Wilkes University will be holding the Harold Cox Invitational Forensics Tournament on Friday and Saturday, Feb. 7-8. This tournament will feature 10 Collegiate Forensics Association-sanctioned events, if registration allows, with two rounds of individual events followed by finals which will include the top six competitors in each category. The debate competition will include four preliminary […]

There’s a way to keep your bank account alive and well while at college. It’s work study, and it comes in a couple different forms. Federal Work Study is a program funded by the federal government and awarded to students with financial need to help defray some of the costs of education. The funding level […]

President Patrick Leahy announced at Nov. 9 open house that starting in the fall of 2014, Wilkes will add a marching band and two additional intercollegiate sports – women’s golf and swimming. Leahy said the marching band, which will be the first collegiate marching band in Northeast Pennsylvania, will help to bring in more high-caliber […]

Last week, eyebrow theory was the focus of the beauty basic. This week will cover what to do after the desired shape of the brow is assessed. Many men and women dread the pain of waxing and tweezing their eyebrows, but anyone who has been doing it a while will say that it really isn’t […]

Online radio apps such as Pandora, I HEART Radio, and TuneIn are becoming increasingly popular. However, there is one that “trumps all the others,” Kim Kirnan, sophomore integrative media major at Wilkes, said. “Spotify. It towers above the rest.” Spotify differs from other radio apps because users can build and share playlists filled with songs […]

It’s Nov. 26, so get your cake pans ready because it’s National Cake Day. Be it a sheet cake, pound cake, cup cake, cake pop or any form of the delectable treat, chances are you have munched on cake. So, today, celebrate this national holiday by creating and enjoying a delicious desert. Besides, with Thanksgiving […]

With an increase in fire alarm mishaps, a campaign has been started to insist on the decrease in numbers of false alarms. “If physical goals are set for students, they are more likely to rise to the occasion,” said Timothy Ziegler, sophomore. Although University Towers is usually the place to go to get exercise, due […]

Ingredients: 6 medium apples 8 ounces cream cheese 1/4 cup brown sugar 1/4 tsp vanilla extract 1 egg 3/4 tbsp cinnamon or apple pie spice 1/4 cup chopped apples Caramel for drizzle Instructions: Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Cut the top off each apple. Using a spoon, carefully scoop out the insides of the […]

Ashton Zanecki, a pop artist and former Wilkes student, recently announced he will be putting music on the side as he spends the next six years as a part of the United States Navy. Zanecki cleared up a few misconceptions about the announcement, stating that it definitely isn’t a permanent career change, but rather a […]

Hidden in a far corner on the second floor of the library is a room devoted to keeping Polish traditions going strong. Created in 1950 when the university we know today was still “Wilkes College,” this room is dedicated to the memory of all those from Poland who came to settle in the Wyoming Valley. […]