Letter to the Editor: On retirement
Theresa Balick Copy Editor Dear Editor, I read your article on the incentivized retirement plan (Incentivized, early retirement package leads to dozens of retirements over 2 years), and I can’t help but feel like something is missing. Why? Well, it’s strange that the university would try to “incentivize” professors, especially well-loved and intelligent professors, to […]
Women’s household holds their first EDM dance
Photo provided by DDM Theresa Balick Copy Editor Electronic dance music (EDM) blasted through the J.C. Williams Center Saturday from 9 p.m. to midnight as Daughters of Divine Mercy (DDM) household members partied at their first ever fundraiser dance. The dance, called “EDM with DDM,” featured most of the household members bopping with crowds of […]
Study abroad program aids Ukrainian refugees
Theresa Balick Copy Editor With the rising crisis in Ukraine, Franciscan University of Steubenville faculty, staff and students studying in Austria have responded generously by taking in several Ukrainian refugees at the Kartause, as well as preparing care packages for other displaced refugees who have fled to Austria. Junior Emily Rodriguez, who is studying at […]
Professor discusses importance of culture, beauty to redeem society
Theresa Balick Copy Editor A philosophy professor said humans should create and maintain a new culture around the arts and said beauty will fix the current culture at a talk Monday in the Gentile Gallery. Alex Plato, who holds a doctorate in philosophy, spoke to about 25 students at the first of a series of […]
Austria imposes new lockdown procedure as COVID-19 cases rise
Theresa Balick Austria Correspondent All vaccinated and unvaccinated students in the Franciscan University of Steubenville Austria Program are restricted to the Kartause as a complete lockdown due to COVID-19 began Nov. 15 in Austria. The stricter lockdown followed a decision by the government a week earlier to impose a lockdown for only the unvaccinated as […]
Austrian Adventures: Reflections under lockdown
Theresa Balick Austria Correspondent It finally happened: the unvaccinated in Austria have gone into lockdown as COVID-19 cases skyrocket throughout the country. For the unvaccinated, like myself, this means that we can no longer take public transportation or go into any stores that are not considered “essential.” We are restricted to the Kartause property primarily, […]
Austrian Adventures: Speculations about the machinery table
Theresa Balick Austria Correspondent At the back of the main area in the Mensa is one of the most intriguing features in the entire Kartause. It’s a table that immediately commands your attention as you walk into the Mensa. It’s totally different from the ones around it. The other tables are rectangular with booths around […]
Austrian Adventures: Paying for the bathroom
Theresa Balick Austria Correspondent It’s the worst part of the Austrian experience in my opinion: the lack of free, public restrooms in Europe’s cities. I’ve heard students here say that the thing they are most excited for upon the return to the United States is the phenomena of a free bathroom. Europe has not caught […]
Austrian Adventures: Prepping for 10-day
Theresa Balick Austria Correspondent Amidst the craziness of midterms week lies something even more daunting: planning 10-day. 10-day planning can be stressful. First, you have to figure out where exactly you want to go and find people to go with you. Of course, you can’t see Spain, France, Greece, Croatia and Ireland all in one […]
Austrian Adventures: Creek jumping
Theresa Balick Austria Correspondent The first time I creek jumped, I stood on the top of the ravine, watching another girl leap off a skinny tree stump, praying that she would jump far enough to avoid hitting the rock that formed the small waterfall. A moment later, she hit the water, and she bobbed up […]