By Oğuzhan Özkan We, the human race, are the defilers of the earth. I have strongly believed this fact throughout my entire life, even when I was a little kid. What we […]
From the Final Desk of the Managing Editor
By Alex Serrano This is my last paper here at the Beacon as managing editor. Let’s just say I’ve learned quite a bit. I learned about effective communications. I learned to […]
Why Design?
By Troy Hudson We live in a wondrous age, when the marks of human design can be seen on everything from our phones and computers to our office chairs and toothbrush handles. […]
Freedom From Fear Life is a battle that we all have to face. You can’t just turn away and give up. (Well, you can, but that won’t be very productive.) Life is […]
How Do I Find the Perfect Career for Me?
By Zach Drew Ultimately, that is what we are all here for, right? Each of us is making that personal investment in skill and knowledge building so that we too can join […]
Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, I’ll admit, until my teacher told the class to spend a few minutes reading The Beacon, I had never picked one up before. First impressions were good, however there are […]
Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, I would like to tell you that your work on the newspaper The Beacon is well done. The articles are well placed, well organized, and have fairly decent headlines. The […]
The Editor’s Response
By Alex Serrano First of all, thank you very much for your critiques! Every year we get a couple of letters from Huey Coleman’s “Intro to Mass Communications” class, and they certainly help […]
From the Desk of the Managing Editor
By Alex Serrano Life at college, it would seem, is defined by what you choose to get involved in. Clubs. Work. Different social groups we find ourselves in, and who we choose to […]
Dealing With a Breakup
By Jessica Spoto Dealing with breakups can be hard, especially when you love the person. If you broke it off, there must have been a reason, and honestly, you might regret that. […]
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