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The Beacon

The news of today reported by the journalists of tomorrow

The Beacon

The news of today reported by the journalists of tomorrow

The Beacon

2024-2025 Staff

Sydney Allabaugh
Editor-in-Chief

Sydney Allabaugh

Sydney Allabaugh is the editor-in-chief of The Beacon. Allabaugh joined The Beacon as a first-year student writing for the opinion section. She became the assistant opinion editor during the latter half of her sophomore year and wa...

News Editor

Leah Smith

Asst. News Editor

Andrew Marshallsay

Asst. Opinion Editor

Logan Colonna

Asst. Opinion Editor

Shawn Carey

Contributing Writer

G. Wayne McCormick

News Staff Writer/Layout Designer

Brady Melovitz

Sports Staff Writer

Lexi McHugh

Sports Staff Writer

Ava Tureen

Designer

Lara Mullen

Social Media Manager

Megan Davis

Photographer

Shannon Slominski

Life, Arts and Entertainment Staff Writer

Natalia Williams

Opinion Staff Writer

“Freeze”

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 weekly article providing an ...

News Staff Writer

Kayla Bicskei

Asst. Sports Editor

Sam Mullen

Zach Paraway
Sports Editor

Zach Paraway

Zachary Paraway is the Sport Editor for the Beacon. Paraway joined The Beacon as a first-year writing for the news section. He went on to write for news in his sophomore year as well. He took on his current position in fall of h...

Asst. Sports Editor

Adam Grundt

Dr. Kalen Churcher
Adviser, The Beacon

Dr. Kalen Churcher

Dr. Kalen Churcher is an associate professor of Communication Studies. She began teaching at Wilkes in 2014, and advises the student newspaper, The Beacon, as well as the student-run public relations agency, Zebra Communications. Dr. Churcher...