The Beacon

Things We Can Do to Make Ourselves Feel Better During Uncertain Times

30 Mar 2020

Brenna Roberts Associate Sports Editor ‘21 It has been almost three week since we learned about the severity of COVID-19.We...

10 Easy Recipes With Fewer Than 10 Ingredients

30 Mar 2020

Briana Alberghini ‘21 Associate Social Media Director Has your quarantine diet consisted of the same meal pretty much every day?...

Where Do I Go Now? Campus Closures Leave Some Students in the Dark

30 Mar 2020

Alicia Collins ‘21 Arts and Entertainment Editor When Merrimack students left for spring break, many planned for one whole week...

7 Delicious Recipes To Bake During Quarantine

29 Mar 2020

Briana Alberghini ‘21 Associate Social Media Director If you’re anything like me, you are tired of scrolling on Tik Tok...

Best of Netflix: Something For Everyone While Social Distancing

29 Mar 2020

Briana Alberghini ‘21 Associate Social Media Director Going a little stir crazy? Looking for your next show to binge? Here...

A Senior’s Perspective on an Unexpected Semester

27 Mar 2020

Katie Clark ’20 Social Media Director To the Seniors at Merrimack College, Where to even begin? To be honest, it’s...

SGA Senator’s Recap: President Hopey Holds Virtual Town Hall for Students

26 Mar 2020

Olivia Faulkner’22 Staff Writer During this time of fear and confusion, students and their families had the opportunity to have...

Film Review: “1917”

26 Mar 2020

Mitchell Shaughnessy Film Reviewer “1917,” which came out in 2019 and is directed by Sam Mendes, is an English war...

Spring Sports Season Cut Short Due to COVID-19

19 Mar 2020

Brenna Roberts ‘21 Associate Sports Editor When the rest of Merrimack College left for a week of spring break to...

Pizza with the President: An SGA Senator’s Perspective

18 Mar 2020

Olivia Faulkner First off, I would just like to thank everyone who came out on February 25 to the Student...

Honors Program Celebrates 3rd Annual Honors Winter Soiree

18 Mar 2020

Alicia Collins ‘21 Arts and Entertainment Editor The Merrimack College Honors Program 3rd Annual Honors Winter Soiree was held on...

Good Eats: El Taller

18 Mar 2020

Maria D’Auria ‘20 Marketing Director Considering I have been doing food reviews in the Andover and North Andover area for...

Faculty Spotlight: Joe Kelley

18 Mar 2020

Kayli Adams ‘20 Staff Writer Joe Kelley is a dedicated Professor at Merrimack College, Co-Chair in the Department of Religious...

Women’s Swim Team to Lose 9 Seniors; Will Gain Fastest Incoming Class to Date

18 Mar 2020

Brenna Roberts Associate Sports Editor The Women’s Swim team has struggled to make a name for themselves ever since their...

Women’s Tennis: Ready to Dominate

18 Mar 2020

Taylor Hogan The Women’s Tennis team already brought home two victories after traveling to New Jersey to play Monmouth University...

Team IMPACT Night at Lawler Rink Brings Players and Kids Together

18 Mar 2020

Nicole Dahlgren ‘21 Staff Writer On February 14, fans at the Merrimack Men’s Hockey game at Lawler Rink celebrated their...

Student Org Spotlight: WMCK Radio

18 Mar 2020

Scott Edwards ‘21 Sports Editor Student organizations are what make Merrimack College such a special school. Every organization is unique...

A Timeline of the Coronavirus Response at Merrimack College

18 Mar 2020

Briana Alberghini ‘21 Associate Social Media Director Merrimack College, among most other colleges and universities nationwide, has been taking the...

Remembering Kobe Bryant

18 Mar 2020

Brenna Roberts 2021 Associate Sports Editor When you hear the name Kobe Bryant, a million different things come to mind....

February 2020 Police Log

18 Mar 2020

1/21/2020: Mother of a resident student requested assistance in contacting her daughter. 1/21/2020: Subject called to report an issue with...

One Team, One Goal: Make NCAA Basketball History

18 Mar 2020

Autumn Truesdale It has become official that Merrimack College’s Men’s Basketball team has made NCAA history during their first year...

Merrimack Women’s Basketball Team Crashes Due to Bus Driver’s Medical Emergency

18 Mar 2020

Kailey Fenton On February 7, around 9:00 p.m. in Darien, Connecticut, the Merrimack College Women’s Basketball team was on their...

Merrimack College Launches Multiple Campus Podcasts

18 Mar 2020

Briana Alberghini ‘21 Associate Social Media Director Merrimack College President, Dr. Christopher Hopey, dived into the podcast world in the...

