By Garrick Hoffman Liberal Arts Major If you’re a future college student, or even currently a college student, you might end up pondering your path of education, so long as Obama’s recent […]
Obama Announces Free Community College Proposal
Maximizing Your Smartphone’s Battery Life
By C. Samuel Belton CTEC Major If you are anything like me, you are at least mildly worried about having enough battery life on your phone to last the entire day, or […]
Tyranny in the Blaine House
Beacon Editorial Staff Feeling frustrated by John Fitszsimmons, the President of the Maine Community College System (MCCS), Governor Paul LePage demanded that the system’s trustees ensure Fitszsimmons’s resignation. If the trustees did […]
Examining Incarceration
By Ashley Berry SMCC Student Our prison system is one of the largest in the world, incarcerating roughly 25% of the world’s prisoners. This number is especially monstrous when one considers that […]
Rome and the US: How Money Affects Politics
By Ian Ziller Political Science Major Today we are facing a problem with money in politics, but what are the dangers really? If we look back 2,000 years to the end of […]
Library Research Workshops
Charlie Hebdo and The Preservation of Free Speech
By Garrick Hoffman Liberal Arts Major In 2010, the creators of Comedy Central satirical show South Park, Matt Stone and Trey Parker, had death threats levied their way after an April 2010 […]
Poetic License
So to all the skeptics, Poetic License has not died nor will it ever! This is my last semester at SMCC, hence my last contributions to The Beacon will be conducted during […]
The Forgotten Alley
The distinct contrast between the two sections of buildings gives the appearance of a window leading to a more intricate cityscape. The composition heavily relies on vertical and horizontal lines, but the […]
P-Town Bound: The Kings of the Busk
By F. A. Coletti Communications and New Media Major The term ‘busker’ refers to a person or group who performs on the street. By walking downtown, especially on a day like the […]
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