By Jason Glynn Hi folks, hope things are well in your world, they are great in mine. I am writing this from a sweet room in the Omni Shoreham hotel, located right […]
The Science Watchroom
Act Utilitarianism: A First Hand Experience
By Sakeena Rashid In my country, Sudan, we have a war in the Darfur Territory between two tribes, the Arab (Janjaweed) and the Fur Tribe. The Fur Tribe was living on this […]
NEWS ALERT: TWIRLING PENCILS, 1984 AND INSANITY
By Patrick Doyle Next time you twirl a pencil may be yr last. You could become a vegetative politically-correct robotic inadvertent tyrant at a flick of the fingers, cracking away at an […]
Online Work vs. Me
By Garrick Hoffman Money, religion, greed, desire, Fox News – none of those are the root of evil. If you want the answer to what the root of all evil really is, […]
Campus Exposed
By Garrick Hoffman Huddled in the cozy, borderline Hobbit-ish size of the All Faiths Cathedral, and filling all of the seats, an audience composed primarily of students tuned into the poetry that […]
Global Citizenry through Education
By: Erik Squire Thanks to a notification from the CESIL Report, I was able to attend a fantastic event for free (Reg. $75). It was the Maine Summit on Citizen Diplomacy event […]
SMCC Student Fiston Seba Bujambi attended the 2014 Reflections of Hope Awards
By Charles Ishimwe The Oklahoma City National Memorial & Museum awarded Roméo Dallaire, a retired Lieutenant-General, Senator, and celebrated humanitarian the 2014 Reflections of Hope Award. In 1993, LGen Dallaire was appointed […]
A Growing Campus for Growing Minds
By Alex Bessey First Year Student & Vice President of the Midcoast Club When I began attending classes at SMCC’s Midcoast Campus I thought it would be exactly that: attending classes; but the […]
Lisa DeSisto, CEO and Publisher for MaineToday
By A.S. Kinsman This morning members of SMCC’s The Beacon were treated to the privilege of being in the company of “Eggs & Issues”. Eggs & Issues is the Portland Community Chamber […]
Eggs and Issues
By Jennifer Lague Have you ever wanted to be a journalist? If you do there is a woman who you should know about. Her name is Lisa DeSisto and she is the […]
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