The Beacon

Monday, January 30, 2006

News

• Graduate Teacher Ed proposes doctoral program
• Students raise concerns about Park & Lock safety
• Wilkes community members run for heat
• News in Brief: January crime wave alarms residents
• University officials mull shared downtown bookstore space
• SG Notes
• Etruscan Press to relocate to Wilkes University
• Winter commencement sees over 200 graduate

Features

• 'First Farewell' launches first in a series of graduation celebrations
• Tell Us...
• Saudi Arabian students study ESL at Wilkes

Sports

• Preview of the Week
• Athlete of the Week
• Former Wilkes football standout jumps to next level
• Game of the Week
• Grapplers take two out of three
• Double Take
• Weekend Recaps
• Red Barons club anticipates changes in 2007
• Beacon Calendar

Entertainment

• Dinner: III Guys Pizza
• ...And a Movie: The Chronicles of Narnia
• Profile: Matt Smallcomb
• And then there were six…
• Channel Surfing: TV this season

Opinion

• Your Voices I: Response to Grandparents' Day card controversy
• Watch out! This Christmas was a warzone!
• Your Voices II: Service with a smile is a Wilkes University myth
• New Years resolutions and the beginning of a new semester
• Rise in violent crime a financial deterrent to Wilkes-Barre

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'