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March 3, 2015Volume 12Issue 11
SMCCs Dirtiest Dorm Anti-Vax Fallacies Textbooks Bibles In Class
Metal Up Your A**, Part 2 Seawolves in Elite 8
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Five of the EyesMore than Five Questions for their Lead Singer
Darrell Foster
By Frank ColettiCommunications & New Media Major
Portland has a population of over 63,000 people and for its
relative size, it is a music fans heaven. Watching shows at
Mer-rill Auditorium, Longfellow Square, State Theatre, Port City,
Empire, SPACE Gallery or Asylum can provide you with ample
genre-fication. Whether you are looking for a local or a touring
band, whether you are looking for rap, indie, funk, folk, metal,
adult contemporary, a jazz band, or wheth-er you are looking for a
theatre or a bar, you have that luxury in Portland. SMCC students
need to artistically exercise the right to dig music, whether its
with following the local band scene or per-forming in it. Darrell
Foster, an SMCC stu-dent and the lead singer of Portland-based funk
band Five of the Eyes, is on the latter
side. Five of the Eyes is a self-described alien funk band with
Latin influences, and have been compared to The Mars Volta and The
Fall of Troy. FotE consists of band members:Tim Meehan (guitar)Ned
Rich (guitar)Peter G. (drums and bass on Abyss)Tom Meehan (drums
and bass on Abyss)Darrell Foster (lyrics and synth) Foster is a
well-rounded musician who
excels at vocals. He doesnt confine himself to a genre and could
quite possibly be the best dancer in Maine (you have to see it to
believe it). Foster is a method writer who develops his message
through improvisation to manifest philosophical energy. Hes also
got a knack for creating a vocal hook that will get lodged in your
brain after a few listens, as described in an article in the Bangor
Daily News, who did an interview with Foster in February.
I recently sat down for a Q & A with Darrell Foster and we
discussed Portlands local music scene, how Five of the Eyes falls
into it, the enlightenment of pure creativity and a few other
things.How long have you been singing? Ive been singing since I was
8 or 9 and I remember my sister would yell, If you dont know the
words, DONT SING! I think I was singing to Backstreet Boys or
something ridiculous. And it was around that time I learned to
forget what other people say and to do what feels good, do what you
want, sing whenever and wherev-er you want.How long have you played
the synth? Actually, not that long, only about six months. Ive been
playing around with keys my whole life, but Ive always been a
guitar player. When I joined this band there was just no need for
another guitar so I decided to find something else to contribute.
Ive always enjoyed samples and weird ambient
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Seawolves Represented Well in the Elite 8Both Squads Get to
Finals - Fall Short, Still Headed to USCAA Nationals
By Beacon Sports Staff
IN mid-February, the Seawolves basket-ball teams traveled to
Concord, New Hampshire (2/18 - 21) to participate in the Yankee
Small College Conference, Elite 8 tournament. Central Maine
Community College, New Hampshire Technical Insti-tute and SMCC all
host the tournament on a rotating basis, as this years tournament
fell into the trusted hands of New Hamp-shire Technical Institute.
Anticipating an incoming weather system, the team bus rolled away
from the Hutchinson Gym around 12:45 in order for the Lady Wolves
to take the floor in the 2nd game of a 4 game card for Thursdays
quar-terfinal games. The Lady Wolves opened up the Elite 8 against
Vermont Tech following the College of St. Joes/UMaine - Machias
game, and before the NHTI/UMaineAu-gusta and CMCC/EMCC games. The
winner of the women and mens tournament would receive an
automat-
ic invitation to the USCAA nationals in Uniontown, PA. For both
teams, the tour-nament tested their resolve, as they would face
some of the better YSCC teams. On both sides of the court, the
wom-ens and mens side, the tournament essen-tially followed the
logical script of elimi-nation play with no major upsets until the
Vermont Tech men took the floor against CMCC on the mens first day
of play. The game proved to be one that should go down in YSCC
folklore as Vermont Tech not only held their own, but also
prevailed over defending YSCC champions and USCAA runner ups CMCC.
The Mustangs had not only the last shot, but the last 3 shots, all
from within 7 feet, needing 2pts to send the game into overtime,
only to find themselves returning to Auburn sooner than anticipated
as they came up empty. The basketball powers would smile upon
(Continued on Page 11)Atencio Martin accepts the Runner Up award
for the YSCC Basketball Championship.
Darrell Foster and Tom Meehan. Photo courtesy of Darrell
Foster.
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the Spring Semester
By Carlin WhitehouseCommunications and New Media Major
One of the best vistas on the whole campus is standing in the
Culinary Arts dining room, looking out the expan-sive wall of
glass. These days, the panorama is dominated by a gargantuan
mountain of snow that really has to be seen to be believed. And
with every new snowfall, it literally grows tons more massive.
Coined after the building that once occupied the piece of property,
Mt. Ro-tunda stands as a symbol for what Grounds & Equipment
Supervisor, Bobby Morrissey, calls a monumental task. The two-fold
mission of the SMCC Facilities Mainte-nance Department is to keep
the SMCC campus safe, and keep it operational. Con-sidering that
the roadways and walkways
most frequented by students and faculty are just a fraction of
the square footage that must be cleared of this seasons
unprece-dented amount of snow, the task takes on proportions that
would make a Greek hero balk. Nearly everyone in New England has a
personal saga to share about getting snowed in, spending hours
shoveling out of their apartment, or getting their car stuck in
some god-forsaken snowbank. Those efforts are dwarfed by any one of
the Facilities team whose job description transforms above and
beyond their everyday janitorial and maintenance duties every time
it begins to snow. The alarm sounds around 2am; they throw down
some breakfast and take care of their own home, then head straight
to campus where they punch in for a 14 to
16 hour shift of powering snow out of the public way. John
Theroux, Daily Operations Supervisor, shared the exhaustive list of
locations that must be checked off for every storm: Fire hydrants,
gas meters, emer-gency exits, dumpsters, oil tanks, sprinkler
systems, roofs Its an active campus with residents, and open to the
public, with the expectations that practically every nook and
cranny of the property be accessible. Were here til we feel that
the campus is comfortably tucked in, says Theroux. Perfection is
not attainable in the winter of 2015, though. Some amount of
allowances have to be made. Parking sucks on a good day! But now
weve lost 50 to 75 parking spots anyways, jokes Morrissey. Hes seen
how a days work can barely put a dent in the astound-ing volume of
snow theyre up against. A couple Saturdays ago, they transported 35
dump truck loads from a giant heap behind the Health Science
Center, to Mt. Rotunda. It was like a drop in the bucket, explained
Morrisey. You couldnt even tell we did anything. Yet, none of this
stops them from getting up the next day and doing it all over
again. Im proud of our team, said Trade Supervisor, David
Balberchak. Look, we all know what has to get done were beat up
like hell at the end of the day, and it hurts. Youre going home and
youre falling asleep in your dinner Theres no two
ways about it. It takes every one of us to get r done. Next time
you see one of these guys driving up the road, or toiling away with
a shovel, acknowledge their Herculean efforts and share your
gratitude that you never have to worry about the conditions here on
campus.
SMCC SNOW!Fun Facts
35+ full-time employees in Facilities 12 of whom are the shovel
brigade
Shifts start at 4am and run as late as 7 or 8pm
Campus is divided into seven plow routes that cover every square
foot of road
14-vehicle fleet several pickup trucks (two fitted with salt
spreaders), 2 skid-steer Bobcats, 1 Kubota bucket loader, 1
Caterpillar loader with 14-foot pusher blade
150 tons of salt, and several pallets of bagged Ice-Melt
delivered (so far)
Swirling maritime wind gusts exceeding 65mph require clearing
the same drifts 5+ times per storm
Go-to weather reports are gathered from Weather Underground
(wunder-ground.com) & National Weather Service - Gray office
(weather.gov/gyx)
How Students & Faculty Can Help Facilities Management Get R
Done
BE AWARE! Whenever possible give a wide berth to equipment.
Whether on foot or in your own vehicle, keep a safe distance and
dont make sudden or unexpected movements (and for goodness sake,
look up from your phone!)
Dont assume that you are seen. Snow-caked equipment has limited
360 visibility. Try to make eye contact with operators before
crossing their path
Pay attention to and heed PARKING BANS! In one swipe, the
Caterpillar can do the same work of four trucks - but it doesnt
stop on a dime. If you want the parking lots cleared, please move
your car
Wear winter BOOTS. Be prepared for whatever Mother Nature is
going to throw at us! Under the best of conditions there will
always be patches of ice & snow
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Illustrator Craig Stanley
Digital Media Editor Jennifer Lague Managing Editor Garrick
Hoffman Photo Editor Nickolas Evan Acker Sports Photographer
Nickolas Evan Acker
SECTION EDITORS Arts&Features F.A. Coletti Op&Ed Garrick
Hoffman Other World Rebekah Marin On Campus Erik Squire Sports The
Beacon Staff
CONTRIBUTING Ashley Berry WRITERS Will Craig Patrick Doyle
Jonathan Lugay Lahana Palencia Koren Sullivan Carlin Whitehouse Ian
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High on Faith & Low on FundsBy Erik SquireEducation
Major
Hola mi amigos! You only have to hold out a little longer for
spring break, yeehaw! I dont know about the rest of you studious
folks, but Im getting out of Maine for my break. Heck, I would sure
like to go to the Bahamas after battling all of this snow, but Im
allergic to sand and porpois-es. Also, I cant quite afford it on
the salary given to me by The Beacon (because its non-existent).
