Allow me to paint a picture. It’s spring of 2022. I’m waiting ever so patiently for Kendrick Lamar’s upcoming album, “Mr. Morale & The Big Steppers.” To pass the time, I decided to go on the subreddit ...

“Dune” is a movie where things happen. For a Western audience generally unfamiliar with the culture of the Near East—from Libya to Afghanistan, and from Turkey to Yemen—the world of “Dune” feels ...

After yet another failure in a national tournament by the United States Men’s Soccer Team (USMNT), the team continues to be overhyped. Quite frankly, and rightfully so, they’re the laughing stock of ...

Over winter break, the Wilkes University Honors program took a weeklong trip to London. Professor Jen McLaughlin, the assistant director of the Honors & Scholars Program, has previously led Honors ...

A few weeks ago, I was simply scrolling through TikTok when I found a snippet of a song, “Abyss.” I immediately was able to pull parallels to the likes of Tyler, The Creator and Earl Sweatshirt with ...

The third annual Athlete of the Year tournament completed its two-day Semifinal Round on Tuesday, advancing two athletes on each side of the bracket to the Championship Round. Action concluded in the ...

Zain “Master Freeze” Ansari is a Pre-medical Neuroscience student at Wilkes University. He joined as an opinion staff writer for The Beacon as a first-year student and produces issues of The Icebox, a ...

On Thursday, Wilkes University’s Programming Board held their “Paws and Unwind” event to destress from midterms. Taking place in the JPAC and Miller Room, this event had many calming activities, such ...

X Ambassadors perform for a crowd of more than 150 people in the McHale Athletic Center. (Sydney Allabaugh) Lead singer Sam Harris plays the guitar as Adam Levin plays the drums.(Sydney Allabaugh) ...

Sydney Allabaugh is the editor-in-chief of The Beacon and will graduate in May 2025 with a degree in Communication Studies. Outside of her work at The Beacon, she is the director of Wilkes Now and ...

There are few international metal bands that have had the same impact as Sepultura from Brazil. They broke the barrier for heavy metal bands coming out of Latin America, with bands like Angra, Krisiun ...

The Roman Emperor Galerius, in his dialogues with ambassadors of the Sassanid Empire, at that time under Shah Narseh, describes that “Rome and Iran are like the two eyes of the Earth,” which for two ...