By Erik Squire Education Major The Beacon has covered outstanding clubs and upstanding students, but we thought it was high time we took a look inside one of SMCC’s very own dorms, […]
Surfsite Exposed: Inside SMCC’s “Dirtiest Dorm”
Smart Thinking
Randy Pierce: Achievement Through Adversity
By Rebekah Marin Liberal Arts/English Major On the Thursday evening of February 19, Randy Pierce came to SMCC to give a motivational speech about overcoming adversity. Pierce has hiked all 48 of […]
TV Junkies
By Koren Sulllivan Art Major Jonesing for the next season of Game of Thrones? Maybe you wanna get your Girls fix? How about living vicariously through the atrociously funny Kenny Powers of […]
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Learning Commons Tip
Money in Politics
By Ian Ziller Political Science Major The money in politics is a big problem. For example, the Koch brothers (two billionaires with strong conservative ideology) plan to spend $900k or more in […]
Why 2014 was the year that we should have turned “LePage”
By Ashley Berry Liberal Arts – Political Science The year 2014 brought the State of Maine the opportunity for a fresh start, by removing a governor who cares more about businesses than […]
Creationism in the Classroom …and its implications
By Garrick Hoffman Liberal Arts Major If you subscribe to the separation of church and state, it’s likely you’ll be disappointed to learn that many – not some, but many – schools […]
The Anti-Vaccination Movement is its Own Worst Enemy
By Will Craig Part Time Student Out of the host of anti-establishment conspiracy theories that is unfortunately common amongst those less inclined to formal logic comes the Oedipal beauty of the anti-vax, […]
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