Editors note: (This game was reviewed using the Nintendo Switch version.) It needs to be said that I was never really a big Zelda fan. I have tried to be. I have played multiple games in the series, including Ocarina of Time and Twilight Princess, but they never really stuck with me. I’ve never thought […]

Almost 10 years since the game was initially announced; Final Fantasy XV has arrived. The game had been pushed back multiple times; it’s been renamed, reworked, and completely redone to fit on the current generation of consoles. So the question now boils down to, was it worth the wait? Short answer: Yes. Long answer… Plot […]

The Wilkes University Air Force Reserve Officer Training Corps (AFROTC) will offer a one-year accelerated program for seniors and graduate students in the 2017 fall semester. The accelerated program will allow students to complete the training in one year instead of the four years that it typically takes. “The material and lessons covered in the […]

A simulation that will let students experience poverty in America will occur at Wilkes University on Nov. 14. The simulation will allow students to get first-hand experience in dealing with many of the facets of poverty that they might not have had to deal with before in their lives. During the simulation, students will take […]

Starting in the spring semester of 2017, Wilkes University will be running a program designed to give students a deeper understanding of the United States prison system. The Inside-Out Prison Exchange Program, the only one of its kind across Luzerne and Lackawanna counties, will take 12 Wilkes students and 12 inmates from State Correctional Institution […]

Lt. Col. Allen B. West will visit Wilkes University as part of the Allan P. Kirby Lectures in Free Enterprise and Entrepreneurship series on Oct. 5. Lt. Col. West will speak about the importance of small businesses as cornerstones of the American economy. West also served as a member of congress and fought against recent […]

It’s Friday night at HEAT bar and night club, a LGBT establishment in Wilkes-Barre. The music plays softly in the background, while a smattering of people sit around the bar. The club has only been open for an hour and it seems like a slow night so far. The club lights flicker in the distance […]

Dr. Diane Wenger, associate professor of history and co-chair of the Global Cultures Division, was involved with a special seminar on “Slave Narratives” in American history this past June at Yale University. The seminar, which was sponsored by the Council of Independent Colleges and the Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History, focused on works from […]

The political science department has gained one more full time faculty member. Dr. Andreea Maierean has decided to stay on full time with the Wilkes University Political Science Department since joining in January of 2014. Maierean was born in Suceava, Romania, and has traveled the world since in her pursuit of education. In high school […]