Speaking of empty banks accounts, the Student Senate has recently
run out of their Student Organization fund. To get a better look
into what caused the Student Senate to run out before the new
fiscal year, The Beacon conducted a couple interviews with some of
the top dogs in the Senate. As a point of reference, each year the
Student Senate manages an $80,000 budget. This fund is made up of
your Student Activity Fee and it is allocated out as follows:
$32,000 for student organiza-tions, $32,000 for activities, $7000
for the student newspaper, $4000 miscellaneous, $4000 for Writ, and
$1000 for Chorus.The Beacon reached out to Student Senate
Vice-President Danni Olsen and asked what her thoughts were on the
budget being used up before the end of the fiscal year. Olsen
explained: Last year we didnt run out as quickly as we did this
year. Last year it was more lax, we had less clubs, and we didnt
have as much student involvement. It was growing, but it wasnt as
fast as it is now. We had a steady flow; people understood how the
guidelines worked and how requesting money worked. We had a Senate
full of lawyers; they tore apart everything so nothing was getting
funded as quickly as it is now. Things were being argued, being
tabled, being discussed. Every request for funds that was put out
was being torn apart. Granted it was lax, but when it came to
money, it was super structured at that point, maybe even overly
structured. In this years financial issues, Olsen stated: At this
point, I think we need to bring back that structure, because now we
have nothing. We have nothing for any of the clubs starting out
this semester. We ran into the issue where we had caps for clubs,
about food; you were only allowed to do one or two food events in a
semester. And because the nursing club fought against it, we dont
have that anymore. So now we have clubs requesting almost two grand
for food. She continued, We also have clubs requesting $4,000 for
something that looks good for the school, but at the same time
youre taking activity money. And its not anything that would even
benefit students. Olsen feels that the money is properly used when
it goes to clubs that are going to spend it well. She then talked
about a few clubs that she considered good examples: A lot of clubs
are open to all students, like the gaming club for instance; we
have a good thirty members that come consistent-ly, and we have new
people coming in and other people going out. Its open to all, like
(as another example) Anime Club, Cosplay Club, and Baufing Club,
all the clubs that are going to our planned Boston trip. We
advertised it open to all, the only thing we asked was that people
come show up to the club, thats it. It made club attendance go up,
and it caused people to join in on the
community. Things like that, I think clubs should do, but
(others are) not. Olsen described what she considered to be an
example of a club that shouldnt have received Student Organization
funds. This particular club disappeared after a receiving a
significant amount of money. Olsen expressed, The Robotics Club was
a complete and utter failure. They came in, and they were there for
a while and they requested so much money, $1840 in all. And where
has it gone? It hasnt benefit-ed anybody. So thats a decent chunk
of money wasted. Were having that issue, and were just trying to
figure out where to go, because were stuck in the middle. It went
from structured, to no structure, to half structured. From last
semester to this se-mester, the Student Senates getting bigger but
at the same time its getting crazy. The Beacon then asked what
Olsen thought to be the leading cause for running out of funds
prematurely, to which she replied: No one talks, no one asks for
discussions. Everyones like, Oh yeah that sounds cool, lets go with
it; no one brings anything to the table. No one explains
anything because no one asks. So its like, Sure, sure, sure,
lets go, yeah, approve, approve, approve; throw money their way.
Thats pretty much what it is, and I want it to change. There is a
problem with clubs taking advantage of the super chill
envi-ronment, and now that were getting bigger it needs to stop.
Finally, we at The Beacon interviewed Faiz Sabean, the newly
elected Student Senate Treasurer. Sabean was asked how he planned
to reduce the future risk of run-ning out of funds, and this was
his reply: I definitely feel that the funds should be exhausted by
the end of the semester, but not this early when we still have
anoth-er 12+ more weeks to go. The silver lining to this issue is
that its a good indicator that our clubs are active and are
actively initi-ating new activities to benefit the student body.
Sabean further stated: There are several ways to reduce the risk of
prematurely running out of funds. We can add in new language in the
Student Senate Constitution to put a cap to the
amount of funds a new club can be approved for, improve the
vetting process of fund requests to ensure that funds are
appropriated in the best way possible, and make certain that clubs
in the future adhere to certain poli-cies (submitting roster,
meeting time and place, budget) before being able to request for
funds. Its definitely a fine balance between reinforcing structure
on the club level without making it too hard for clubs to get the
funds for the activities they are passionate about.
Surfsite ExposedInside SMCCs Dirtiest Dorm
By Erik SquireEducation Major
The Beacon has covered outstanding clubs and upstanding
students, but we thought it was high time we took a look inside one
of SMCCs very own dorms, dubbed Dirty Surfsite. My co-interviewer,
Lorelei Hipkins, and I made our way up to Surfsite to nab an
interview with one of the dormitorys resi-dents. I knew I had the
perfect interviewee when I saw a car speedily rumbling past me into
Surfsite parking lot. The student had his hood held down by two
jerry-rigged safety pins. The students name was Dylan (he didnt
give his last name). While we walked into Surfsite with Dylan, he
introduced us to a few of his friends, Cory and Wild Bill (as he
called himself). Dylan then proceeded to tell us a little about
life in the dorm: Its pretty dirty, no one cleans really. The pool
table is out of use, things get taken away, these couches are junk;
it kind of sucks, actually. The average GPA of Surfsite residents
back in 2011 was a 1.98. With that in mind, we asked what they
believed was the major cause for the low GPA. Its definitely a
smaller space, said Dylan. There are no ladies, too, Wild Bill
added. We need to pull our heads out of our butts and get our
grades up, Cory also pointed out. The Beacon then asked if they
thought the community life was different due to it being an
all-male dorm. Yeah, theres no tension between people. Everybody
loves each other, Wild Bill proclaimed. But there are girls that
are regulars here, Dylan pointed out. Mid interview, a couple of
guys came
into the dorm yelling nonsensical things. They then joined in on
the interview. In here, we are kind of isolated, and we have our
own counter culture going on, stated one of the group members. We
do know that all the folks at Spring Point (Residence Hall) wish
like hell they were here with us, cause were super chill. Dont you
have to be ethnic to be counter culture? someone else asked
sar-donically. We then asked what one of the worst things to happen
in Surfsite was. Losing all our shit was one of the worst things
thats happened here, said Dylan. People from Spring Point took our
pool table from us, added in another guy.A couple others from the
group joined in on the question, stating, Sometimes therere 5-6
people wasted outside yelling, or people slamming on other peoples
doors drunk. Then another resident shared, Some guy split his head
open and he thought he was going to die. He fell down the stairs.
Ive never seen so much blood in my life. The next question on our
list was how many cigarettes the guys smoked in a day. I literally
just came down here look-ing for a cigarette, stated one of the
guys. Then another exclaimed, I had nine cig-arettes yesterday! Yet
another explained, Everybody smoke cigarettes here. Its a great way
to meet people. I then asked Dylan what a typical day
looked like for him, to which he
responded: I get up at 9, do some home-work if I have any,
smokes a few cigarettes, and go to class. Its pretty boring
actually, if you just stay here and dont go out, but I mean theres
always things to do. Then another resident added, Occasionally we
improvise some games. Like ghetto hock-ey.When asked what they
would like to see improved in their dorm, they readily replied:
They should redo the bathrooms, expressed Dylan, and almost
simultaneous-ly two others chimed in: Yeah! and Yeah, its pretty
gross. Also, one of the guys stated, some rooms have black mold in
them. This sentiment was met by a chorus of people exclaiming Yeah!
Dylan went on to say, When I got my orientation, and they were
giving us the tour, they didnt show us in here. Lastly, the
residents expressed dis-content with not being able to have
toasters or plate warmers. Despite the struggles that a lot of the
dorm residents face, they all explained that they work hard;
however, their first semester is always a little rough. They had to
learn new skills like washing dishes and laundry (for some of
them). On top of inexperience, everybody was pretty broke; one guy
had $10 in his bank, and another had 30 cents. Though they realized
that there were opportunities to make money on campus, most of them
didnt feel the urge to pursue the work. As one of them casually
stated, All I need is a place to eat, sleep, and shower. Surfsite,
though perhaps not the best
dormitory in the universe, at the very least offers all three of
these accom-
modations.
