Letters to the editor
Letter from the editor: The secular catechist
By Chris Dacanay Editor-in-Chief When I tentatively joined The Troubadour’s staff nearly four years ago, the thought never crossed my mind that I would one day ascend to the editor-in-chief position. Much less had I ever considered the various obstacles that I, as the editor-in-chief, would one day face. Those obstacles didn’t just affect me […]
Letter from the editor: Journalism in a post-truth world
By Christopher Dacanay Editor-in-Chief From March 10-11, I had the pleasure of attending the “Journalism in a Post-Truth World” conference jointly hosted by EWTN News and Franciscan University. The conference addressed timely topics about the role of Catholic journalists in our modern society, which is plagued by moral relativism, political partisanship and fake news. Our […]
Goodbye, and Hello.
By Leo Schafer Business Manager At the time when I wrote my first article for The Troubadour, this university was a very different place. Fr. Dave had only just been installed this University’s president, patients had only just begun to feel the symptoms of COVID-19 according to retrospective data, and the Houston Astros were the […]
The new Troub
By Chris Dacanay Editor-in-Chief This is a tough message to write — one that I had hoped I wouldn’t have to draft in the first place. Emblazoned on the front page of this newspaper print is the phrase, “Since 1947.” That means this newspaper has printed the campus’s latest news for over 75 years. After […]
Letter to the Editor: My Troubadour retrospective
Ben Miller Layout Editor It’s been quite a journey. Four years at this university, and through the majority of that time I have been working with the Troubadour. In my current position as one of two layout editors, I get the distinct pleasure of being crammed into a small office with three other editors and […]
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 […]
Letter to the editor
Madeleine Van Haute Layout Editor You never realize how much you love your job or how important it is until it’s threatened. Granted, my job has not actually been threatened (yet), but there have been recent events that have led me to believe that I have reason to worry. I was informally invited to partake […]
Letter to the Editor: Ongoing conversion is for all fans as well
The Rev. Jonathan St. André, TOR Dear Editor, I thoroughly appreciated the recent Sports column by Christopher Dacanay from Oct. 29 entitled, “Let’s stop harassing our opponents.” Dacanay asks the fundamental question of whether jeering and yelling at players or any other negativity expressed towards opposing teams should be tolerated, both within our wider culture […]
Letter to the Editor
Jesse Pellow Through the recent news story “University president, VP meet with students to discuss rise in campus COVID cases,” it has come to my attention that there are students at the university who chose Franciscan because it did not have a mask mandate or vaccine mandate at the time of their application. I am […]
Letter from the Editor: Relishing the time we have
Veronica Novotny Editor-in-Chief Welcome back to a new school year! To the 800 new freshmen taking over campus, to the now-sophomores who have made it, to the juniors who have joined the ranks of upperclassmen, to all my fellow seniors and beyond who are back for more of the same –– I am so happy […]