Creation vs. Evolution: The Great Debate…Still? By Jason Glynn How did we get here? This is a question that has plagued the minds of men and women since we could think. There […]
The Science Watchroom
Music Club…Not Dead Yet!
Nicholas James Miller Hello, fellow students, and readers of The Beacon. My name is Nicholas James Miller, early in the fall semester of 2013, my first semester of college, I eagerly wrote […]
Eggs and Issues Business Forum
Portland Regional Chamber of Commerce By Jennifer Lague The monthly Eggs and Issues Conference run by the Portland Regional Chamber of Commerce (portlandregion.com) took place Thursday, February 6th at the Holiday Inn […]
One Selfie Too Far
By A.S. Kinsmen Everyone remembers when Obama took a selfie at the funeral of Nelson Mandela a few months ago. It was rude, it was crass, and it was, above all, disrespectful. […]
Poetic License
by Patrick Doyle stFor the first time in Poetic License history, a featured instead of one of my own. This is not to account for any laziness or writer’s block on my […]
Deborah Klotz: Traces at the Maine Jewish Museum
By Jennifer Connor Walking into Deborah Klotz’s recent show at the Maine Jewish Museum on Congress Street in Portland was like taking in a breath of fresh air. The light and energy […]
Radiology Program Acquires Essential Learning Tool.
Garrick Hoffman At the SMCC Mid-coast campus in Brunswick, there sits a GE Proteus x-ray unit with a value in the ballpark of $50,000 – $80,000. Manufactured in 2007, the machine provides […]
American College Theater Festival Welcomes the Cliffhangers, SMCC’s Theater Club
#eyeopening #soulsearching #castbonding By Dierdree Glassford, SMCC Theater Club Director Two months, a ton of paperwork, and an endless amount of excitement later, SMCC’s Theater Club, The Cliffhangers, finally made their first […]
From The Vista Volunteer Desk
By Madelyn Holm In the United States, public education has stood physically and philosophically apart from the community and society in which it serves. Maintaining a divide between schools and communities is […]
Proposed Campus Center Café
By Jennifer Lague Has anyone noticed that there is currently not really much food to choose from on campus and a long line at the snack bar? Well, in a couple of […]
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