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TV JunkiesBy Koren Sulllivan
Art Major
Jonesing for the next season of Game of Thrones? Maybe you wanna
get your Girls fix? How about living vicariously through the
atrociously funny Kenny Powers of Eastbound & Down? Whatever
the case, youre probably already familiar with HBO GO. For those of
you who dont watch TV because youre too busy reading-- let me share
with you two things: 1) no one believes that line about you not
watching TV, and 2) HBO GO is HBOs on-demand service that allows
you to watch any of their content on your computer or mobile device
whenever you want. Its all free if youre an HBO subscriber. But,
hey, wait a minute...what about those of us who are too cheap to
subscribe to HBO?! Cant we just watch HBO for free? We sure can. I
mean, cmon, you know Grandma isnt really using her HBO password to
stream TV shows to her computer. So just snag her password and
youre golden! Even though it seems a little sketchy and it might
make you paranoid that someones about to kick through your dorm
room door and sue you for every
last cent that you made waiting tables last summer, you neednt
worry. The CEO of HBO GO, Richard Ple-pler - in a brilliant move
last winter - made a seemingly offhand comment in regards to not
being concerned about sharing of ac-count passwords. Plepler
basically gave the green light to those whove been watching HBO GO
with borrowed credentials. Said Plepler, Its not material to our
business, number one. Its not that were unmindful of it, but it has
no real effect on the busi-ness. (So he just said it was cool that
were borrowing passwords, right?) But think about it: folks at that
level dont say those sorts of things by accident. What HBO did by
accidentally giving permission to those who would share HBO GO
logins was to get an immediate feel for the market and consumer
demand. People started sharing passwords like crazy and everyone
got hooked on HBO shows. Fast-forward to just a few months later
when anxious fans withand without legal means of accessing HBO GO
crashed the site as they all tried to login to watch the season
finale of True Detective and again, a month later, during the
Season 4 pre-miere of Game of Thrones. It hardly seems coincidence
that in Oc-
tober 2014, some six months later, HBO officially announced a
new standalone HBO streaming service that wont require a cable
subscription. It will be an la carte service, the release of which,
by all indications, will be timed to coincide with the Season 5
premiere of Game of Thrones this April. And dont think theyre going
to allow you to keep using Grandmas credentials if you want to
watch. Feeling played? Thats because you kin-da were. Its okay; you
arent alone. Lets look back...what was it exactly that HBOs CEO
said? You know, last year when he said it was totally okay to
borrow someone elses HBO GO password? Oh yeah, now were
remembering... During that same interview, Plepler also said,
[Password sharing] presents the brand to more and more people and
gives them an opportu-nity, hopefully, to become addicted to it...
and what were in the business of doing is building addicts -
building video addicts. People were just so excited about not
getting into trouble for sharing logins that they didnt stop to
wonder why they were being allowed to share. Meanwhile, Richard
Plepler was just hanging out, drinking his aged bourbon and waiting
for us all to get hooked on the crack hes been selling.
How, How Often, and Why to Backup Your FilesBy Jonathan
Lugay
WE have a lot of files in our com-puters. Over time, those files
may not open properly or it will get lost. Backing up your files
ensures that you have a spare copy of the original file. It is an
important thing to do if you dont want to lose your files. Think of
backing up your files as making a physical copy of a file, but
doing it on the computer. There are a couple ways to backup your
files. Also, you backing up your files is simple enough. How often
you should backup depends on what you are doing. There are a few
ways to backup your
files. One way is to buy USB flash drives from any electronic
store or online to back-up your files. USB flash drives are really
cheap to buy and usually come with around 8 Gigabytes of space or
more. If you dont have a lot of files to backup, then USB Flash
Drives is right for you. You can also buy external hard drives from
the electronic store or online to back-up your files. External hard
drives are more expensive than USB flash drives, but they have more
space to put your files in. On average, an external hard drive
would have around 500 Gigabytes of space or more. I recommend
getting an external hard drive if you have a lot of files to
backup. Another way is to backup them in a Cloud Storage. Cloud
Storage is where you backup your files over the internet. Your
files are backed up in a server that a host company has. Some of
them are free, while others you have to pay for in order to back-up
your files. If you want to backup your files on a cloud storage, do
some research on which one you want to use.
Once you acquire a way to backup your files, it is simple to
back them up. For USB flash drives and external hard drives, just
plug it in on your computer, find your external hard drive or USB
flash drive icon on your computer and open it. Once you have it
open, you can drag your files to that drive. The computer will make
a copy of them. Depending on what the size of your file is, it will
either be quick or take a long time. While your computer makes a
copy in that drive, do not unplug your external hard drive or USB
flash drive. If you do, it would mess up your file. After you are
done copying and putting your files in your external hard drive or
USB flash drive, you can unplug it. The reason why we need to
backup our files is because every day, there is a small chance that
the file you want to open, wont open anymore. If you dont backup
your files and that happens, you are out of luck. Backing up the
files ensures you a copy of the file just in case something goes
wrong.
How often you want to backup your files depends on what you are
doing. I recommend backing up your files once a week or everyday if
you create an important file. Every day we are creating a lot of
files. If we dont backup those files, they will be gone forever or
they wont open anymore. Jonathan Lugay is a member of the Com-puter
Technology Senior Seminar course and is planning on a career in
Computer Engineering. The online version of this article is at
jonathan-jlugay.net/Beacon-Article.php
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effects, so I bought a MIDI rig and havent looked back.Can you
play any other instruments? Yeah, Im not a master at any specific
instrument; my main craft is my vocals, but if it makes noise, I
can make music. Not necessarily good music, but music (haha).Whats
your favorite band (besides FotE)? This seems like an impossible
question. It really depends on my mood. I listen to a lot of
classic rock, like everyone else that has a radio, but I also like
a lot of indie and folk music. Recently Ive been listening to Cage
the Elephant, The Mars Volta, Lake Street Dive, and Arctic
Monkeys.What was your first album? Ha, Im not 100% sure. The cool
guy in me wants to say Aenima by Tool, but I think it was more like
Dookie by Green Day, or quite possibly Chocolate Starfish and the
Hot Dog Flavored Water by Limp Bizkit.How long have you guys been
playing? The other members of the group formed the band in early
2014. I joined in May.Whats does FotE mean? It means that a
sentient being from a distant galaxy is on its way to destroy the
planet. Or its an acronym for Five of the Eyes.Do you write the
lyrics? Do you have ideas for songs in mind or the music inspires
you? I do write the lyrics, but none of it is premeditated. We have
a pretty solid recording setup that allows us to track the songs in
good quality at practice. Then Ill take it home and record
different ideas and lyrics, just kind of improv over it until
something sticks. Honestly, a lot of times Ill come up with
something, and it will be like, yeah thats really awesome, but what
the hell am I talking about? After I think about it for a while,
that something will develop a meaning to me that was never
intended. Its times like those that cause the existential side of
me to ponder if Im even writing the parts, or if its all some
weird
subconscious crap. Like shutting your brain off and streaming
dream thoughts out loud. It has to be a really comfortable space to
allow this to happen, or your mind will get defensive about what
kind of nonsense is coming out of your mouth, and the people
listening will think youre some kind of strange psychopath. Maybe I
am? This is why I write most of it alone at my house.Where can I
find your album? Right now the EP we released on Tues-day is on
Bandcamp and can be downloaded at a pay what you want price. We
have it linked to our website, so you can get it by going to:
www.fiveoftheeeyes.com. Next week it releases on Spotify, iTunes,
Ama-zon, and a few other music distributors, but these will not
have a pay what you want feature.Was the FLAC file option a
conscious decision? Bandcamp automates that file type. We actually
uploaded .wav files for the highest quality, but that means each
song is about 123 MB. Bandcamp converts them to FLAC for a better
online streaming service. Its a smaller file, but has a touch
better quality compression than an MP3 would offer.How do you like
playing in Portland? I love Portland, and I love playing in
Portland. Ive lived here for about seven years, and the support Ive
been given in this town musically has been unreal. When I was just
starting out I was blown away by just how many local venues wanted
to help me get my feet off the ground. Especially Ken Bell, who
used to run the Big Easy when that was still a thing. It was such a
shame to see that venue go the way it did. The people there were a
musical family. These days, weve kind of taken up residency at the
Empire, doing most of our headlining gigs there. Its just got such
a cozy feel to it for a medium sized venue. The lights and sound
are awesome and the staff are probably some of the best people on
this planet.Did you take dance lessons? (Go to the show and you
will know why I asked this question.) I took salsa lessons once,
but every-thing else just comes from years of dancing at parties
and a deep love for all things MJ and James Brown.
I love the Eos acoustic bridge. Have you guys tried an unplugged
setlist? We havent tried that yet, but its been discussed and will
probably happen in the future. Its a shame we arent truly able to
recreate that bridge live with a real acoustic guitar. Ive been
working on genetic manip-ulation to get Tim to grow two more arms,
but it may take a while.Whats your favorite FotE song? Hell Hotel.
