Imagine this: you are out eating dinner with your family and as you sit down at the restaurant you have an uncanny feeling you know the person sitting a few tables away. After multiple (not so) discrete...

The lights dimmed and the audience went silent. A procession of people dressed in black slowly descended the center stairs of the library. Faces glowed in the light of the flickering candles they held...

There are eight sections of The Beacon, including visuals, that the average reader diligently scans through as they peruse the paper—and never throw on the atrium floor. For those who ask "ok... but...

It’s a winter morning—cold, silent, peaceful. Stepping into Wilson’s main entrance, however, you are met with an explosion of mechanical whirring, blasting music, and yelling echoing from the atrium....

A few years ago, Wilson social studies teacher Jennifer Brown was driving to work when she passed the grand opening of Heat Da Spot, an Ethiopian cafe and restaurant in Petworth. The cafe quickly became...

"Angel's Pulse" by Blood Orange Madeline Kessler 8/10 “Angel’s Pulse,” the latest from British artist Blood Orange, is beautiful. When playing the leading song, titled “I Wanna C U,” for...

As a previous restaurant owner, Wilson math teacher Patricia Milikin knows how to single out a good restaurant. Like, a really good restaurant. So when she told me one of her favorite DC spots is Little...

Maureen Thompson first stepped through Wilson’s main entrance in August of 1998.  She had just moved from her home country, Guyana, located on the northeast coast of South America between Venezuela...

Wilson English teacher Joseph Welch stood in front of the copy machine, exasperated. What should’ve been a two-minute process had ended up taking over fifteen minutes. It was a Monday morning, and...

When you think of Chinese food, what comes to mind? Lo mein, orange chicken, and fortune cookies? If so, you’ve been missing out. Many of the typical “Chinese” dishes people eat in America are adapted...

When you think of Wilson electives, what comes to mind? Overcrowded classrooms with uninterested students, or specialized courses with a heavy course load? While there are many rigorous electives like...

Despite just moving from Delaware to DC this summer, Poonam Sharma, a Wilson physics and engineering teacher, is already up on the District’s restaurant scene. While Sharma has a knack for stumping students...

Finding a tasty and affordable restaurant in DC can be hard. I want to help. This month I asked students and staff at Wilson about their favorite restaurants and chose one to review: Daikaya, a small...

On a typical Sunday night, I’m at home, grinding through endless amounts of homework for hours. Going out on a Sunday night would be unheard of. Until I found out about Crumbs and Whiskers. Located...

It was a cold, brisk Thursday evening. People huddled behind foggy windows in restaurants and the streets were mostly empty. My friend and I rushed down the street to a small, brick building with a purple...

Located in Northeast DC next to Union Market, The Village Cafe is in a converted warehouse with tall ceilings. The cafe is cozy and welcoming; warm sunlight floods through the windows near the front door...

The first time I drove along 16th street, I gazed out the window in awe. Countless places of worship crowded together on a few blocks regardless of a difference in beliefs. One thing these churches do...

Adriana Tinto had recently divorced and needed to find a job to support her and her son. “I didn’t want a desk job. I wanted to do something very creative. I realized that there is almost no gelato...

Have you ever heard about a musical, started listening to the soundtrack, and then looked at ticket prices and think, ‘two-hundred dollars?’ This is my feeling every time I discover a new musical,...

If you’ve been to a Nationals game, you’ve likely tried the food at Nats Park—it’s typical, run-of-the-mill, stadium food. Truckeroo, a monthly food festival hosted near the stadium, boasts food...

When sophomore Caroline Durr took a summer job working at a local farmer’s market, she figured she’d learn to tell a McIntosh apple from a honeycrisp, and parsley from parsnip. Instead, she found herself...

After school has winded down, what’s better than sweating under the beating sun and suffocating in DC’s swampy humidity? A lot of things, but ice cream sure makes the situation better. DC boasts a...

In the fall of 2015, hundreds of students nervously filed through the main entrance of Woodrow Wilson High School. Clarence Alston, a new social studies teacher to Wilson at the time, was just as anxious....

When I moved to DC a few years ago, I decided I was going to find the best ramen restaurant around. I’ve tried out many places, but my favorite one so far is Oki Bowl @ Georgetown. Oki Bowl @ Georgetown...

Are you tired of eating at the same few restaurants in Tenleytown? Buredo, a local restaurant chain specializing in burrito-sized sushi rolls, is guaranteed to bring excitement to your meal. I had been...

Wilson students have nearly unending options when it comes to breakfast, lunch, or after-school snacks. But it can be hard to know where to go if you are looking for something in particular, especially...

In the past couple of years, many restaurants have opened up in Tenleytown. With so many to choose from, it can be hard to decide where to go. To help you out, I have found three restaurants that are the...

Summer tends to make people wistful for travel. In an ideal world, we could all jet off around the globe to the paradise of our choosing. Unfortunately, it’s unrealistic for most of us. Fortunately,...

Every year, Spring break comes around right when students need it most. For students, the third advisory seems to have dragged on forever, with only more and more homework piling up. By the time spring...