The Beacon

Monday, September 11, 2006

News

• Believing in downtown W-B benefits college crowd
• Two champions for diversity depart for new posts
• Administrative offices to combine in one-stop-shop
• Downtown colleges join forces with Barnes & Noble to launch academic superstore
• Wilkes enters property agreement with University Towers
• SG: Club attendance mandatory at various meetings

Features

• Marriage across the miles
• Off-campus work forces students to lead double lives
• Online HelloWilkes site recognized nationally
• Freshmen aren't the only new faces on campus

Sports

• National League MVP Race
• Game of the Week: Yankees vs Red Sox
• Athlete of the Week: Nicole Hahn
• Preview of the Week: Football vs. Delaware Valley
• Beacon Calendar
• Weekend Recaps
• Double Take
• Lady Colonels welcome new lacrosse coach

Entertainment

• Fall Fashion: What to expect and how to pull it off
• Dinner: Bakehouse
• ...And a Movie: Crank
• Schedule of Events
• Local Band Spotlight: The Five Percent
• 'Penumbra' offers artistic take on natural phenomena
• Continuum: Music by John Mayer

Opinion

• Your Voices
• Your Voices 2
• How about a friendly game of poker?
• News Feed: Facebook added "stalking" to its favorite activities.
• Crikey!
• My husband's wife is really tickin' me off
• This is How We Do It (Learn, That Is)

More Issues

Issue Summary

News

• Economic woes hit close to home
• Rifkin, Einstein adapt menus to fit economic pressures
• Eberhard challenges audience to embrace innovation
• Election 2008: Vice Presidential candidates debate at Washington U.
• Messinger appointed executive director of facilities
• SG Notes- October 1, 2008

Sports

• Colonels fumble chance to win conference opener
• Rinkside Report Blog: Taffe to Wilkes-Barre/Scranton?
• Women's Soccer defeats Susquehanna on 10/1, 2-1
• Field hockey's undefeated streak ends at 10
• Lady Colonels tennis undefeated after six matches
• Men's soccer gives homecoming fans something to cheer
• Rinkside Report Blog: Bears power play mauls Penguins
• Rinkside Report Blog: Filewich makes changes to prepare for season
• Rinkside Report Blog: Penguins open regular season tonight vs. Hershey
• Rinkside Report Blog: Penguins visit to Hershey not so sweet

Entertainment

• Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist: A review (sort of)
• New dance club heats up downtown Wilkes-Barre
• Concert Preview: Jason Mraz
• Scaring people takes time, skill, and a little insurance

Lifestyles

• Annual blood drive helps hundreds
• Student of the Week: Stefanie Wills

Opinion

• Deception and greed: the Federal Reserve
• Delivering on the challenges of a global education
• Palin makes voters uneasy: Is she ready?
• The Angry Rant: Stars Without Makeup