By Frank Coletti Communications and New Media Major According to Pew Research, 71% of people 18- 29 get news from the Internet and not subject to watching “what’s on” television because of […]
24 Hour News Need of Format Change
Best Practices to Keeping: Yourself Protected Online
By Nicholas S. Alexander The Internet has come to a point now that it’s part of each and every one of our daily lives. We connect to one another through social media […]
You don’t say: The Devolution of our Language and Us
By Rebekah Marin Liberal Studies/English Major Recently, Duke University student, Daniel Kort, launched a language campaign called “You Don’t Say”. In Kort’s Huffington Post article he talks about the use of language […]
Just How the Hell did Microsoft Pull that off again? Microsoft HoloLens? What’s that?
By Richard M. Bigega Just a few hours after I was asking myself where Google Glass went, a new reality was born in Seattle. I’ll spare you the drama: the good guys […]
State of the Union Review
By Ian Ziller Liberal Arts – Political Science Major Last week the President had his State of the Union address before Congress. The speech tackled the many issues that the President wished […]
Sugar: The Deadly, Ubiquitous Ingredient, A glimpse into sugar and obesity
By Garrick Hoffman Liberal Arts Major “Sugar. It’s in everything!” These are the laconic words in the description of an episode of Last Week Tonight with John Oliver, posted on YouTube. According […]
Letters to the Editor
The Beacon encourages letters from students, faculty and staff about campus, commentary about the newspaper, and more. All leters may be printed in anonymity if desired, but the sender must be identifiable […]
Reviewing America’s College Promise Plan
By Ashley Berry Liberal Studies – Political Science Community colleges are life rafts in the savage and tumultuous sea that is the job market. The appeal of higher education reaches not only […]
Miller Time Interstellar Gets 5 Oscar: Nods but is Chris Nolan Still Upset?
By Nick Miller Best Original Score Hans Zimmer Production Designer Nathan Crowley Sound Editing Richard King Sound Mixing Gary A. Rizzo Visual Effects Paul Franklin Let me start this article exercising that […]
Poetic License
By Patrick Doyle Liberal Arts – English At this very moment I am stuck in the blizzard of 2015, Snowmageddon. All my essentials are met (cigarettes, instant coffee, english muffins) and I […]
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