• A Call for Getting Lost

      Illaria Dana, Education Major About six weeks ago, I got really sick. I was housesitting for a friend near campus. She is a potter and was headed to the Common Ground Fair. I had a difficult time breathing and intense pain in my ear and throat. Two days passed; I lied in bed, my head propped up… Read more

  • News from The Broccoli: Reporting this semester with honesty, integrity, and broccoli

    Research Finds Marijuana Promotes Hydration By Garrick Hoffman, Liberal Arts Major NEW HAVEN, CT – A new study conducted by Yale scientists has revealed that marijuana promotes hydration. The study was conducted on a group of two hundred eager volunteers. One hundred volunteers were directed to smoke or ingest marijuana; the other half was not. Every volunteer was… Read more

  • Letter to the Editor 2

    Greetings! As part of CNMS 105 I am to write a letter to the Editor of the Beacon. And so here it is; I chose to focus this letter upon the article by Ashley Berry titled “Let’s Rethink This?” At the risk of sounding too critical I feel the need to point out a few… Read more

  • Letter to the Editor 1

    Dear Beacon editor, I would like to applaud you for being able to get a gang of college students to be in a room together and write stories for a newspaper that only 80% of this college reads. That takes a lot of strength. I also really admire your section “The Broccoli” it’s a lovely… Read more

  • Upholding the Right to Be Stupid: Houston’s Vote Against HERO

    By Paul L. Young Like many Americans in presidential election season, a majority of Houstonians last week asserted their constitutional right to be knuckle-dragging troglodytes by rejecting the Houston Equal Rights Ordinance (HERO). The measure, first passed last May, would have made it illegal to discriminate against 15 protected classes, including gay and transgender people,… Read more

  • Ethical Dilemmas: A Path to Truth

    By Alice Barakagwira Back in Fall 2014, in the Introduction to Human Services course, we were having a conversation about whether there are links between one’s belief in God, or a lack of belief in God, and one’s health. This conversation was originated from the conception of mental health in my culture. Back home in… Read more