Staying sane through growing pains
2019-12-07
MAGGIE PAWSEY ASSISTANT EDITOR I wrote a journal entry at the beginning of my senior year of high school about how I did not want to grow up. Reading overContinue Reading
Letter from the Editor: Killing complacency
2019-05-01
RACHEL MILLER ASSISTANT EDITOR “I’m dead.” Modern slang is quite interesting when you think about it. This phrase is one I’ve heard a lot recently, which is probably very fittingContinue Reading
Letter from the editor: Letting go of a season
2019-04-10
ALLEGRA THATCHER EDITOR-IN-CHIEF Welcome to April: the time of the semester when the weather is finally warm enough to enjoy and everyone is far too busy running around to enjoyContinue Reading
Letter from the Editor: Stop signs are not suggestions
2019-03-27
RACHEL MILLER ASSISTANT EDITOR The most hazardous part of my morning comes shortly after I leave my dorm. Groggy-eyed, I make my way across the piazza. When I near theContinue Reading
Letter from the Editor: Why I don’t wear leggings to class
2019-02-21
ALLEGRA THATCHER EDITOR-IN-CHIEF Please shelf all expectations of this being a modesty plea. Just because leggings are in the title gives no requirement that I preach a sermon on modesty,Continue Reading
Letter from the Editor: The crosses we bear
2019-02-12
RACHEL MILLER ASSISTANT EDITOR Have you ever thought about Simon of Cyrene? I wonder about him sometimes, how he felt as he helped Jesus carry the cross to Golgotha. HowContinue Reading
Letter from the Editor: Trusting God in letting go
2018-12-03
RACHEL MILLER ASSISTANT EDITOR “From the fear of what love demands, deliver me Jesus.” Have you ever prayed the Litany of Trust? I just discovered this prayer maybe a monthContinue Reading
Letter from the editor: Joy and freedom in the routine
2018-11-09
ALLEGRA THATCHER EDITOR-IN-CHIEF If I asked you where you’d like to be right now, I doubt you would answer “in class,” “in the library studying” or even “on campus.” IfContinue Reading
Letter from the editor: A crisis of integrity
2018-10-14
ALLEGRA THATCHER EDITOR-IN-CHIEF The Franciscan University community is experiencing a crisis of integrity. There are two definitions of integrity, and I’m referring to both: morality, as well as being wholeContinue Reading
Letter from the Editor: Forgetting and failure
2018-04-28
ALLEGRA THATCHER ASSISTANT EDITOR Probably everyone’s biggest concern during the studying for and taking of finals is remembering. Remembering formulas, dates, quotes, concepts and so forth is the primary concern,Continue Reading