Alex Serrano Since the event was largely catered to the schedules of students and educators, many woke up bright and early on Friday morning to travel by big yellow bus to Jewett […]
Reaching OUT
Election 2016: Education Platform
Brandi Abrams Nothing elicits a visceral response like a conversation about politics. This election season, more time is being spent covering who said what horrible thing or who sent what type of […]
From the Desk of the Managing Editor
Alex Serrano Hey Beacon Readers, It seems like it’s been a while since we talked. How’s it going? Now that midterms are over for the most part, how about a […]
Referendums: What They Are and How They’re Flawed
Ben Riggleman You’ve probably heard the word referendum quite a bit in the last year. If you don’t know yet, a referendum is when citizens vote directly on a proposal. Earlier […]
The Hijab Incident: A Progressive Male Perspective
Alex Serrano As many of you may know, the week before last, there was an incident. A white, male student on the SMCC South Portland campus pulled the hijab off of […]
What Matters Most
Jack Rollins Menials are being reported as the most apathetic generation of Americans in history. Many of us still live at home, have bachelor’s degrees in Anthropology or English, yet are […]
What’s Up With Midcoast?
Alex Serrano The Midcoast campus is not very well represented in the Beacon newspaper. As much as It would be easy to point fingers at the South Portland campus staff—who possibly […]
Vote “NO” on Question 1
Noah Williams Weed. Dope. Ganja. Everyone’s heard about it, most of the populous has tried it, and lots of people from 15-year-old kids to 70-year-old cancer patients think marijuana is pretty […]
Yes on 2
Noah Williams If you stop to ponder for a moment the amount of people making more than $200,000 a year (roughly 2% of the population) and then consider the number of […]
Yes on 4
Noah Williams If you live in this state and work for a living than get yourself to the polls on Tuesday, November 8th, and vote yes on question 4. Question 4 […]
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