Dear Editor, I am writing to complain about The Beacon’s editor for the latest issue of your paper. Your article on TEDxSMCC was critical and way too novel for the context. […]
Letter to the Editor: On Alex Serrano’s Tedx Piece
Oddworld: An Interview with the Soulstorm Developer
Christian Guthrie CNMS Major March 16 marked the next installment in the beloved Oddworld franchise. Recently, I had the opportunity to ask Oddworld inhabitants about their recent project title called Soulstorm. […]
SMCC Realigns: Layoffs, Departmental Cuts as Budgetary Woes Heighten
Illaria Dana Education Major Financial hardships and budgetary woes have arrived at SMCC. If you are the type of student who cares about their education, if you are not aware of […]
Let’s Channel This Energy: Tedx SMCC Revisited
Illaria Dana Education Major Mind the gap was the theme for Tedx SMCC. The phrase encouraged viewers to connect disparate ideas and people within their lives. The rehearsal for Tedx […]
PTK Inducts New Members, Officer Team Attends Nerd Nation
Illaria Dana Education Major Phi Theta Kappa, PTK, inducted 17 new members on Sunday, April 2. In order to be eligible for membership, students must have GPAs of 3.5 or higher. […]
SMCC Business Club Speaker Series – April 14, 2016
vKellie Coulter Business Major On April 14th, students gathered in Jewett Auditorium for the Business Club’s Speaker Series. The first portion of the evening was an open discussion about transferring to […]
The SMCC Business Club volunteers at The Ronald McDonald House in Portland
(article and photo by Steve Strand- Professor, Business Dept. and Facility Advisor, SMCC Business Club) Someone once said, “You make a living by what you get. You make a life […]
Poetic License: Steve Luttrell
Katelynn Ouellette Neeli Cherkovski writes that “Steve Luttrell tailors life down to essential and luminous moments that celebrate our humanity.” Explain how the poems in this collection (Plumb Line) illustrate the […]
Poetic License: Understanding Du Fu
Laura Falls Du Fu has the ability to show a large portion of an individual’s adventures through life in only a few short lines of poetry. Du Fu gives us the […]
Poetic License: Charles Bukowski: The Writer You Either Love Or Hate
Kelly Corbett Charles Bukowski is considered to be either one of the most famous, or one of the most infamous American writers of the 20th century. The view you adopt is […]
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