The Beacon

Monday, February 6, 2006

News

• Committee explores new minor in leadership studies
• Beacon Correction
• Sago Mine tragedy recalls local history of mining
• Wilkes students and faculty negotiate IT improvements
• WCLH picks up controversial syndicated talk shows
• Outcomes outweigh the risks for embedded journalists
• SG Notes
• YMCA fire alarm sensors malfunction

Features

• Students raise funds for alternative spring break trips
• Students test run new GRE format
• Newly redesigned Wilkes website launched last week
• Tell Us...

Sports

• Officials...they're only human!
• Stauffer and crew making progress the old-fashioned way
• Athlete of the Week
• Game of the Week
• Chattin' with Past Colonels
• Weekend Recaps
• Beacon Calendar
• Preview of the Week: Women's basketball vs. FDU-Florham 2/11
• Double Take

Entertainment

• Music Review: The Strokes First Impressions of Earth
• ...And a Movie: Brokeback Mountain
• Trendspotter: Skinny Jeans
• Nothing But Net: Cupid.com
• Johnnie Winona Ross show opens at Sordoni
• Dinner: Logan's Roadhouse

Opinion

• Brangevaughnikat
• Wilkes fundraising efforts creative, not malicious
• Much T.O. do about nothing
• State of the Union Address: Conservative Accolades
• Frey's Million Little Pieces controversy illustrates Americans value truth
• Politically Incorrect: with Benjamin A. Iezzoni
• State of the Union Address: Liberal Boos
• Why Spy? The difference between watching your neighbor shower and listening to his phone calls

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'