Men’s Lacrosse Ready to Take the Nation by Storm

18 Mar 2020

James Christy The back-to-back Division II National Champion Men’s Lacrosse team at Merrimack College is gearing up for the most...

Men’s Baseball Season Starts Out Strong

18 Mar 2020

Brian D. Kelley Merrimack College Baseball began its first season in the NCAA’s Division I program, defeating Oral Roberts in...

Juvaris Hayes Sets All-Time NCAA Steals Record

18 Mar 2020

Kylie E. Chetwynde Senior Men’s Basketball Player Juvaris Hayes broke the NCAA all-time steals record in NCAA history. Hayes broke...

Fresh Check Day Promotes Mental Health on Campus

18 Mar 2020

Geena Levine ‘21 Photo Editor On January 30, 2020, Merrimack held its fourth annual Fresh Check Day. Fresh Check Day...

Boston Calling Music Festival

18 Mar 2020

Kimberly Turner ‘23 Staff Writer Boston Calling is an outdoor, three-day music festival with over 60 performers located in Harvard...

Bertrand Shines as Merrimack Lacrosse Downs Michigan

18 Mar 2020

Adam Drexel On February 22, the Merrimack College men’s lacrosse team defeated the University of Michigan Wolverine’s for its first...

Beacon Students Travel to Two Conferences in February

18 Mar 2020

Colleen Mearon ‘21 Staff Writer Merrimack College students interested in media traveled to two news conferences during the month of...

Alumna Spotlight: Lauren Smith

18 Mar 2020

Nicole Fasciano Staff Writer Lauren Smith is an energetic and bright former Merrimack student who is now highly dedicated to...

Merrimack Holds First White Coat Ceremony

18 Mar 2020

Briana Alberghini ‘21 Associate Social Media Director Merrimack College held its first White Coat Ceremony on January 26, 2020 at...

The Novel Coronavirus is a Serious Matter, Even for College Students

17 Mar 2020

Megan Snow ‘20 Editor in Chief As schools send students home for the remainder of the semester, people are working...

Greatest Comeback in Merrimack History?

17 Mar 2020

Kara Haase During the weekend of February 8th, the Women’s Basketball team added two more wins to their record by...

The Future of Sports is Female: Women in Sports and Strength Training at Merrimack

17 Mar 2020

Kara Haase As some of you may know the world of sports is a male-dominated industry. Whether it be in...

New Division? No Problem.

13 Mar 2020

Kylie Chetwynde The Merrimack College Men and Women’s Basketball teams have shown that they belong at the Division I level...

March 2020 Print Issue

12 Mar 2020

From Puerto Rico to Duane Stadium: Francisco Feliciano

06 Mar 2020

Connor Stahl Redshirt sophomore Francisco Feliciano (#84) is a wide receiver on Merrimack College’s Division I football team. Coming...

Baseball Warriors Take Three of Four From Spartans, Improve to 5-3 Early on in Division I

05 Mar 2020

Ian Beauchesne The Merrimack College Baseball team defeated the Michigan State Spartans three times this past weekend, including sweeping a...

Merrimack Rowing Starts Training Camp in Clemson

05 Mar 2020

Paul Vallerand While many college students will be partying during spring break, the Merrimack Women’s Rowing team will be getting...

Men’s Basketball Team is Nationally Televised for the First Time

05 Mar 2020

Nicole Fasciano On February 21, 2020, the Merrimack College Men’s Basketball team was revealed to the nation when they took...

A College Career He Never Expected: From Day One to D1 Basketball

05 Mar 2020

Dana MacPherson Devin Jensen, Merrimack College Men’s Basketball player, took his first DI season by storm. As an elite sharp...

Joe Gallo Named NEC Coach of the Year

05 Mar 2020

Joseph T. LeBlanc Joe Gallo, the head coach of the Merrimack College Warriors Men’s Basketball team,was just named Jim Phelan...

Talking with Sodexo

05 Mar 2020

Maria D’Auria ‘20 Marketing Director We always see them on campus, whether that be in the library, the Den, or...

Merrimack Women’s Lacrosse Recap

05 Mar 2020

Mike LeGage ‘23 Staff Writer Merrimack Women’s Lacrosse opened up its inaugural Division I season with back to back competitive...

Super Bowl LIV Commercials: Meh

29 Feb 2020

Nicole Dahlgren ‘21 Staff Writer As we celebrated 100 years of football during Super Bowl LIV, beer companies and car...

Film Review: “Just Mercy”

11 Feb 2020

Mitchell Shaughnessy Film Reviewer Director Destin Daniel Cretin presents audiences with an authentic, emotional, and heart-wrenching story with his latest...