The Beacon

Monday, November 21, 2005

News

• SG Notes
• Ratchford Field Station offers natural setting for classwork
• Rules newly enforced about advertising on campus
• School of business patron under fire from shareholders
• Wilkes student groups lend a helping hand at CEO

Features

• Family business: Phil and Rebecca Simon
• Student news magazine show slated to go live
• Tell Us...
• Diwali celebration lights up Wilkes community

Sports

• Athlete of the Week
• Beacon Calendar
• A double helping of Thanksgiving football
• Preview of the week: women's basketball vs. King's on 11/30
• Double Take
• Weekend Recaps
• Senior athlete tribute fall 2005

Entertainment

• ...and a movie: The Weatherman
• A&E Profile: Brendan Brown, vocals/lead guitar for Wheatus
• Dinner: Pancho Villa
• Trendspotter: Trendy Trenches
• CD review: Gretchen Wilson's All Jacked Up
• Launching the holiday season at the break of dawn
• Black Friday Hit List

Opinion

• Your Voices 1: Response to "Nothing But Net"
• Your Voices 2: Response to "Nothing But Net"
• Democrats calling for answers from Bush administration
• Scheduling would benefit from student input about class times
• Singing the same old song at the end of the term
• Your Voices 3: Response to Jim Morrison
• Andrea Yates trial an outrage
• Christmas trappings now evident around Halloween

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'