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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

2023-2024 Staff

“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 ...

Samantha Mullen

Samantha Mullen

Samantha Mullen is the Assistant Sport Editor for the Beacon. Mullen joined The Beacon as a first-year writing for the news section. She then moved over to write for sports in her sophomore year. Mullen took on her current posi...

Liz Cherinka

Liz Cherinka

Liz Cherinka is the social media manager of The Beacon. Cherinka started with The Beacon as a staff writer for LA&E in the spring of 2021 and became the social media manager and columnist of Liz's Craft Column in the fall...

Sydney Allabaugh

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...

Dr. Kalen Churcher

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...