It will be released on our full length, but if you want to hear it
now, youll have to come to the Port City show.
When can I get a FotE t-shirt? Hopefully soon! Were looking for
someone to help us with designs and ideas. Im trying to get a fan
art submission thing going, but for now, if anyone likes the mu-sic
and feels inspired to draw something up, feel free to send it to us
on Facebook!Should we have an SMCC FotE show? Does a dude in a
shark suit not give a crap about choreography? Absolutely.Well you
heard it here, folks: if you want to check out some of Portlands
finest local music, come to the Empire on May 1st.
Five of the Eyes(Continued from Page 1)
Randy PierceAchievement Through Adversity
By Rebekah Marin Liberal Arts/English Major
On the Thursday evening of February 19, Randy Pierce came to
SMCC to give a motivational speech about overcom-ing adversity.
Pierce has hiked all 48 of the 4,000 foot mountains of New
Hampshire in one season, he competes in road races, was inducted
into the Football Hall of Fame as a Patriots fan, and is an expert
in martial arts. Shortly after he graduated from the University of
New Hampshire at the age of 22, Pierce was diagnosed with a
neuro-logical disease that caused him to become legally blind only
two short weeks after the diagnosis. He acknowledges that he may
have lost his sight, but he still has a vision. For
Pierce, hiking is about the journey. He told a story about
reaching the top of a mountain at sunset and listening to the
friends around him describe a magnificent view: the beautiful,
vibrant shades of orange and purple illuminating the sur-rounding
mountains in shades of blue, as the bright orange sun sank on the
horizon. Afterward he asked any person in the audience to raise
their hand if they couldnt picture the scene he had just described.
He then joked by saying that hes yet to see a hand up
to this day when he asked that question. And then it clicked.
Being able to
physically see the world around us isnt the where sight has to
stop. Pierce brings to light the impor-tance of setting goals,
having a vision, and not letting things get in the way of achieving
those
goals. I admire Pierces perseverance; if I was
dealt the hand in life hes been dealt, Im not sure Id have
been strong enough to turn my life back around into something so
phenomenal. Pierce chose to take the high road, or in his case, the
highest hik-
ing trail, and live life to the fullest with the
gifts he still has. Pierce adapted to hiking and doing other
physical activities with the help of a guide dog, and the support
from his family and friends. He talked about looking at things from
a different perspec-tive, and thinking critically about situations
to open up all possible outcomes. His wisdom spoke volumes. There
have been so many times in my life where Ive been unhappy and
instead of doing something about it, I become caught up taking pity
on myself. Pierce refused to settle with his circumstances, and
going forward in my life I will carry his story with me as a
reminder that there is always a way around obstacles that seem to
stand in the way. To learn more about Randy Pierces life, his
hiking adventures, or his upcoming events, check out his website at
www.2020visionquest.org.
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THE BEACONPage 6 March 3, 2015 OpEdThe Anti-Vaccination Movement
is its Own Worst Enemy
By Will CraigPart Time Student
Out of the host of anti-establishment conspiracy theories that
is unfortu-nately common amongst those less inclined to formal
logic comes the Oedipal beauty of the anti-vax, or
anti-vaccination, move-ment. Oedipal because of the psychological
mechanics of the anti-vax movement: a hatred of what is seen as an
overbearing society, and the grotesque and infanticidal results of
naively blundering into the field of medicine with a picture of a
dead baby in one hand and some Bible verses about the end times in
the other. Anti-vaxers make a vague, and often pitiful attempt to
support their position, which can be basically summarized as:
Vaccines are evil and big, mean Pharma is trying to poison my
innocent babies. The reason for wording their beliefs in such
general terms is because the more you get into the specifics of
their beliefs, the more they tend towards nonsense. The largest
modern concern within anti-vaxxers seems to be the relationship
between vaccination and autism. This was first suggested by a 1998
paper published in Lancet by Andrew
Wakefield, which had a sample size of 12. The paper has since
been described as an elaborate fraud by the British Medical
Journal. The ubiquity of vaccina-tions has allowed anti-vaxxers to
connect vaccinations to virtually any ailment their child could
have from autism to obesity. But thats all quite irrelevant to
anti-vaxxers. The vast conspiracy theories become alluring
catastrophe porn, and legitimate scientific inquiry appears boring
and tedious in comparison. Who doesnt like a good scream and a
picture of a dead baby on their Facebook feed with some comic sans
text shouting down the big evil man upstairs at Big Pharma?
Although it is true that pharmaceu-ticals profit from vaccinations,
and so oversell their value, it is not the pharma-ceuticals we need
to worry about. If a vaccination is unnecessary, or dangerous, that
will be backed up with research, and insurance companies will
simply stop pay-ing for them to be administered. However,
thanks largely to the anti-vaccination movement, clusters of
parents are causing small epidemics of once completely unheard of
diseases. This is exemplified in the fact that new cases of measles
are overwhelmingly found in unvaccinated children. According to the
CDC, vaccinations for measles resulted in a 75% decrease in deaths
between 2000-2013. And yet, some parents elect out of the measles
vaccine. Parents are choosing to risk their childrens lives to
stick it to The Man or Big Phar-ma or some other enemy they have
little ability to comprehend, let alone combat. As the hysterical
anti-vax tirade continues, the more the federal government is
pushed to enforce vaccination out of a fear of
larger outbreaks. If the dystopian end-times of forced
vaccinations against abhorrent personality types does come, it will
come in riding on the backs of the enraged, mor-alistic, and nave
who rightfully convinced the federal government that Americans
could no longer be entrusted with the most basic responsibilities
of childcare and parenthood.
Leader of the PackStudents, faculty, and staff are encouraged to
nom-inate qualified Southern Maine Community College students to be
recognized by the Center for Student In-volvement and Leaderships
Leader of the Pack award. bit.do/leaderofthepack
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to nominate students for this award who have positively influenced
a program or organization from behind the scenes with a positive
attitude, a willingness to help in whatever capacity necessary, and
a commit-ment to excellence. In particular this award is for
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other students and staff, has demonstrated strong leadership
skills, and who has positively impacted the resident halls and
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themselves to be recognized for the Center for Student Involvement
and Leaderships Student Orga-nization of the Year Award.The winning
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Award nominations are due Friday April 10th by 5:00 pm.The
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Money in PoliticsBy Ian Ziller
Political Science Major
The money in politics is a big problem. For example, the Koch
brothers (two billionaires with strong conservative ideology) plan
to spend $900k or more in the 2016 election campaign. They have
been giving a large amount to presiden-tial candidates on both
sides. This is a problem because this kind of money can corrupt the
political process. What can be done about the corrup-tion? Well the
best way is to vote. Voting is the best way in a democracy to make
our voices heard and show that the money does
not completely rule and that your vote can matter. However, the
best way to make a difference is not in the general election.
Voters who are registered with a political party have the chance
to
vote in their parties primary and the chance to choose who
is best to represent the party and be the presidential
nominee. Whatever party that you are part of,
you should vote because the choice of whether or
not the candidate that is chosen is one with more money and
in-
fluence than others is something that does need to be looked at,
and you have to choice to vote for someone who does not represent
the corporate interests.
Creationism in the Classroom...and its implications
By Garrick HoffmanLiberal Arts Major
IF you subscribe to the separation of church and state, its
likely youll be disappointed to learn that many - not some, but
many - schools in America are essen-tially replacing textbooks with
Bibles by implementing creationism into their curric-ula. And
according to a January 2014 arti-cle on Slate.com, not only is
there no need for the teachers to be surreptitious about teaching
it, but taxpayer money is funding creationist private schools
through state tuition voucher or scholarship programs. Creationism
is the belief that Earth, life, and the universe are a product of
di-vine creation. Within the lexicon of young Earth creationist
(contrast from old Earth creationist) beliefs are: the universe is
less than ten thousand years old (compared to the scientific
consensus of over 14 billion); the Bible is to be taken literally;
and the theory of evolution is and should be rejected. (Theory is
quoted when we con-sider the late astronomy/science luminary Carl
Sagans bold proclamation in his book Cosmos: Evolution is fact, not
theory.) Predominantly taught in public schools in southern states
such as Tennessee, Lou-isiana, and even in many private schools in
Florida, creationism is an integral compo-nent of school curricula,
and in some cases, is replacing science in curricula altogether. In
2014, one public school in North Caroli-na was exposed and
subsequently criticized for allowing church-funded Bible classes to
be taught to its elementary school students in which instructors of
the class were presenting the story about how the earth was made in
seven days [is] literal fact, according to sociopolitical news
website AddictingInfo.com. So why is teaching creationism in
pub-lic or private schools so bad? Neil deGrasse Tyson, a renowned
astrophysicist and the host of the Cosmos TV show reprise, says
that the religious influ-ence of science, or substituting it
altogeth-er, will create a generation of people who will not
understand what science is, and they will be intellectually
crippled from contributing to what the centuries have demonstrated
to be the most efficient en-gine of economic growth that has ever
been devised, and that is innovations in science and technology.
