South Portland — If you wandered into the dorm’s common area at the end of October, you saw a place fundamentally changed. Kyle Thayer, a fixture […]
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