The Beacon

Monday, September 26, 2005

News

• Beacon Correction
• Recycling efforts bolstered on campus
• News In Brief
• SG Notes
• Police record shows 35 Wilkes students cited for 9/17 party
• Gen. Colin Powell slated as first Outstanding Leaders Forum speaker
• VPA faculty announce proposal to dissolve music major
• Osterhout Library mule stolen and recovered on Wilkes campus
• Online SignMyLoan.com raises questions of legitimacy for students
• Homecoming 2005 Slideshow

Features

• Women's leadership styles defined, cultivated in program
• Tell Us...
• Gas prices cause commuter frustration
• Students venture into community to lend helping hand
• Lion Brewery to hold first annual Oktoberfest

Sports

• Double Take
• Game Preview: Women's Soccer vs. King's on 9/28
• WANTED: Wilkes Women Volleyball Players
• Wilkes football thrives under new Offensive Coordinator
• Game of the Week
• Beacon Calendar
• Weekend Recap
• Chattin' with past Colonels
• Athlete of the Week: Kyle Follweiler
• Ask Dr. G

Entertainment

• Student Development announces fall schedule
• Movie Review: Just Like Heaven
• CD Review: Fiona Apple's Extraordinary Machine
• Nothing But Net: Xanga.com
• Trendspotter: Cowboy Boots
• VPA to present Light up the Sky
• Dinner...Heavenly Ham
• Party with a Purpose slated for Friday
• A & E Profile--Amanda Lewis competes for Miss New Jersey title

Opinion

• Your Voices: Response to "Radical Christian right poses threat to Republican party"
• Your Voices 2: Bristish, U.S. leadership bumbled national disaster
• Legislators name their price for sacrifice of integrity and dedication
• Homecoming really about recognizing home for what it is
• Iran plays 'chicken' with US over nuclear weapons programs
• Your Voices 3: In response to "New campus club gives voice to sexuality issues"
• Your Voices 4: Response to "Wind turbines cause a stir among local residents"
• Creationist or not, haranguing museum workers isn't very Christian of you.

More Issues

Issue Summary

News

• Funkmaster Flex mixer flames out
• Rossenn Lecture welcomes renowned paleoanthropologist
• SPIN Farm takes root on Ross and River Streets
• Stewards of the Earth: How clean is the W-B air we breathe?
• Stewards of the Earth: the Susquehanna River and local water quality

Sports

• Colonels popped in final games of series
• Football faces challenging slate in 2008
• Game of the Week: San Francisco Giants v. Philadelphia Phillies
• Shocker Squad completes three-peat
• Softball falters in playoffs race
• Whiteout expected at Wachovia for Calder Cup round 2
• Double Take
• Two Wilkes student-athletes to intern with 2008 Olympics

Entertainment

• Schedule of Events
• You should know…The Silversun Pickups
• Baby Mama features female comedians in leading role
• Movie Review: The Bank Job
• Going out with a bang
• Website of the Week

Lifestyles

• Top 10 ways to find your dream job
• Real-world stresses worry seniors approaching graduation
• Student of the Week: Madeleine Alves

Opinion

• Getting out of the comfort zone: a senior's send-off
• No more excuses: Wilkes students had up close view of politics
• Here's to You: Stupid question asker
• The Angry Rant: Movies I hate
• When cruelty becomes 'artistic statement'