The Beacon

Monday, February 26, 2007

News

• Alumni urged to nominate mentor for TREC award
• Vice President for Finance and Support Operations resigns
• Eating disorder screening week kicks off this week
• SG Notes 2/21/2007
• Final two Provost candidates visit campus
• Residence halls hit with leaks and heating issues
• Scenes from Winter Weekend 2007

Features

• Upward Bound celebrates National TRIO day at Wilkes
• Wilkes students help keep railroad history on track

Sports

• Plenty of fireworks as NASCAR season opens up
• Double Take
• Baseball team readies for spring season
• Preview Softball

Entertainment

• This week in history
• Breaking Benjamin drummer offers spring lessons
• Bermuda, Bahama come on pretty mama...
• ...And a movie: Feast
• Schedule of Events
• Dinner: Tasty Buffet

Opinion

• Your Voices: musings on snow don't cut journalistic mustard
• How Beyonce is chipping away at feminism
• Walking on thin ice...and paying for it
• Your Voices: one student's view of campus problems
• Your Voices: official university vehicles can get plowed in, too
• Citizen movement is changing how we think about community
• Third party presidential candidates bring important issues to forefront

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'