The Beacon

Monday, May 1, 2006

News

• Student Government Notes
• Winter Commencement eliminated due to low grad numbers
• Mentoring Task Force grants offered for 2006
• News in Brief: Historic Hillside Farms the site of restoration project
• Campus Interfaith Coordinator Resigns
• Famed journalist, Bob Woodward delivers Max Rosenn Lecture
• SG proposed budget presented and discussed

Features

• SIFE team to compete in nationals
• Campus renovations hinder room selection process
• Wilkes Idol showcases the talented and the talented-at-heart
• Sunshine ensures over the top fun for Block Party

Sports

• Game of the Week
• Preview of the Week: Softball in the Freedom Conference Tournament
• Weekend Recaps
• Colonels battle it out in annual Charity Challenge
• Double Take
• Senior Tributes
• Athlete of the Week
• Athlete of the Week
• Beacon Calendar

Entertainment

• Summer movies promise thrills, chills, and a few laughs
• Montage and other music venues tune up for concert season
• Memories of watching movies through a car windshield
• A&E Quick Hits: Rounding out the semester
• Trendspotter: Warm weather fashions

Opinion

• Your Voices: Protest response
• Student protestors miss opportunity to enact change
• Is it too soon for a 9/11 movie, America?
• Your Voices: Donkey Basketball
• Your Voices: It's a Dog's World
• Jealousy causes unwarranted attack at Harvard

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'