Posted by Tammy Murray
Opinion, This Week's Edition, Video
Thursday, December 24th, 2009
When Ron’s youngest daughter Taffara brought Savannah into the world a great many things changed in our lives. In 2008 we were blessed to have our first Christmas with her. A new baby gave rise to a new tradition in the family, one I brought from my past. The Murray family share their new Christmas [...]
Posted by Stew Corbett
Audio, Opinion, This Week's Edition
Wednesday, December 23rd, 2009

Santa Claus, Chris Kringle, Father Christmas are just some of the names used to identify a popular Christmas icon. The idea of Santa Claus comes with a bag full of scrutiny and children usually stop believing in the jolly old man before they reach their teen years, some much earlier. Despite this, Santa will always [...]
Posted by Melissa Russwurm
Opinion, This Week's Edition
Tuesday, December 22nd, 2009

To avoid completely abandoning the Beacon over Christmas break, classmate Tammy Murray came up with an awesome idea. To keep the site lively, she suggested the “staff” share our favorite Christmas memories and traditions. After pondering what my favorite traditions are, I decided I want to share something I would like to be able to [...]
Posted by The Beacon
Opinion, Video
Friday, December 11th, 2009
The Basement Tapes is a TV news production by the 3rd year broadcast journalism class at St. Thomas University. They ended the semester with a tongue-in-cheek look at the news produced by Adam Wright, Lily Boisson, Colin Hodd and Alex Solak — not for grades. Just for laughs.