Franciscan University
“For I ne’er saw true beauty till this night”: Romeo and Juliet at the Sycamore Center
By Magdalene Krzeczkowski General Editor Over the weekend of March 27-29, Franciscan students and local families crowded into the Sycamore Center to behold the exciting tale of “a pair of star-cross’d lovers” — Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet. The play was directed by Naedia McCann, a sophomore at West Virginia Northern University. McCann studies software engineering and […]
Hope, When All Hope Is Lost
By Ruth Statz Staff Writer Hope is seemingly contrary to the natural human instinct. We like to operate from a secure standpoint. We carry around planners on our phones to plan out our every move down to the very minute; planners to plan our days, weeks, months, even years. It’s as though the only way […]
The Universal Church
Anonymous Satire Column In an interview April 3, Franciscan University’s president announced plans to establish several new campuses across the globe as the next phase of a recent capital campaign in response to overwhelming over-funding. The Rev. President Dave Pivonka, TOR announced Thursday that the school will be establishing new campuses in crucial places across […]
Excite Hosts Bedtime Boogie
By Magdalene Krzeczkowski General Editor The atrium of the J. C. Williams Center darkened at 7 p.m. March 29, as the main lights were replaced with colorful disco lighting for the Bedtime Boogie dance, hosted by Exc!te. Dance music played throughout the evening as students got down on the dance floor, which was illuminated by colored […]
Franciscan History Students take Fort Ligonier
By Eleanor O’Hagan Staff Writer Early on the morning of Saturday, March 29, Dr. Alexander Burns, associate professor of history, led a group of Franciscan students to the historic Fort Ligonier in Pennsylvania. This field trip was planned to coincide with a current class of students studying the history of America’s fight for independence and […]
President’s Perspective: Newness, names and no place like home
FR. DAVE PIVONKA, T.O.R. PRESIDENT’S PERSPECTIVE COLUMNIST It looks like I am going to be writing a little column for the Troubadour each week. My thought is that it would give me another place to meet you and share some of my reflections. Sometimes it may be serious while other times maybe not. It won’t be long, and hopefully it will be worth your time. It will be […]
Franciscan University introduces new master’s degree in Catholic Studies
ELISHA VALLADARES-CORMIER CATHOLIC VALUES COLUMNIST One of Franciscan University of Steubenville’s newest offerings promises to help people think with the mind of the Church at a time when society needs it most, says the program’s interim director. “It’s a way of bringing together everything that we’re good at here,” said Andrew Jones, Franciscan professor of philosophy and interim director […]
Goats and God: A Franciscan family’s tale
RACHEL MILLER EDITOR-IN-CHIEF How did the Walker family end up at Franciscan University of Steubenville? It all started with a Google search. In 2015, Matt Walker — who is now a senior at Franciscan — was looking into colleges. His father, John Walker, helped him search. Since Matt was interested in theater, John found Franciscan’s […]
