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Note from the Managing Editor: Our Online Presence
Chase Burdick Managing Editor cxb1345@psu.edu It has come to my attention that the website for The Behrend Beacon isn’t that easiest thing to find and access. For one, the quick response, QR, code that we were previously using turns out to have been expired. That has been fixed for this issue and won’t be a…
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This New Device Could Help You Control Your Dreams
Eva Buto Staff Writer evie@psu.edu Lucid dreaming is a state of consciousness where you are asleep but aware that you are sleeping and able to control your dreams. Most people in dreams see things play out as a movie: things happen and you react to them with no regard to what you actually want…
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TV Return: ‘Doctor Who’ new season arrives in 2024
Madison Meeks Editor-in-Chief mvm7037@psu.edu After the return of the famous series ‘Doctor Who’ with a Christmas special, the BBC has confirmed that the series will return with a new season in spring 2024. According to the BBC, the new season will be the first full one with the new Fifteenth Doctor, played by Ncui…
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Kidnapper Pleads Guilty to Kidnapping and Assaulting 13 Year Old Girl
Charlie Garner Opinion Editor avg6206@psu.edu Steven Robert Sablan, a 62 year old man from Texas, has been found guilty of kidnapping a 13 year old girl. She was rescued after holding up a “Help Me” sign while she was trapped in the back of the man’s car. According to a statement from the U.S.…
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Catfished: Teen killed in murder-for-hire plot by offender seeking videos of death
Madison Meeks Editor-in-Chief Mvm7037 ANCHORAGE, ALASKA The villain in the vicious “catfish” murder for hire plot that baited teens into killing a 19-year-old woman was sentenced to 99 years in prison. The perpetrator, Darin Schilmiller, was facing five to 99 years in prison for the murder-for-hire scheme. As he sat in court and cried,…
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Changes are being made to PA dog law
Madison Meeks Editor-in-chief mvm7037@psu.edu HARRISBURG, PA – Some changes to Pennsylvania’s dog law that were signed by Governor Josh Shapiro last year are now in effect. According to ABC27 News, the updates to the law now include increased fines for dogs who are unlicensed, kennel and shelter requirements, and some interesting changes to dangerous dog…
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PETA wants to change Punxsutawney Phil to a giant gold coin
Madison Meeks Editor in Chief Mvm7037 PUNXSUTAWNEY, PA PETA, or the People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, is making a major call for change for Groundhog Day. Punxsutawney Groundhog Club’s president, Tom Dunkel, was sent a letter from PETA’s president, Ingrid Newkirk. According to ABC27 News, this letter was offering to send a…
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PA man attempts to play slot machines with counterfeit money
Madison Meeks Editor-in-chief mvm7037@psu.edu ERIE, PA On Thursday, January 18, a 31-year-old Erie man was taken into custody after he attempted to play slot machines with counterfeit money. Pennsylvania State Police contacted the man after a slot machine that he had been using at Presque Isle Downs and Casino had malfunctioned. Police have stated that…
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