Furthermore, one of Americas most recognized scientists, Bill Nye,
says, The problem is we have adults who have very strong
conservative views that are reluctant to let kids learn about
evolution. ...Evo-lution is the fundamental idea in all of
biology; it is the main idea of life science; it is the fact of
life. Nye emphasizes the peril in curtailing critical thinking of
the natural world if creationism were to be imple-mented in school
curricula. A study was recently conducted by a Beacon staffer over
a month period to ask surveyors about their thoughts on creationism
being taught in schools. The survey asked, Should creationism be
taught in schools? Although the number of respondents was less than
ideal, results were nonetheless generated, and the data is included
in the corresponding graphic. Re-spondents were also given the
opportunity to elaborate on their answer. This is what they had to
say: Let the kids decide for themselves. Separation of church and
state/ public schools. Harder to say for private schools, but I
would still say no. Generally speaking there is fact to support
science. Creationism is a fantasy at best but is the belief of some
therefore should be mentioned. Evolution. People disclaim the
worlds smartest minds because an old book says every-thing was
created in a week. If we let that type of ideology slip into
schools, maybe a long time from now instead of creationism people
will be
pushing to learn about aliens and thetans and the great lord Tom
Cruise. If creationism is taught in schools, it should be done in a
social science setting along-side other religious/cultural views of
how Earth was formed and how people came to be on it (i.e. Native
American theories, Ancient Greek theories, Toltec theories, etc.)
Creationism should be taught in church only as there is no rational
basis behind it. Learning creationism will not help you get a job
or get into college. It will likely do the opposite in fact. I
treat the Bible as a historical document. Ultimately, creationism
in the science classroom is both inappropriate and irrel-evant and
has serious implications, unless its only introduced as a theory.
However, religion being taught in religion or history classes isnt
by any stretch inappropriate or irrelevant; in fact, it can be
incredibly
informational and even important for understanding. Nonetheless,
children - our most impressionable demographic - and teenagers
should be exposed to authentic, empirical science in science
classrooms, and creationism is neither here nor there for these
kinds of lessons. Imagine scien-tists becoming church members
solely to enforce their own agendas - something that religious
members of education boards actively do. Observing the stark
parallels of the inanity of evolution skeptics and the inanity of
climate change deniers, we can almost marvel at how bizarre it is
to see scientific fact so controversial and divisive. To quote Neil
deGrasse Tyson again: Imagine a world in which we are all
enlightened by objective truths rather than offended by them.
Why 2014 Was the Year We Should Have Turned Le PageBy Ashley
Berry
Liberal Arts Political Science
The year 2014 brought the State of Maine the opportunity for a
fresh start, by removing a governor who cares more about businesses
than about his constitu-ents. During Governor LePages time in
office, he has displayed questionable and appalling behavior that
continues to taint the impression of Maine to the rest of the
country. If he continues to run the state this way, he will
continue to make a fool of us for the next four years. LePage is
becoming notorious for displaying bad taste when addressing the
public. He once threatened to blow up the Portland Press Herald
building while testing a flight simulator at a defense contractors.
While this apparently was meant to be a joke, it was completely
unfunny. If it was actually a joke, that is probably worse because
he is making light of a horrible ca-tastrophe which in no way
should be made trivial. Unfortunately, we live in a world where
threats must be taken seriously. It re-ally shows poor judgment,
especially when our country is so heavily criticized for our
continued drone strikes. When our leaders make these types of crude
comments, it only heightens the problems we can expect
to see throughout our communities. Another ridiculous statement
he recently gave stated, Everybody looks at the negative effects of
global warming, but with the ice melting, the Northern Passage has
opened up. While yes, it is true that the increased ice melting has
allowed compa-nies to use the Northern Passage for ship-ping during
the summer months, there are so many things wrong with this comment
that it honestly comes off as borderline delusional. The world is
on the brink of a crisis due to increased carbon production; the
repercussions are not only negative, but theyre disastrous and
could mean the end of our planet. The fact that he obviously does
not grasp the concept of global warm-ing puts to question his
abilities to lead our state in the direction it so desperately
needs to be removed from office. LePage has also attracted
attention at the federal level. Investigations that started in 2013
from the U.S. Department of Labor Office of the Solicitor General
con-cluded that LePage and his administration pressured Department
of Labor employees to favor employers instead of employees in
unemployment cases. The conclusions of this report show that he is
a governor that is more for businesses than his people. However,
despite the fact that I think
that a toad could probably run this state better, he has won
election and reelection, which means he must have some redeem-able
qualities. During an interview with the Maine Sunday Telegram he
said, You can only get things done if you challenge the impossible.
This is an admirable way to live and an even better mission to run
a state on. With all of that being said he is a person who is very
business-minded, which is fantastic quality for someone who runs a
business but less desirable for the leader of our state. There is a
lot of truth in saying that running a business is like running a
state, and oftentimes politicians were or are in business at some
point in their lives. Running also involves people, not just
interacting with people but knowing that there is a whole states
worth of people that depend on you. What this state needs is
someone who will work in favor of people instead of businesses. His
latest in questionable deci-sions include The Maine Capital
Investment Credit and the ousting of the President of the Maine
Community College System. These aforementioned incidents are just
the tip of the iceberg, and this series will delve beneath the
surface and examine the actions that made him one of the worst
governors in the nation.
Yes, and it should be presented as fact
Yes, but only to be presented as theory with scientific theories
given more merit
Yes, but it should be presented alongside scientific theories
without giving one more merit than the other
No, it should not be taught in schools at all
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THE BEACONPage 8 March 3, 2015 Arts&FeaturesMetal Up Yr Ass,
Part 2
By Garrick Hoffman and Patrick Doyle
Liberal Arts & Liberal Arts - English Majors
Review of the Issue: Ride the Lightning
ON July 27th of last year, Metallicas Ride the Lightning turned
30. Its still one of their most celebrated albums and it boasts
such legendary songs as For Whom The Bells and Fade To Black.
Garricks Take: Fight Fire With Fire: RTLs first song begins with
an acoustic intro to wet our whistles, and then almost capriciously
erupts into a fury of trashing and headbang-ing music. Its an
aggressive opener, and I love that one part where Larss stretch of
double bass gallops over the sustained guitar. We catch our breath
from the riffs in this moment, but the double bass keeps our heart
galloping with it. Ride the Lightning: Ride starts strong with a
simple but catchy and equally haunting riff, like were about to
storm a castle with hellfire and brimstone. Unfor-tunately the song
is taken into a disappoint-ing direction, as were taken to the Land
of Mediocrity. The music - mostly the guitar - sounds uninspired.
What the song mostly has going for it, however, is relevance. Ride
the Lightning...Texas, anyone? For Whom The Bell Tolls: A
leg-endary song that sounds like what UFC fighter Chuck Liddell
listens to while he pumps himself up in the locker room
before entering the ring. Its also one of my favorite songs. The
riffs are simple, but have a supremely badass and pugnacious weight
to them. That first post-chorus riff gives my fancy a good tickle.
Fade To Black: No doubt one of my favorite RtL tracks, but one of
my favorite in Metallicas catalogue. Although the song is primarily
mel-ody-driven and even a bit soulful - described as a power
ballad, in fact - Fade turns into this high-ve-locity riff fest.
Both the music and the lyrics have a morose feel to them, with the
lyrics touching upon depression and thoughts of suicide: Life it
seems will fade away...I have lost the will to live...need the end
to set me free. The solo at the end, though still maintaining the
Metallica shred, is both beautiful and technically impressive.
Trapped Under Ice: No, hes not singing Im trapped under rice! This
is why we look up titles and lyrics, people. I once thought this
was a bit of a filler track, but after innumerable plays on Guitar
Hero IV back in the day, both on guitar and drums, Ive warmed up to
it significantly. I love the fierce relentlessness of Trapped.
Exhausting double bass and super catchy and equally exhausting
guitar riffs are the highlights. By the way, I dare you to play
guitar and drums on this song in Guitar Hero IV on expert. Or, you
know, the real instruments. Escape: If Trapped took the crown as
the filler track originally, its been usurped by Escape. Its my
least favorite track on RtL. The silver lining? The chorus
has a nice, melodically sanguine sound, and it has some touching
lyrics you might find taped on a 20-somethings wall or laptop. But
the bulk of the song falls under the meh category for RtL. Creeping
Death: ...Will creep up
on you and bang your head for you if youre having troubles
yourself. Its undoubtedly a highlight RtL track, and when it dawned
on me that it seems to be a set list staple, I looked up most
played Metallica songs live. Number two? Creeping Death, right
behind Master of Puppets and one ahead of, well, One, according to
Setlist.fm. If their figures are accurate, its been played 1428
times live. Its just...so...HEAVY! Your challenge upon reading this
is to listen to the chorus, and Ill personally buy you a beer if
youre able to resist banging your head. No minors need apply. Call
of Ktulu: Metallicas second in-strumental, Ktulu contains a main
driving riff that has this ominous, medieval sound to it. The song
serves as a solid conclu-sion to Metallicas 1984 album that went
platinum six times. For a better Metallica instrumental, Id sooner
opt for Master of Puppetss Orion. Overall impressions: Ride the
Lightning is without hesitation a strong album, and it has produced
some of their most played live songs to this day. For me
personally, the album is still secondary to their later albums, but
its bounds and leaps more enjoyable than Kill Em All, and a huge
step in the right direction for Metallica.
