The Beacon

Monday, April 10, 2006

News

• Student Government Notes
• Scaled-down version of Fear Factor hosted by Biology Club
• Grant brings experts to campus to discuss Supreme Court
• Four SG seats go unopposed in elections
• No more horsing around for the city of Wilkes-Barre
• Beacon Correction
• Journalism Conference
• Dashboard Confessional Concert
• Donkey basketball fundraiser met with protest

Features

• Motorcycles indicate the onset of spring
• Social Cyclical Awareness projects challenge business majors
• Campus Square billiards adding to a changing downtown
• Tell Us

Sports

• Colonel vs. Colonel
• Athlete of the Week
• Weekend Recaps
• Game of the Week
• Preview of the Week: Men's Tennis
• A 'Generation of Juicers' sparks MLB officials to change the rules
• Double Take
• Beacon Calendar
• Blamin' Bonds

Entertainment

• Nothing But Net: Which celeb do you look like?
• Civic band concert to feature culture, history
• ...And a Movie: Ice Age 2
• Dinner: Panera Bread
• Couric to leave Today for CBS anchor slot
• MSC fashion show highlights culture, clothing and cuisine

Opinion

• Your Voices: Army Cadets prepare for summer training
• Your Voices: Donkey basketball argument misinformed and hypocritical
• New anti-immigration laws promote narrow-minded viewpoint
• Lost art of listening to one another crucial to campus experience

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'