• What are we thinking: Prostitution Legalized in Canada?

    By Erik Squire Depending on your moral or religious beliefs, the idea of legalizing “sex work” may seem outrageous. However, there might be some sanity behind the Canadian Supreme Court’s 9-0 ruling. Selling sex for money has actually never been illegal in Canada, although some of the actions commonly involved in “sex work” have been… Read more

  • From Behind the Curtain

    By Jason Glynn So how’d you like the new and improved paper? We are aware that the page numbers for the featured stories were not that accurate; we apologize for the mistake, and we will do our best to prevent it from recurring. Anyway, we hope you are enjoying our new look as much as… Read more

  • Poetic License

    By Patrick Doyle Do you ever notice yr mind working freely without you coming in & saying, “Hey now, stop that. Think about this thing,” & for a second you may, but then yr mind wanders off again, free-associating as it damn well pleases? Welp, that is the story behind this little prose piece; if… Read more

  • Pro Active Advice with Kora O. Han

    Hey there everyone! Kora, at your service. As of this issue of The Beacon, I will be taking over this wonderful pro-active advice column from Miss Tiffany Crockett, who has graciously passed the baton over to me. So please, do direct your emails to me at kora.o.han@gmail.com, and I will try to answer any questions,… Read more

  • Sabering Hollywood: American Hustle (2013)

    By Sabra Schirm Christian Bale and Amy Adams deliver stunning performances in David O. Russell’s American Hustle. Conman Irving Rosenfield and his brilliant girlfriend and partner, Sydney Prosser, find themselves in a sticky situation that ends with them taking orders from F.B.I. hot-head, Richie DiMaso. Desperate to prove himself, DiMaso pushes his unwilling co-conspirators into… Read more

  • Low Temperatures & Tickets

    Low Temperatures and Tickets By A.S. Kinsman It turns out that even the mighty Super Bowl is vulnerable to the weather of the wild Northeast. The chosen venue to host the annual mega-football game this year is the MetLife Stadium in New Jersey; a state, like many others in the country, that is currently plagued… Read more