Megan Prevost, Biotechnology Major I don’t know about you, but moving on to campus terrified me and starting my classes terrified me even more. I didn’t even know what to do. Was leaving […]
Surviving Campus – Part One: Classroom Ethics and Study Habits
Out of Darkness and Into Light
By Illaria Dana On September 20th, Bath, Maine hosted an Out of Darkness walk to raise awareness about suicide and funding for suicide prevention. The American Foundation for Suicide Prevention (AFSP) organizes […]
The Nursing Club Is Alive and Well
By Cody Powers Because the Southern Maine Community College (SMCC) Nursing program is academically challenging and mentally perplexing, it is important for students to have support systems and resources within reach. The […]
Students Interview
By Paula Limba Hello SMCC students! I hope you’re all doing well and that everybody has had a wonderfully invigorating good start to the academic 2015-2016 year. My name is Paula Limba. […]
Dave Chappelle Provokes Laughter, Examination in Portland
By Garrick Hoffman The Merrill Auditorium was packed with people on the night of Tuesday, September 22. The only sound was the white-noise hum of the crowd. Everyone was awaiting the living […]
Ocean Acidification
Megan Prevost, Biotechnology Major Recently some really exciting information has come to light on the SMCC campus: the EPA, or the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, has provided us with $85,000 towards a high-grade […]
Welcome to the Other World
By Illaria Dana Welcome, new and returning students and faculty! My name is Illaria, and I will be the editor of the Other World section of “The Beacon”. It is exciting to […]
The Inside Scoop
The Beacon Sports Staff As the fall semester creeps ever so slowly forward (for some that is), and the summer fades over the horizon like a stoutly hit 7 iron, here’s a […]
(Not So) Pro-Active Advice
By: That friend you hate at first but secretly love because she has your back After a semester sabbatical, I am back, snitches. I wanted to swear right there but my editor […]
Examining Addiction: Overdoses Take the Lives of Mainers
By Illaria Dana Addiction has deep roots in our society. It would be hard to trace these roots to a specific time, to the first addict. There was a BBC radio special […]
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