By Erik Squire (AKA Mind-Blown Seminar) Just before the start of the semester CeSIL hosted a student leadership boot camp that was open to all (you might remember Shane Long shamelessly putting […]
SMCC’s Student Leader Boot Camp
SMCC Soccer Roundup
By Sam Coombs Women’s: Girls Soccer drop first game SOUTH PORTLAND, ME- In the first action of the season, the SMCC girls’ soccer team matched up against a talented Dean College team […]
Your Brain on Exercise: Let the Research Begin
By Jason Glynn This is a two-part installment of my experience while working in a neuroscience lab at the University of New England under a Maine-INBRE Fellowship. Part 1: July, 2014 This […]
Holding Up the Sky My Singaporean Roots Crisis
By Maisarah Miskoon An esteemed musical composer by the name of Zubir Said once cited the Malay proverb “Di mana bumi dipijak, di situ […]
My Euro-trip (Spain)
By Erik Squire Yes, it’s everything they say it is. Europe is incredibly beautiful with all of its historical architecture, superior coffee, and colorful people. I had the good fortune of spending […]
Maine Seaweed Festival
By Jennifer Lague On Saturday, August 30th there was an all day event on the SMCC waterfront called Maine Seaweed Festival. The Festival consisted of many tents with vendors who sell seaweed-based […]
Tech Talk: TeamViewer
By Shunming Liu I was using WebEx for network meetings for many years, but mostly for a business. That needs a lot of money to get the related service. Is there an […]
Tech Talk: Cisco Packet Tracer
By Shunming Liu This summer I joined the CCNA boot camp. There is a network simulation tool named Cisco Packet Tracer, which I think can be handy. Just like saying the name, […]
And The Beacon Locomotive Engages Again…
Garrick Hoffman The doors have opened, the engines are fired up, and we’re officially in motion again, folks. The Beacon of 2014 has returned for round two. We’re wildly excited, and you […]
Welcome Back, Nerds!
By Maisarah Miskoon The Pro-Advice Column from “a Millennial for Millennials” So summer called while I was writing this column. It said its usual salutations and dropped a bomb on me. Summer […]
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