Patricks Take: At 11:17PM on February 19th I put on Ride the
Lightning by Metallica to follow their debut Kill Em All. Like Kill
Em All itd been maybe a good decade before Id heard this album in
its entirety. At the age of thir-teen I wouldve said this was my
favorite Metallica album. Here are my conclusions/thoughts as I
listened to their sophomore album: Fight Fire with Fire has an
intro where I thought, Metallica had matured; this intro wasnt on
the previous album in sound or basis. Then it stops and were back
into thrash metal. This song is refer-encing nuclear war...cute.
The solos sound different, less metal-y and more like metaly
classic-y. Dont worry, its the only thing so far that is different.
Title track just fell on top of me like a bunch of people in
guitars dropping them from the Empire State with me in a helmet
holding on top of it a massive flat bulls eye. Flash before my
eyes/Now its time to die...okay so Metallica still liked saying
die. Even two tracks in I sort of feel like
the instrumental aspects of this album have way more depth and
are passing the stages of development that are very apparent in the
first. This impression came more with the title track as opposed to
the opener. For Whom the Bell Tolls is maybe my
favorite Metallica song. It is about the Hemingway novel. Heavy
metal about Hemingway. Ernest Heavy-way. Imagine Metallica totally
shitfaced reading Hemingway. To be honest songs like Fade to Black
are so lame and almost bro-y like Joe Rogan style existential-ism
in that way Tool fans are. This makes me feel so awkward. Ive heard
this song at work before and had near anxiety attacks by how
atrocious this song is. I just feel like if Metallica are telling
me how lonely they are and how terrible ev-erything is then Id
rather listen to My War by Black Flag (released the same year,
1984) where the agony actually seems real and tangible. Okay as bad
as this is, this is leagues ahead of Kill Em All, al-though in the
spectrum of either of Metallica they are different sides of the
same coin.Speaking of the year 1984 earlier,
a Google search (after turning up little in my head) of metal in
1984 shows to me a rather slow year for metal in general for
records. Powerslave (Iron Maiden), Fistful of Metal (Anthrax)the
standout for the year in this field of recording is the first Saint
Vi-tus album, a self-titled Sabbath worship fest Trapped Under Ice
is unremarkable so Im looking at these things. Not to be a complete
jerk but sans the title track and Bells then, is this album re-ally
that much better than Kill Em All? Sure, Ride the Lightning has way
more technical prowess and songwriting capabilities, but the
spotty, frayed sounds of KEA make that album more accessible to me.
Escape is another piece of fat that should be trimmed. Creeping
Death just came on. This is one of the bangers. Could this be the
saving grace for the last three snoozefests or anx-iety producers?
This is such a good thrash song. Id definitely ride big hills on a
bike to this. Id change a tire in a bodyshop to this. Id eat yr
family to this. The closer The Call of Ktulu, an homage to
Lovecraft, started. This track has a campy and sinister feel that I
am digging more than the other slower/progres-sive-style and more
lead guitar oriented tracks. Cant stop thinking of Lovecraft during
this. Imagine what hed think. Hed probably sweat so much if he
heard this. This is fully instrumental too, which I feel is
appropriate. One song with blatant liter-ary references containing
lyrics per album, Metallica So, Ride the Lightning is over and
while the standout tracks beat Kill Em All by a landslide IMO (in
my opinion, fool). There are gaps (the opener, the three song
shot-in-the-leg starting with Fade to Black and ending with Escape)
that hinder this from being what I remember it as. Then again, I
dont feel like these albums are meant to blow me away at all. My
ideas aside, this album is like its predecessor, a good tem-plate
for this style of music. Even the tracks I didnt like play into the
mood/feel the album has very well. Up next is Master of Puppets,
generally heralded as their masterpiece. Highlights: Ride the
Lightning, For Whom the Bell Tolls, and Creeping Death
Next up: Master of Puppets
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Marin Squire at the Movies Waste Land
By Erik SquireEducation Major
Hello my fellow SMCCites. This week I have comman-deered our
movie review section regular from fellow section editor Rebekah
Marin. After watching a remarkable documentary in my Intro to
Visual Art course, I simply had to write a column about it. The
documentary that captured my interest, entitled Waste Land, depicts
one artists epic as he turns trash into treasure, quite literally.
Waste Land journals world-renowned artist Vik Muniz and his
ambition to help a poverty-stricken community whose members spend
their days working in the worlds largest landfill. Muniz sought to
accomplish this goal by making art, and what was the medium for
this art? Why, it was garbage. The film begins with Munizs personal
story and how he achieved his success. Originally from Brazil
himself, Muniz made his way to New York with the money that
compensated him for being shot in the leg. Muniz took to
photography and made a name for himself; as a short bi-ography
states: Often working in series, Vik has used dirt, diamonds,
sugar, string, chocolate syrup and garbage to create bold, witty
and often deceiving images drawn from the pages of photojournalism
and art history. His work has been met with both commercial success
and critical acclaim, and has been exhibited worldwide. The
documentary then shows Muniz as he considers an altruistic endeavor
to benefit those in need, with the help of his art. Muniz finds his
perfect inspiration in Jardim Gramacho in Brazil, the largest dump
on Earth. Muniz finds that he is taken by the Catadores (a group of
people working in the landfill, picking and sorting through the
recyclables). After spending time with the Catadores and viewing
firsthand their day to day lives, Muniz becomes
enthralled with helping them improve their lot in life. The
filming process took over three years to complete, all the while
Muniz integrated himself into the communi-ty. The first step was to
find models and laborers for the project. The workers then had to
sort through the landfill and find pieces of trash that could be
used to create the portraits; they were of course paid for their
efforts. The next step was setting the scene. One of the artistic
scenes recreated was that of The Death of Marat, a painting of
French Revolutionist Jean-Paul Marat, by Jacques-Lou-is David.
Muniz would then capture the moment with a picture. It was
masterfully and beautifully done. Finally, Muniz instructed the
models to recreate his photography large scale, almost entirely out
of garbage. The end prod-ucts were self-portraits that (in my
opinion) rivaled Frida Kahlos work. Throughout the film, I was
deeply disturbed by the working conditions for the Catadores.
However, I was also touched by the camaraderie that they shared and
the happi-ness that seemed to prevail despite their circumstances.
It was saddening yet not despairing; there was still beauty and
hope. The documentary finishes with Munizs work being sold at an
auction house in England. Each piece of his work was sold in the
tens of thousands of dollars; every cent was then given to the
Catadores who helped create the art pieces. As for Muniz, his
altruistic aspiration only helped increase his prom-inence. His
solo show at MAM in Rio de Janeiro was second only to Picasso in
attendance records, states the same biography. It was
here that Vik first exhibited his Pictures of Garbage Series in
Brazil. For information on how to get involved with helping the
Catadores, please visit: www.wastelandmovie.com. Information
gathered regarding Muniz was collected from the Waste Land movies
website.
Arts&Features
By Patrick DoyleLiberal Arts English Major
A POEM FOR ALL THE WOMEN IVE WRITTEN PUBLISHED POETRY FOR WHO
SHORTLY
THEREAFTER BROKE IT OFF WITH METhe disco ball spins away,
reflections of images
of me and the women I write poems for. Except the cord snaps and
shatters.
The dance floor is nothing but bloody feet.
It happens every time a love poem gets published publicly
somewhere. Take for example the love poem where even
under the title I put For ____, duh! Duhheh.
A day or two before that lit mag hit the printers, she cut the
string lose, me falling
into a pit of broken glass.
Here it is, a love poem for someone who doesnt even explain why,
ceases all contact from me and now forever
in print is a love poem for them.
What a tangled web we weave that chokes us to death
emotionally.
I learned my lesson about putting their names in it.
No way. Never again. Well, maybe, if I really feel it for
them.
I bet I do it again. I cant help but try to show affection
through the
written word. Show love, admiration. Make you like me. Emotions
are strong with me, I feel like
a car that is overheating and cooling rapidly without warning.
Sometimes I wanna find all the issues of
that publication with the Duh in it and burn them.
It happened again recently and days before it hit the printers,
again, the affair ended.
When I read it now I want to vomit on the page and then vomit on
all the issues. Maybe them too.
