• Altavilla’s Career-High Propels Penn State Behrend Women’s Basketball to 10th Conference Win

    Harrison Lilley Staff Writer hjl5363@psu.edu CRESSON, Pa. – In a dazzling display of skill and determination, sophomore guard Morgan Altavilla from Pittsburgh, PA, set a new career-high with an impressive 36 points, guiding the Penn State Behrend women’s basketball team to their 10th conference victory against Mount Aloysius on Saturday afternoon, January 27. The final…

  • 2023’s “Percy Jackson and the Olympians”: Funny! and… okay.

    Samhi C. Features Editor skc5098@psu.edu Credit: Disney I have mixed feelings.  I never read the “Percy Jackson” series. The most I knew about it was that it was about some guy named Percy Jackson and had something to do with Greek gods. That is all.  So, going into the first episode on Saturday night on……

  • HISS Sparks Controversy After Verses Target Drake and Nicki Minaj

    Amanda Ross Staff Writer amr8469@psu.edu   On January 26, 2024, Megan Thee Stallion released her new single titled ‘HISS’. The subsequent fallout has not only sparked a myriad of speculations and discussions on who specific verses refer to, but has also elevated the previous rivalry between Megan and industry veteran Nicki Minaj. Megan Thee Stallion…

  • Netflix Wrapped: Every show I watched over winter break 2023

    Madison Meeks Editor-in-chief mvm7037@psu.edu   Let us continue with my review of the rest of the shows that I watched over the winter break. Wednesday This popular show was one that I just knew I was going to enjoy since I already loved the Addams family. The plot of the show is that Wednesday is…

  • Ariana Grande’s “Yes, And?”: the music, the video, and the meaning of the lyrics

    Samhi C. Features Editor skc5908@psu.edu   I like the music.  Almost.  The one part that got really annoying really fast was the third iteration of the “Dancing on, I keep” stanza. The volume went from 1 to 100 in five seconds with the drop of a new beat. Great for dancing at the club; not…

  • Reading with the Beacon: ‘Solitaire’ by Alice Oseman

    Madison Meeks Editor-in-chief mvm7037@psu.edu (SPOILER WARNING; WARNING OF MENTAL HEALTH AND EATING DISORDER DISCUSSION) If you love a good mystery or young adult novel where a love story is not the main focus, then ‘Solitaire’ is the book for you. ‘Solitaire’ is a novel written by famous young adult author Alice Oseman. Oseman is the…

  • Local Eats: Erie Curry House

    Samhi C. Features Editor skc5908@psu.edu The last time I told you about the Erie Curry House in Fall 2023, I told you about how I was going almost every other weekend. The habit has held. ECH is still home to the best chai I have ever had and they let me stay a few minutes…

  • equinox

    by Gemma Malone the flowers begin to bloom one by one by one across my yard in yellow, pink, and blue my garden a color wheel and i think this year maybe it will all work out but i know myself i know this soil and i know the weeds and the rot and the…

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