Illaria Dana, Education Major The Portland Minimum Wage Referendum that sought to increase the minimum wage from ten dollars per hour to fifteen dollars per hour was voted down on Tuesday, November Third. Advocates […]
Portland Minimum Wage Referendum Shot Down
Lock Them Up, Throw Away the Key? How the Maine Corrections Department is Slighting Rights of Prisoners and Self-Betterment Efforts of Addicts
By Illaria Dana, Education Major The Maine Corrections Department is proposing to amend the conduct policies for inmates. According to the Portland Press Herald, “The proposed rules mostly seek to amend existing policies for adult […]
Education is Freedom
By Ashley Berry, Political Science Major “‘Let us pick up our books and our pens,’ I said. ‘They are our most powerful weapons. One child, one teacher, one book and one pen can change […]
Even War Has Rules
By Ashley Berry On the morning of October 3rd, 2015, an American AC-130 gunship started a relentless aerial attack on the Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF), hospital in Kunduz, Afghanistan. The attacks started at 2:00 […]
A Call for Getting Lost
Illaria Dana, Education Major About six weeks ago, I got really sick. I was housesitting for a friend near campus. She is a potter and was headed to the Common Ground Fair. I […]
News from The Broccoli: Reporting this semester with honesty, integrity, and broccoli
Research Finds Marijuana Promotes Hydration By Garrick Hoffman, Liberal Arts Major NEW HAVEN, CT – A new study conducted by Yale scientists has revealed that marijuana promotes hydration. The study was conducted on a […]
Letter to the Editor 2
Greetings! As part of CNMS 105 I am to write a letter to the Editor of the Beacon. And so here it is; I chose to focus this letter upon the article […]
Letter to the Editor 1
Dear Beacon editor, I would like to applaud you for being able to get a gang of college students to be in a room together and write stories for a newspaper that […]
Upholding the Right to Be Stupid: Houston’s Vote Against HERO
By Paul L. Young Like many Americans in presidential election season, a majority of Houstonians last week asserted their constitutional right to be knuckle-dragging troglodytes by rejecting the Houston Equal Rights Ordinance […]
Ethical Dilemmas: A Path to Truth
By Alice Barakagwira Back in Fall 2014, in the Introduction to Human Services course, we were having a conversation about whether there are links between one’s belief in God, or a lack […]
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