Didnt put their name in it though, mustve had my head straight
somewhere, right beneath a guillotine.
Alright, were setting a time limit from now on.
Six months together before you get a poem that gets put
somewhere, be it The Beacon, a lit mag, any public place.
Alright, fine, four months. Two weeks.
A week and thats final. Twenty four hours.
Do you have a pen and paper on you?
Drop What Youre Doing and Listen to These Albums
By Lahana PalenciaLiberal Arts Major
SO now that its been the New Year long enough for us to realize
those resolutions we made are as extinct as the Flappy Bird app, we
can start to focus on the important things like pop culture. (I
mean how else would we know what to consume?) Lets break it down
and talk music. Theres so much of it out there that its getting
harder to keep track of whats cool. (Is cool even cool?) So I went
on Wiki-pedia to check out the albums released so far this year,
because even though Ive been alive for a couple decades, Im
relatively unaware of what these kids nowadays are listening to.
For popular artists new releases, I noticed Meghan Trainor released
her new album Title back in January, which for some reason re
features that one song we all know that shall remain nameless.
Marilyn Manson released The Pale Emperor which made someone happy
(or maybe charged with anguish, but in a happy way).We also see
Tetsuo & Youth by Lupe Fiasco (which I actually expected to do
better than it has), Non Fiction by Ne Yo, Full Speed by Kid Ink,
and a new Fall Out Boy album, American Beauty/American Psycho, that
ruined my Tumblr dash for a few months. There are also a few
comeback albums such as The Decemberists with What a Ter-rible
World, What a Beautiful World, Gusters Evermotion, which isnt
really a comeback, but their last popular song, Satellite, came all
the way from that foreign land we call
2006. The most exciting album was hands down No Cities to Love
by Sleater Kinney, a late 90s/early 2000s all girl indie rock band
that dare I say helped define the genre. I could go on, but Im
going to keep it short and sweet. There are a lot more albums than
the ones I mentioned, but to provide a decent working selection of
whats come out so far this year Ive composed a list of five albums
that I think the general populace would enjoy. This is based on
what I hear blaring from dorm rooms and cars full of people who
think theyre cool. In no particular order I offer:Infected Mushroom
- Friends on MushroomsKat Dahlia - My GardenMark Ronson - Uptown
SpecialBelle and Sebastian - Girls in Peace-time Want to DanceDan
Mangan - Club Meds These are all on Spotify, so listen to your
hearts content. Ive also created a short list of the albums this
year that I specifically would pick for my own ear, and it goes
again in no particular order:Sleater Kinney - No Cities to LoveThe
Decemberists - What a Terrible World, What a Beautiful WorldGuster
- EvermotionMurder By Death - Big Dark LoveTitle Fight - Hyperview
So please be that annoying person who always says they heard it
first and go music it up.
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course of the first 8 minutes, SMCC would maintain a 6-8point
lead until the 4:42 mark when Abigail Neilsens free throw put the
Wolves up by 10 (57-47). CMCC then rattled off 4 quick points
(57-51). Shortly after, Alicia Hoyt hit 2 free throws, padding the
Seawolve lead to 8 (59-51). With 3minutes to go CMCCs Gabby Foy hit
for 2 (59-53), Jordan Turner re-sponded with one from the free
throw line (60-52), after which CMCC pulled with in 2 after
rattling off 5pts. Jordan Turner and Alicia Hoyt both got to the
free throw line, sinking a free throw a piece to give SMCC a 4pt
lead and a hard fought victory over CMCC (62-58). Game highlights
include: a box score that reads practically identical except for
free throw percentage where CMCC out-shot SMCC 74.1% (20-27) to
44.8% (13-29), CMCC shooting a dismal 28% (18-64) from the field,
and going 2-12 from behind the 3point line, and SMCC shooting 38.3%
(23-60) from the field, while Amira Jones and Alicia Hoyt both
scored 15points. A few short hours after the Lady Wolves walked off
the court with their second win of the year over CMCC, the Men
Wolves walked on the court to play Vermont Tech in the first mens
semi-final game of the night. The College of St Joes would handle
UMaine-Machias (74-68) in the last game of semi-final play. If
there was any thought of Vermont Tech being worn out after
surviving a hard fought battle against CMCC the night before, they
were quickly dispelled as the Knights stayed with SMCC throughout
the game, even grabbing a lead in the early stages of the second
half. SMCC did establish a 9pt lead by the 9:24 mark only to see
Vt. Tech reverse the momentum, tie the game at the 4:36 mark
(22-22), and grab a 4pt lead with 2:59 to play (26-22). The Wolves
responded tying the game at 26 (1:52 left), and again on Atencio
Martins layup with 1:10 to go (28-28). Highlights from the first
half include: both teams shooting a combined 2-21 from 3pt land,
Vt. Tech shooting 9-11 from the free throw line and SMCC going 3-4,
both teams grabbing 17 rebounds, limiting turn-overs: Vt.
Tech-5/SMCC-4, and the Knights shooting 37.5% from the field as
SMCC shot 36.4%. The second half opened up with both teams trading
two rounds of baskets after which Vt Tech jumped out to a 7pt lead
(40-33, 14:56 left). The Seawolves imme-diately responded as Chase
Soares and Josh Tuplin drained 3pters, and Jordan DeRosby connected
on a 2pt shot, giving SMCC a 1pt lead with 13:36 to go. Vermont
Tech stand out Jamal Hughes (YSCC Player of the Year) tied the
score at 41, SMCC again hit for 6pts as Tyheem Simon drove the lane
twice, and Chase Soares followed with a jumper, giving the
Seawolves a 6pt lead with 9:01 left. In the next 4 minutes of play,
SMCC again gained breathing space with a 6pt lead (54-48) when Jack
Tolan connected underneath (4:41 left). Vt. Tech responded again
when Jamal Hughes completed an old-fashioned 3pt play. sinking a
free throw after being fouled on a made shot, tying the score (2:14
left). Again it was Seawolve Tyheem Simon driving the lane and
scoring on consecutive
layups, pushing SMCC up 4. Jamal Hughes answered, hitting on a
3pt shot bringing the Knights within 1 (58-57). The Knights would
not be able to hit again as Carlos Gonzalez would put SMCC up 3,
and Tyheem Simon would sink one of two free throws to secure a SMCC
win and spot in the championship game. Both games Sunday proved to
be ev-erything that any basketball fan could wish for. The Lady
Seawolves and Fightin Saints played a game that was of extremes.
St. Joes would build a 16pt lead in the second half, only to watch
it evaporate before their eyes and relinquish the lead at the 2:48
mark. In the mens game The Fightin Saint would match everything
SMCC threw at them, eventually getting the Seawolves big man Carlos
Gonzalez to foul out then exploiting SMCCs weakness in the middle
while draining 3pters at key moments in their comeback. The first
10minutes of the womens game saw each team battling it out and
staying close as the score was knotted at 23. St. Joes would go on
a scoring spurt out pacing SMCC 17-6 until Abigail Neilsen drained
a 3 at the buzzer to pull SMCC within 8 (40-32) stealing some
momentum going into the locker room. The second half saw St. Joes
go on the offensive, building a 16pt lead in the first 3minutes of
play. Four minutes later SMCC had cut the lead to 10 on a Jaimi
Poland layup (40-50) and again when Offensive Player of the
Tournament, Amira Jones hit underneath (52-42). Over the next
12minutes The Lady Wolves would claw their way back into the game,
out-scoring St. Joes 22-11 taking a 64-63 lead with 2:43 to play.
The basketball powers would not shine on SMCC down the stretch as
St. Joes got to the free throw line, scoring 7 of their final 9pts.
While SMCC was denied the opportunity to cut the nets down, the
comeback from 16pts down was a sight
to see. Lead by Amira Jones 12pts, seven other Lady Wolves
contributed to the comeback. Missed free throws, fouls and
turnovers haunted SMCCs bid to stay close and steal the win. In the
mens game everything seemed to be going SMCCs way in the first half
as the Wolves worked tena-ciously to build a 9pt lead at half.
Aten-cio Martin drained 3 foul shots with no time on the clock
after being fouled on a 3pt shot that missed. Chase Soares lead
SMCC in scoring, posting 11pts as Atencio Martin and Tyheem Simon
each had 7 at halftime. The opening of the second half saw SMCC
jump out to a 13pt lead behind the scoring of Atencio Martin and
Greyson Waterman. The Fightin Saints would then go to work,
eventually tying the game at 44 with 10:39 left. After another 5
minutes of play the score was knotted at 53. Over the course of the
13minutes when SMCC was up 13 and the 53pt tie at the 5:27 mark,
St. Joes had drained six 3pters. In the end the basketball powers
that are would not shine brightly on SMCC. The box score says it
all: a dismal 14.3% from 3pt land (4-28), and Carlos Gonzalez
fouling out with 4:37 to go in the game. The bright spots for SMCC
would be: a total team effort when Carlos Gonzalez fouled out
and
Atencio Martins and Tyheem Simons (Offensive Player of the
Tournament) offensive contributions. The Beacon wishes both squads
the best in their USCAA Nationals adven-ture. Play well and may the
basketball powers shine on you brightly.
