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 […]
Billiards Ban Cuts Deep at Spring Point
This Week in History
Ben Riggleman November 8, 1966 — British celebrity chef Gordon Ramsay is born. (He is best known for competitive cooking shows like Hell’s Kitchen and MasterChef.) November 9, 1916 — Jeannette […]
Speeding Up Your Android Device
Greer Jordan Is your Android phone running slower than you remember? Buttons and/or touch-screen response time feeling slow or laggy? There are several reasons why an Android phone or tablet can […]
iPhone 7: Should you upgrade?
Kendel Tatsak The main talking point of the new iPhone 7 has been its lack of a 3.5mm headphone jack, but what else on the phone is new? What have always […]
A Beginner’s Guide to Home Network Security
Chris Greer I don’t want to startle you, but if someone wants to gain access to your home network by breaking your router’s encryption, they can and will. With that said, […]
SMCC Coaches Spotlight: Katie Bergeron
Beacon Sports Staff With the 2016-17 basketball season only two weeks old, first year Head Coach Katie Bergeron has her Lady Seawolves primed for an outstanding season. The Lady Seawolves are […]
From the Desk of the Managing Editor: An Apology
Alex Serrano In the October 25th edition of the Beacon Newspaper, I wrote a flagrant and insulting article titled, “What’s Up With Midcoast?” The column targeted the students of the Midcoast […]
How to Avoid Speeding Tickets, DUI, and Insurance Payments
Noah Williams The current state of the environment is causing many people of the millennial generation to take drastic steps to reduce their environmental impact, but shutting off a few extra […]
Leading Cause of Premature Death Among Good Teachers
Noah Williams Imagine for a moment that you’ve spent at least four to six years of your life becoming an expert in something. Your skill and knowledge has afforded you a […]
Preferred Names Are a Necessity
Juniper White, President of the Rainbow League Many transgender and gender-variant people choose to adopt a name that better reflects their identity. Renaming themselves can be a joyous occasion, the feeling of […]
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