by Patrick Doyle My first job was washing dishes at a Mediterranean place while in high school – I was fired after skipping work around Thanksgiving to lay on a floor for […]
Confessions of a New England Vice Hawker
Business Club Updates
By Darcy Pope The Business Club here at SMCC is a great group of people that are interested in learning about the business world. Knowledge of basic business principles and activities are […]
Accessing Equality
By Davis Nicholson This column was conjured in the Honors Class, Philosophy in Action – an intriguing class with a pleasantly diverse mix of perspectives. A newfound intrigue of writing, particularly with […]
Analysing the $10.10 Minimum Wage
By Erik T.X. Squire In Mr. Obama’s State of the Union speech he said he would raise the minimum wage to $10.10 through the power of executive order. As the POTUS said […]
Memorable Sports Facts: February 18, 1988
By The Beacon Staff The reason why [quadruple-double] is such a hard thing to accomplish is because it requires a player to be completely dominant on both ends of the court without […]
MISSING PHILIP SEYMOUR HOFFMAN
by Patrick Doyle On Sunday, February 2nd, actor and director Philip Seymour Hoffman was discovered in his office in Greenwich Village dead of an apparent heroin overdose. He was 46. Among friends […]
Sabering Hollywood: The Monuments Men (2014)
by Sabra Schirm “A Monumental Waste of Time” is the only way to describe George Clooney’s latest cinematic embarrassment. Based on actual events, The Monuments Men tells the story of the unlikely […]
Let’s Rethink This (?)
By Richard Sawyer Someone who is likely to be to be drafted into the NFL has come out as gay. Does this matter? No. All that matters is if the offensive tackle can […]
Bittersweet Baby
By A.S. Kinsman For all of the fathers or husbands out there, it’s a nightmare. The thought of the unimaginable happening is an all-too-real possibility. For anyone, it can happen in a […]
From Behind the Curtain
By Jason Glynn Can you believe that we are 6 weeks into this semester already? Time flies when you’re having fun right? As college students, we can often find ourselves locked up […]
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