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The Beacon

William Paterson University's Official Student-Run Newspaper

The Beacon

William Paterson University's Official Student-Run Newspaper

The Beacon

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Sweating the Small Stuff

Sara Birns, Managing Editor October 5, 2025

William Paterson's Recreational Gym Center is intended to be a place where everyone can enjoy access to the very gym their tuition pays for. Nevertheless, after multiple visits and a conversation with...

Midnight Fire in High Mountain East had Students Stranded

Midnight Fire in High Mountain East had Students Stranded

Ireland Reynolds, Staff Writer October 3, 2025

A normal Saturday night for student residents in High Mountain East quickly turned into a questionable and scary event when fire alarms were triggered.  On Sunday, Sept. 28 at midnight, residents...

College Radio Day 2025 at William Paterson

College Radio Day 2025 at William Paterson

Daniel Karp, Staff Writer October 2, 2025

This Friday, October 3rd, William Paterson's Radio Station, 88.7 Brave New Radio, is preparing to celebrate the 15th annual College Radio Day. The event was initially founded by Dr. Rob Quicke, the former...

Celebrating Palestine, An Overlooked Culture

Celebrating Palestine, An Overlooked Culture

Dane Sutherland, News Editor September 30, 2025

“There is no such thing as a ‘superior’ or ‘inferior’ culture; there are only various cultural patterns which make up a beautiful, multicolored mosaic.” This quote by Taslima Nasrin seemed...

New Field House Signals Growth for Pioneer Athletics

New Field House Signals Growth for Pioneer Athletics

Ava Schramm, Staff Writer September 25, 2025

The William Paterson University community gathered in celebration this past week to officially open its new athletic field house, a modern facility designed to serve the needs of future Pioneer student-athletes. The...

Immigration at the Campus Gates: WPU Clarifies Role in Immigration Enforcement.

Immigration at the Campus Gates: WPU Clarifies Role in Immigration Enforcement.

Sara Birns, Managing Editor September 18, 2025

Immigration is one of the most urgent topics in the U.S., shaping national headlines and erupting debates and protests on campuses, in other communities, and even in Congress. This debate has impacted...

Campus 'Batman' Keeps Students Guessing

Campus ‘Batman’ Keeps Students Guessing

Safa Hassan, Editor in Chief September 17, 2025

Four weeks into the fall 2025 semester, students at William Paterson University are once again spotting the mysterious figure dressed as Batman has been roaming campus. The figure, dressed in a...

Remembering Our Loss, Maintaining Our Hope

Remembering Our Loss, Maintaining Our Hope

Dane Sutherland, News Editor September 17, 2025

“Remember where we were that day.” declared our Associate Vice President for Student Development, Francisco Díaz. On the early morning of Sept. 11, 2025, students, members of faculty, police officers...

Professor’s Lawsuit Sparks Campus Reflection on Faculty Rights

Professor’s Lawsuit Sparks Campus Reflection on Faculty Rights

Safa Hassan, Editor in Chief May 23, 2025

The audacious story rippled across campus this spring: a professor was suing William Paterson University for losing his collection of millions-years-old fossils, drawing headlines in The New York Post,...

CNN Journalist Tells Students to "Bring Your Life Experiences to the Newsroom"

CNN Journalist Tells Students to “Bring Your Life Experiences to the Newsroom”

Susmita Majumder, Staff Writer May 5, 2025

CNN correspondent Gloria Pazmino encouraged student journalists, including several from William Paterson, to “bring your life experiences to the newsroom” on Friday during a journalism conference organized...

Watchung Arts Center Partners with Blue Truffle Music to Host Its First Ever Jam Session

Watchung Arts Center Partners with Blue Truffle Music to Host Its First Ever Jam Session

Shyla Murray, Feature Editor May 4, 2025

There has been a significant development in New Jersey jazz history. Since 1978, the Watchung Arts Center, located in Somerset County, has hosted many performing and visual arts showcases, including...

Where’s the “S” in HSIs

Where’s the “S” in HSIs

Jordan Vitale, Staff Writer May 1, 2025

Hispanic and Non-Hispanic and Non-Hispanic Serving institutes across the country have been faced with difficulty in how to best serve their Latinx populations. On April 28, Dr. Gina Ann Garcia,...

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