By Ian Ziller Political Science Major Through the 19th century and early 20th there was a period in U.S. political history known as the “Gilded Age,” which was a time marked by […]
The Gilded Age
We Are Not Failures
By Ashley Berry Liberal Arts Major Governor LePage, please hear us, the Maine Community College System is not a failure. If there is a failure it is your policy of flat funding […]
Maine’s Gun Control Should Not be Lessened
By Ashley Berry Political Science Major Sandy Hook, Virginia Tech, Columbine, Aurora, and the list goes on. Everyone knows those names because they carry such immense weight. They are not just names […]
Metal Up Yr Ass: The Final Edition
By Garrick Hoffman Liberal Arts Album of the issue: Metallica, aka “The Black Album” (1991) One of Metallica’s most controversial albums, Metallica exploded on the charts, and has now been certified sixteen […]
Fledgling Artists Flee the Nest
By Koren Sullivan Art Major As a graduating senior of the SMCC art program, I’ve got to say it’s been an awesome semester. (And not just because I’m graduating!) Spring 2015 started […]
Poetic License
By Patrick Doyle Last night I went on some sort of inspired writing spree. All of the poems here will remain nameless, like all of the nameless that wander the world; those […]
Swallow This…I Guess?
A dining review of South Portland’s Easy Day By Koren Sullivan Art Major It seems that I am quite possibly the last person in South Portland to set foot through thedoors of […]
UNE Transfer
The Maine Loan
Last Call; You Don’t Have to go Home… But You Can’t Stay Here
By Erik Squire Education Major Hello my fellow SMCCericans. As the semester train comes to a grinding halt, it may be the final destination for some of you. Some of you will […]
The SMCC Beacon 