The Beacon

Sunday, April 13, 2008

News

• IT updates include mandatory password changes and new software
• Beacon News Briefs
• SG Notes April 9, 2008
• News Analysis: Beacon Election Update
• Wilkes University to raise tuition and housing by 4.5 percent
• NEPA faculty research symposium to be held at Wilkes
• President Bill Clinton to visit Wilkes on April 19
• Meet the SG Presidential Candidates
• CBS News to broadcast from Wilkes University's Student Center

Sports

• Game of the week: NBA Four-Way
• Double Take
• Buckler and Follweiler lead Wilkes to a 14-5 baseball win over Moravian
• Wilkes splits golf tri-match with FDU-Florham and Scranton
• Intramural b-ball update
• Athletic department hosts annual Charity Challenge

Lifestyles

• A road trip through strange, beautiful, and scary Pennsylvania
• Product Review: Headblade

Entertainment

• Wilkes-Barre poetry scene flourishes
• Website of the Week
• Schedule of Events
• Nightlife Review: Colosseum Nightclub

Lifestyles

• Student of the Week: Adam Burke

Entertainment

• Funkmaster Flex to perform for MSC fundraiser

Opinion

• The Angry Rant: Guntastic
• Here's to you
• Gender gap factors into college acceptances
• Abstinence only education doesn't work: Study finds 1 in 4 teenage girls have an STD
• Your Voices: Thank you to all who helped with block party
• Your Voices: Hillary lacks character

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'