Beloved Irish professor spends spring in Steubenville
JOSEPH FUSSELMAN STAFF WRITER Robert McNamara: a name any student on campus who has studied in Gaming, Austria, knows. McNamara has been a staple at Franciscan University of Steubenville’s Gaming campus since he was hired five years ago. Yet this semester, he has travelled across the ocean to teach theology and philosophy here in Steubenville. […]
Annual Advent Market and Nutcracker Village promote Christmas cheer
JOSEPH FUSSELMAN STAFF WRITER This November and December, the Steubenville Nutcracker Village and Advent Market are bringing Christmas spirit to downtown Steubenville. While the sky may be gray, the Fort Steuben Park is aglow with Christmas lights and decorated with 6-foot nutcrackers, which greet hundreds of visitors every week. The market started in 2015 when […]
Russian farce puts flawed humanity on trial
JOSEPH FUSSELMAN STAFF WRITER While theatre usually shows an audience its own flaws, this semester’s show in Anathan Theatre will go above and beyond to bring the grotesqueness of human flaws to center stage. Since August, Franciscan University of Steubenville’s theatre department has been diligently rehearsing “The Government Inspector” by Russian playwright Nikolai Gogol. The […]
Movie screening highlights heroic witness of newly canonized saint
JOSEPH FUSSELMAN STAFF WRITER On Saturday, Oct. 13, residents of St. Junipero Serra Hall watched a movie screening of “Romero,” the story of St. Oscar Romero, which was followed by a discussion in anticipation of his canonization the following day. Armed with several boxes of pizza and a tub of sherbet, the men settled down […]
First class John Paul II relic comes to Franciscan
JOSEPH FUSSELMAN STAFF WRITER This past Tuesday, hundreds of students filed into Christ the King Chapel to view a first class relic of Pope St. John Paul II (JPII). It was brought by the John Paul II Project in honor of the 40th anniversary of JPII being elected pope. The relic was placed on a […]
Professor shares faith and fun on both sides of world
JOSEPH FUSSELMAN STAFF WRITER Most students who know Joseph Pathakamuri become very familiar with Indian food, coffee, bagel runs during class and bonfires through taking one of his biology courses. Charismatic and inspirational, Pathakamuri enjoys personal relationships with his students and making sure that they become the best versions of themselves. Recently, Pathakamuri returned from […]
Gaming Fest fills the fieldhouse with Austrian atmosphere
JOSEPH FUSSELMAN STAFF WRITER This past Friday, hundreds of students, faculty, staff and families filed into Finnegan Fieldhouse for an evening of food, beer and lederhosen. At Gaming Fest, the food and culture of Austria were brought to the Franciscan University of Steubenville to promote its study abroad program. Every semester, over 150 Franciscan students […]
New renovations to Christ the King center on Mary and the Eucharist
JOSEPH FUSSELMAN STAFF WRITER The recent renovations of Christ the King Chapel, the iconic spiritual hub for Franciscan University of Steubenville, have managed to please everyone with the chapel’s new features and redesigned layout. This past summer, starting the day after spring graduation in May and ending June 8, the chapel underwent several changes, including […]