Vermont Tech that night, sending them to a semi-final showdown
with the Seawolves. The womens first day of play saw the Lady
Seawolves taking care of business, as the Saints of the College of
St Joes, the CMCC Mustangs, and UMaine-Augusta also did. The second
day of the tournament started with the YSCC Awards Banquet, where
all the teams participating in the tournament met to share a meal,
share accomplishments, and be acknowledged for outstanding play and
coaching. After a hearty lunch and much laughter, the formal awards
ceremony got underway with team and individual award recipients
being acknowledged. Individual-ly, SMCCs Amira Jones and Atencio
Martin were selected All YSCC 2nd Team and All YSCC 1st Team
respectively. SMCCs mens coach Matt Richards was the recipient of
the Mens Coach of the Year Award and the mens team was recognized
as the regular season champions. The energy and atmosphere
through-out the course of the banquet was one that came across as
being based in mutual respect, friendship, and camaraderie. Later
on Friday, the men Wolves
opened up the tournament against Eastern Maine Community
College, which was the second game of the day after UMA played St
Joes of Vermont, and before the NHTI/UMaine - Machias, and
CMCC/Vermont Tech games. Thursday and Friday proved to be solid
days for both SMCC squads as they won their quarterfinal and
semi-final games, earning them a spot in the championship game.
Both squads from the College of St. Joes would also win their
games, pitting the Saints against the Seawolves in Sundays
championship games. In-depth coverage of the Seawolves adventure in
the YSCC Elite 8 will be found on the pages of the sports section.
Please look for the ISSUU version of the Beacon online, as we are
planning on having an additional 4 pages highlighting all the Elite
8 games. Sundays finals proved to be games of high caliber and
intense play where both teams worked their hardest to get the
ad-vantage and secure themselves an automatic bid to the USCAA
Nationals in Uniontown, PA. After 80 minutes of play, the Saints of
St. Joes would stand victorious as both squads defeated defiant
SMCC squads, who also had their eye on the prize of the
tour-naments title holder. It should be noted here that the Lady
Seawolves fought back from a 2nd half
16point deficit to tie and take the a brief lead before falling
to the Saints. It was an incredible comeback to witness as the
levels of intensity, focus, drive and resolve were notched up quite
a bit by the Lady Seawolves, all of which gave St. Joes cause for
concern as they found themselves in a hard-fought battle. On the
mens side of the court, the Seawolves found themselves in one of
the more intense battles of the year as St. Joes fought diligently
and tenaciously to erase a 10point half-time deficit, forcing
overtime and earning the right to cut the nets down. While it may
sound disingenuous to say both squads have nothing to be ashamed
of, the truth of the matter is that both squads have tons to be
proud of, from building a stronger sense of confidence in knowing
that they belong on the court with the best of the USCAA teams, to
seeing a greater potential. The Lady Seawolves open the USCAA on
Thursday at 7:30 against Penn State Le-high Valley, and the men
open their USCAA adventure at 5:30 on Thursday against a team to be
named. With the help of the CeSIL Office, SMCC will be screening
the games in real time in Jewett Auditorium and in the Phys-ics
Auditorium 102 of Hildreth Hall.
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Jack Tolan hit the glass with three rebounds and four points in
the Seawolves Semifinal battle against VMT, winning 61-57.
Jordan Turner had four assists, four steals, six rebounds, and
nine points the Lady Seawolves win against rivals CMCC, winning
62-58.
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Seawolves a Real Presence in Elite 8 TournamentCome up short in
finals despite valiant efforts
By Beacon Sports Staff
When the final buzzer sounded at the YSCC Elite 8 tournament,
the SMCC basketball teams had finished their tournament run falling
shy 6 and 7pts needed to capture the title. The women and men fell
to the College of St. Joes 72-67 and 73-67 respectfully. As Sunday
proved not to be SMCCs day for cutting nets down, the tournament as
a whole could easily be seen as a solid positive for the teams.
Season and tourna-ment wise, the Seawolve squads compiled an
impressive list of accomplishments: combining for an over-all
record of 43-11, going 4 for 5 against CMCC, both teams making it
to the YSCC finals, and both being invited to the USCAA Nationals
in Uniontown, PA. At the tournaments end, the Lady Wolves finished
with a well-respected 20-8 record including: two victories over
CMCC, one over highly touted Dean
College, and winning the 9 games prior to the YSCC championship.
The Men Wolves posted a 23-3 record, including wins on CMCCs court,
going undefeated in the YSCC regular season, and being recognized
as the regular season YSCC champions. The Lady Wolves opened
against Ver-mont Tech, 5 days after playing and winning in
Randolph, VT. SMCC would double the Lady Knights score, walking off
the court with an 81-40 victory. Amira Jones, Alicia Hoyt and Maria
Veino would lead the scor-ing attack for the Lady Wolves, netting
18, 12, and 10 respectfully. After the Knights opened the game with
a 3pter, Jordan Turners 3pter ignited an 11-2 Seawolves run. The
first ten minutes of the game saw SMCC build a comfortable lead
while Vermont Tech tried to stay close. With 13minutes to play,
SMCC held an 18-12 lead when Samantha Griffin and Kendra Kagiliery
combined for three 3pters, padding the Seawolves lead to 13
(27-14). SMCC would continue to build their lead, expanding it to
25 (39-14), and continue to the point that when the halftime buzzer
sounded SMCC lead by 33 (56-23). The 2nd half saw the Lady Wolves
maintaining their lead, outscoring the Knights 25-17, despite their
field goal shooting percentage dropping to 35% from the 56.1% they
shot in the first half. SMCC
went 7-12 from 3pt land in the first half while shooting 1-8 in
the second half. Individual highlights include: Amira Jones going 8
for 9 from the field for the game, grabbing 6 boards, and picking 2
steals. Samantha Griffin and Tiana Burton contributed 9pts a piece
while Zyrah Gius-tra picked VT Techs pocket 5 times. 24 hours later
the Men Wolves would take the floor against EMCC and jump out to an
8-0 lead before the Golden Eagles scored. The first half was a half
of runs, countered by larger runs as SMCC built a 19pt half-time
lead. At the 9:22 mark with SMCC up 17pts (24-7), Eastern went on a
small run trimming the deficit from 17 to 7 (24-17). The Seawolves
would close out the first half by out scoring EMCC 15-2, aided by
6pts from Josh Grimley. The first two minutes of the second half
saw SMCC grab a 25pt lead (54-19) after a 6pt run. The Eagles
responded by out-scoring the Wolves 11-3, 8-3, and 16-10, crawling
within 7 (61-54). EMCCs final run was answered by a Chase Soares
3pter, which sparked a 10pt run by SMCC that EMCC would not recover
from. At games end, the Seawolves had se-cured a 17pt win and a
showdown with the winner of the Vermont Tech/CMCC game. Tyheem
Simon, Chase Soares, Alexander Hartfort, and Atencio Martin lead
the Wolves in scoring as they netted 18, 12, 12
and 11pts respectfully. SMCC also out re-bounded EMCC 48-36, as
Carlos Gonzalez grabbed 9 boards, and out-stole EMCC 11 to 7.
Semi-final play got underway at noon on Saturday as UMaine -
Augusta took on St. Joes in the first game. St. Joes would dispatch
the Lady Moose of UMA 67-58, earning the Fightin Saints the first
spot in the finals. Shortly after St. Joes ended UMAs time in the
tournament, the Lady Sea-wolves took the court against CMCC. The
first 5minutes of the game started off fast and furious for SMCC as
the Lady Wolves jumped out to a 14-4 lead, 8 of which Ami-ra Jones
netted. CMCC out scored SMCC 9-2 over the next 3minutes to get back
within 3 (16-13). The last 12 minutes of the first half saw the
Lady Wolves out-score the Mustangs 23-10, taking a 39-23 lead into
the locker room. SMCCs lead was cut in half in the first 10 minutes
of the second half when Mustang Kat Styles drained a 3pt shot
pulling CMCC within 8 (45-37). While the Mustangs outscored SMCC
14-6 over the
Good Luck Ladies and Men's Basketball Teams in the
USCAA Nationals in Uniontown, PA All games streamed live via
USCAA web site.
Jack Tolan slams home a two-handed dunk against St. Joes; he
finished with six points, and two-for-two from the line.
Tyheem Simon ended with nineteen points, five rebounds, and two
assists in an excellent performance in the finals, going 5-for-7
from the free throw line.
Maria Veino ended her game against St. Joes with five points and
two rebounds, both of which were offensive.
Amira Jones had a stunning performance against St. Joes, ending
with twenty-one points, fifteen rebounds, and five steals.