New office helps students, faculty to discover personal vocations
Sebastian Gonzalez Staff Writer For the last 10 years, Franciscan University of Steubenville has discussed ideas to incorporate personal vocation assistance into the campus’s culture. This semester, the Office of Personal Vocation has been instituted to help students, staff and faculty reach their unique call from God, not just in the traditional sense of a […]
Household attracts crowd with pink-themed dance
Photo by Mary-Grace Byers Sebastian Gonzalez Staff Writer Students filled the lower J.C. to dance amid pink streamers and balloons at the Knights of the Holy Queen Pink Shirt Dance Saturday, Sept. 25 from 9 p.m. to midnight. Speakers blasted contemporary music as people packed the atrium to dance and sing. The Pink Shirt Dance […]
Speaker shares struggles of screenwriting religious movies for secular audiences
Photo by Linsey Flinn Sebastian Gonzalez Staff Writer A screenwriter and script consultant said it is challenging to make a religious film for secular audiences at a talk Friday at 3 p.m. in the Gentile Gallery. Barbara Nicolosi, a coordinator of script and screenwriting programs at Regent University, spoke about writing for secular audiences when […]
New program offers community, support from graduate students
Photos by Ben Rose-Fish Sebastian Gonzalez Staff Writer A graduate student reflected on his days as a freshman, saying he had a “naiveness” when it came to realizing how lonely university life could be without community. However, being invited by his resident assistant to play frisbee with the Disciples of the Word household changed everything […]
Panelists discuss how to take lessons from war, justice
Photo by Linsey Flinn Sebastian Gonzalez Staff Writer At a lecture in the Gentile Gallery Friday, a panel of speakers said that cultural healing is necessary to avoid social problems and racism. Daniel Kempton, who holds a doctorate in political science, and Ricardo Chaparro-Pacheco, director of social work at Franciscan University of Steubenville, gave a […]
Households compete for glory, fun in Household Olympics
Photo by Rachael Patin Sebastian Gonzalez Staff Writer Franciscan University of Steubenville men’s and women’s households met out in the sunny fields to compete in the Household Olympics Sept 4, which were held at the Intramural Field from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. The Intramural Field was split in half, with male households on one […]