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 […]
Referendums: What They Are and How They’re Flawed
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 […]
Inconsiderate Students Take Over Spring Point
Jessica Spoto In Spring Point, the main lobby lounge is the place to go to hang out and chill with friends: drink some coffee, play some pool, play some videos games, and […]
Jan Svankmajer, Profiles in Directing
Ryan Marshall Jan Svankmajer, born September 4th, 1934, is best known for his genuinely fantastical adaptations of popular works such as Alice in Wonderland/Through the Looking-Glass (1988’s Alice), 1994’s Faust, and his […]
The Alchemist Cookbook
Ryan Marshall The forest has always been an essential breeding ground for cinematic insanity, and it’s not hard to imagine why; after all, the things closest to us, but which we have […]
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