The Beacon

Monday, January 29, 2007

News

• New technology portal aims to centralize computer uses
• When students are away, thieves will play
• Street corner evangelists target Wilkes community
• Riverfront plans advance as trees along dike are destroyed
• Centrally located Student Services office up and running
• Two candidates for Provost decline to continue in search

Features

• Wilkes alumnus launches Westsider magazine
• Spring break destination: Panama
• New apartments expected to improve downtown and local colleges

Sports

• Game of the Week: SuperBowl XLI
• Women's Basketball looks for revenge in second season matchup
• Men's basketball readies for victory second time around
• Athlete of the Week: Justin Barowski
• Double Take
• Weekend Recaps
• Numbers of the Week
• Top Ten Sports Headlines of 2007

Entertainment

• Book Review: Gillian Flynn's Sharp Objects
• Schedule of Events
• ...And a movie: The Hitcher
• Sordoni exhibition sheds light on crisis in Sudan
• This Week in History
• Dinner: Dagwood's Deli and Subs

Opinion

• AIDS awareness requires vigilance, education
• Are you kidding me?
• How to determine if an advisor is outstanding
• Your Voices
• Reflections on the State of the Union
• It takes a village to save the planet
• The Angry Rant: 2007 Celebrity Predictions

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'