Barons rugby loses 29-12 to Christendom, play alumni match
Liam Fanning Staff Writer The Franciscan University Barons rugby team lost 29-12 to the Christendom College Crusaders at a home game Saturday at 1 p.m. following an alumni game. This was the first time the Barons met the Crusaders, who are national champions, since they faced off at a tournament in Wheeling earlier this month. […]
Canon lawyer, Vatican journalist speak on issues facing Church
Liam Fanning Staff Writer A canon lawyer and a noted Vatican journalist spoke on issues facing the Catholic Church to a crowd of students and visitors Wednesday night in the J.C. Williams Center. The event, called “Calming the Storm: Navigating the Crises Facing the Catholic Church and Society,” was presented as an interview between the […]
Students debate economic benefits, disadvantages of distributism, free market
Liam Fanning Staff Writer Students debated the benefits and disadvantages of both distributism and the free market in terms of Catholic economics Wednesday at 7 p.m. in the Gentile Gallery. Advertised as a “Lincoln-Douglas Debate,” the debate aimed to answer the hypothetical question: “Should the city of Steubenville seek a more distributist economic system?” The […]
Harvard law grad speaks on rebuilding religious liberty
Liam Fanning Staff Writer A guest speaker spoke of his deep faith in the value of religious liberty on a talk given Friday at 3 p.m. in the Gentile Gallery. The speaker, James Sonne, is a Harvard Law graduate who is the founding director of the Religious Liberty Clinic at Stanford Law School. Sonne’s talk […]
Club provides haven for grad students
Liam Fanning Staff Writer “The St. Thomas Society is a group open to graduate students who are studying theology or philosophy and who want to continue pursuing an academic intellectual life,” said the 31-year-old mother of five who started the club this semester. The St. Thomas Society is an idea Tabitha Silva had shortly after […]
Tolkien scholar discusses decades-long study of medieval Lord’s Prayer
Liam Fanning Staff Writer J.R.R. Tolkien’s decades-long work on a strange medieval version of the Lord’s Prayer formed the basis of a talk given by a Franciscan University of Steubenville English professor Friday at 3 p.m. in the Gentile Gallery. The talk, titled “Tolkien and the Paternoster Manuscript: A Detective Story,” was given by John […]
Dedication of language learning café honors late German professor
Photo by Linsey Flinn Liam Fanning Staff Writer Students and faculty packed the Language Learning Café (LLC) Monday at 11 a.m. for the unveiling of a plaque and the dedication ceremony that honored a late professor of modern languages at Franciscan University of Steubenville. The café was officially dedicated to Beate Engel-Doyle, or Frau, as […]
Guest speaker discusses Franciscan order and the liturgy
Liam Fanning Staff Writer A guest speaker said that writing liturgy has been a significant part of his life at a talk Friday at 3 p.m. in the Gentile Gallery. The Rev. Patrick Whittle, TOR, gave a talk titled “The Franciscan Order and the Roman Liturgy: The 13th Century and Today.” Whittle is a 2006 […]
Founder of HCC department to retire after 32 years
Photo by Linsey Flinn Liam Fanning Staff Writer Reflecting on his 32 years teaching at Franciscan University of Steubenville, the founding director of the humanities and Catholic culture (HCC) department remarked, “It went pretty fast.” James Gaston, who holds a master’s degree in history and a doctorate in 19th and 20th century European intellectual history, […]
Lady Barons basketball loses by 3 points to Geneva
Liam Fanning Staff Writer The Lady Barons basketball team lost a home game 70-67 against the Geneva College Golden Tornadoes Tuesday at 6 p.m. The first quarter began slowly for the Lady Barons. As soon as the whistle blew, the Golden Tornadoes took a confident lead, scoring two 3-pointers. After regaining their footing, the Lady […]