High school students and university personnel are invited to attend Wilkes University’s 2014 Engineering Olympics on March 28, 2014. The Engineering Olympics will take place in Arnaud C. Marts Center at Wilkes University. The event is meant to excite and inform regional high school students about the engineering profession and give them the opportunity to […]

In November, Wilkes announced it would be adding men and women’s swimming to their long list of intercollegiate sports, now it has hired a coach to help build the program up; and that coach is Mark Barnes. Building a program after a coaching change can take its toll but building a brand new program that’s […]

As the 2013-14 college-wrestling season wound down, it all came down to the 2014 Division III NCAA National Wrestling Championships this past weekend in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. Six Wilkes University wrestlers competed, Myzar Mendoza (133), Mark Hartenstine (149), Kris Krawchuk (157), Kyle Diesel (174), Eric Bach (197) and William Fletcher (285). The Colonels finished tied […]

Started in March of 1993, the Wilkes University Women’s and Gender Studies Conference has been about celebrating the role women have taken in society. The 21st annual conference will be held on March 20 and 21 at Wilkes University. The conference is a joint effort between Wilkes University and King’s College, a partnership that began […]

An estimated 42 million adult Americans smoke cigarettes, or 16.1 percent of the population. While many struggle to fight the addiction, your local pharmacy is quitting for good. CVS/pharmacy is the second largest pharmacy in the United States, not far beneath Walgreens. With more than 7,600 stores nationwide, CVS is responsible for the health and […]

An influx of fatal heroin overdoses across the United States has law enforcement implementing an old law to help continue to fight the war on drugs by targeting street sellers. Heroin is cheaper and easier to get than prescription drugs, making it a likely substance for abuse. The 1987 “Strict Liability in Drug-Induced Deaths” law, […]

Forty percent of the food that is produced in the United States goes uneaten, according to the Natural Resources Defense Council. This habit not only consumes energy, wastes natural resources and swallows up precious land space, but the majority of the waste ends up rotting in a landfill. Besides being unsightly and smelly, landfills are […]

Bastille is an indie rock and synthpop band fresh out of London. They formed in 2010 and have released one album thus far. Bad Blood’s first track off the record titled “Popmeii” has become a world smash hit. As usual, it has recently been climbing up American charts, because in my opinion we always hear […]

Almost everyone has heard of “The Shining,” Stephen King’s 1977 masterpiece. It was immortalized in film, with a creepy image of Jack Nicholson’s face, in 1980. It was the novel that truly pegged King as a horror writer. This past September, King released “Doctor Sleep,” the long-awaited sequel he had been hinting at since 2009. […]

Do you know where your food goes after you’ve dumped it down the drain? 1: The majority of food waste can be pushed down the garbage disposal, but there are some foods that should always avoid the sink. Grease, fats or oils solidify in the drain and should go into the trash. Some vegetables are […]