chesterton society
Chesterton Society brings students together with campfire night
Bethany Doudna Staff Writer Franciscan University of Steubenville’s Chesterton Society hosted a campfire social night, their initial kick-off event of the semester, Sunday evening on the lawn just outside of the J. C. Williams Center. The event drew a group of around 150 students, though many came and went throughout the duration of the event, […]
Student life club fair fosters community, student involvement on campus
THERESA BALICK STAFF WRITER Students crowded the J.C. Williams Center atrium Sept. 13 for the semesterly club fair and browsed the many options for student activities and clubs around campus. From 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., the various clubs on campus set up and manned tables to promote their missions to students. Clubs ranged from Students for Life and the Veritas Society to the Knitting Club and the St. Vitus […]
Speaker explains upside-down worldview of great saint and great writer
RACHEL MILLER ASSISTANT EDITOR A world-renowned G.K. Chesterton expert filled the Gentile Gallery with wit and wisdom when he spoke on the link between St. Francis and Chesterton on Monday, April 14, at 6:30 p.m. In his talk entitled “The Advantages of Seeing the World Upside Down,” Dale Ahlquist, who holds an honorary doctorate from […]
Author unveils secrets of Frances Chesterton’s life
ALLEGRA THATCHER EDITOR-IN-CHIEF The author of the first book about Frances Chesterton, wife of G.K. Chesterton, spoke in the Gentile Gallery to a small but enthusiastic crowd on March 22 at 5 p.m. about the legacy of an often-overlooked woman. In her talk, “The Woman Who Was Chesterton,” Nancy Brown, author of the book by […]
Chesterton Society: Sharing a forgotten treasure
JACOB WATSON LIBERAL COLUMNIST Last semester, Franciscan University of Steubenville students came together to create a society focused on making an impact on campus through the eloquent writings and ideas of G.K. Chesterton. Their main mission is to spread awareness and appreciation of his works on a campus familiar with many great English writers such […]