Missionaries of Purity recruit Franciscan University students
ALESSIA SCOCCIA STAFF WRITER Toward the end of the spring semester the Missionaries of Purity visited Franciscan University to recruit students to become active in the organization promoting healthy relationships and remaining pure for marriage. Brian Beal, C.E.O. and director of Missionaries of Purity, said the mission of the Missionaries of Purity is “to inspire […]
Doubles pair finishes undefeated in NCAA men’s tennis loss
ERIN MADDEN SPORTS EDITOR Freshmen John Gallagher and Jarek Sulak finished the season undefeated at no. 2 doubles by winning the only point for Franciscan men’s tennis in their 5-1 loss to John Carroll in the first round of the NCAA tournament at Kenyon College on May 8. The freshmen duo finished a perfect 13-0 […]
Student initiative brings Catholic author to BookMarx Bookstore to address nondiscriminatory practices toward homosexual persons
PABLO BOTEYO STAFF WRITER A student-led initiative brought a prominent Catholic blogger, speaker, author and freelance writer to BookMarx Bookstore on April 21 to discuss how to be nondiscriminatory toward homosexual persons within and outside of the church. Eve Tushnet spoke and offered to sign her book “Gay and Catholic,” which talks about her conversion […]
FATAL Frisbee: Undefeated champion of regionals, advances to nationals
DANIEL KIM STAFF WRITER Franciscan University’s ultimate Frisbee team FATAL continued its 2015 post-season run by securing the sole bid to the D-III national championship tournament after emerging victorious from the Ohio Valley Regionals April 25-26. FATAL took the spotlight two weeks ago when the Franciscan defeated all of its opponents at the Ohio conference […]
Student Government decides budget for 2015 fall semester, holds officer elections
DANIEL KIM STAFF WRITER Franciscan University Student Government met during the past two weeks to decide club budgets for the 2015 fall semester, organize the Student Government election and elect new officers for next year. Each and every club’s fund requests first had to be examined and amended as appropriate by the finance committee. Initially, […]
Franciscan men’s tennis wins conference title in AMCC finals
ERIN MADDEN SPORTS EDITOR After losing its first individual conference match of the season and being down in singles on four of the six courts, Franciscan University men’s tennis team won its third consecutive conference title 5-1 over Penn St.-Altoona in the Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference finals. “It’s what I wanted,” Head Coach Jeremy Ellis […]
Author and Fox News contributor speaks on the left’s ‘war on women’
RACHEL DEL GUIDICE CATHOLIC VALUES COLUMNIST Katie Pavlich, editor of Townhall.com, New York Times best-selling author and frequent guest commentator on Fox News, spoke to Franciscan University students and faculty at the Best Western Plus University Inn on April 17 about “Feminism and the ‘War on Women.’” Pavlich opened her presentation by telling the attendees […]
FATAL Frisbee wins conference championship, advances to regionals
DANIEL KIM STAFF WRITER Franciscan University’s FATAL Frisbee team advanced to the regional championship by claiming the title of Ohio Division III Conference champion April 12-13 in Columbus. FATAL looked very competent before the conference championship after finishing the spring season with an impressive result of 10-0 and ranking first nationwide in D-III. The team […]
Student Government faces challenging semester budget
BY ELIJAH SIMON, STAFF WRITER and LAUREN RAMSEYER, ASSISTANT EDITOR As clubs across campus are planning for the coming semester, last week Student Government was given the task of budgeting funds for club activities. Each club requested a certain funding from Student Government for diverse reasons, such as meetings, speaker stipends and supplies. Student Government was […]
Alumni strap on their shoes one more time
BY ERIN MADDEN STAFF WRITER The Lady Barons volleyball team hosted their second annual Alumni Match Oct. 11 in the Finnegan Fieldhouse. The current Lady Barons pulled out the 15-10 win over the alumni players for their second consecutive alumni match win. “Last year, the alumni match was pretty intense,” Head Coach Kelly Hermann said. “Those […]