13 Apr, 2026
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Students, professors debate Harry Potter and children’s reading

By Eleanor O’Hagan Staff Writer Students voted 68-53 at the Veritas Society’s Dumb Ox Debate to affirm the house’s motion that “You shouldn’t let your kids read ‘Harry Potter’” on March 26 in the Gentile Gallery. Arguments that J.K. Rowling’s books promote disobedience to authority, witchcraft and lack of morals led the majority of those […]

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New professor strives for truth and meaning through classics

VERONICA NOVOTNY STAFF WRITER Anyone who has met Franciscan University of Steubenville’s newest assistant professor of honors and classics knows that Theodore Harwood tells the truth when he says, “I am sort of addicted to the classics.” In his new role as professor, Harwood teaches courses in Latin and literature as well as the freshman […]