letter to the editor
Letter to the Editor: Franciscan Frights
SARAH KADERBEK COPY EDITOR I leave to other colleges the haunted tales Of founders who floundered and blood-chilling wails. Here at Franciscan, we’re a hardened breed. It takes worse fears than phantoms to make us take heed. For here you hear stories of lost GPAs; See heart-stopping specters of young PDA. Nightshade? Iocaine? […]
Letter to the Editor
This article is written in response to the one recently published in this paper titled “Loneliness from within: An examination of Household Life today.” I do not believe the article accurately represented household life. I am a junior biology major and French minor here at Franciscan and have been involved with household life since my […]
Letter to the Editor
Dear Editor: I wanted to respond to last Troubadour’s article regarding Household Life. While I fully agree with the author’s premise that there are “issues” in households, i.e. cliques, loneliness and gossip, I disagree with the conclusions drawn in the article, namely, that this is an epidemic in Household Life and that the formation of new households is a bad sign […]
Letter to the Editor: Calling households to holiness
SARAH KADERBEK Perhaps I am an odd person to write on household life. I am not a member of a household, nor do I think that I will ever join one, because I do not feel it is right for me personally. But I recognize that households can be, and often are, wonderful communities which […]
Letter to the Editor
BRYAN CALLIGAN What is a community? Technically, it is nothing more than a group of people living in the same place. Certainly, it would be hard to deny that everyone here at Franciscan lives in a community. However, what is a sense of community? I would argue that it is the feeling of being welcomed, […]
Letter to the editor: My journey home
I want to introduce myself. To everyone who may not know me, I am Ms. Bobbie. I’ve had many problems in my life taking care of people and trying to reach out to God for guidance to continue doing it. It’s a very tough job and I needed God to help me get through it. […]
Letter to the Editor: In defense of Dungeons and Dragons
NED HESSER It has been said that no one truly hates the church, but many people hate what they believe the church to be. For three decades, Dungeons and Dragons (abbreviated “D&D”) has been a source of controversy, and the history of it is confusing and complex. Our culture has linked D&D to everything from […]
Fine Arts Letter to the Editor
PATRICIA VOIGHT SOPHOMORE DRAMA MAJOR I can honestly say that I believe that fine art seems to go unappreciated here at Franciscan. Understand that I love this school dearly, but when you’re a drama major and you hear seniors telling you that they never even knew there was a department, it’s very discouraging. Or people […]
Letter to the Editor: A condemnation of apathy
In light of the recent news surrounding Franciscan University’s Student Government elections, popularly coined as “Recall 2015,” The Troubadour received a letter from one student expressing her irritation and dismay. Submitted by Chelsea Abrea People say: “What goes on in Student Government is none of my business.” I ask: “Do you know that your tuition goes to […]
Letter to the editor: Spanish exists for genuine communication, not “for fun”
BY GUILLERMO MORENO “Hola amigo, como estas?” This may sound like a friendly way to greet a Hispanic, but such an approach can backfire. As a Hispanic student at Franciscan University of Steubenville, I have been frequently approached in Spanish by non-Hispanics and feel compelled to write about this issue because many of us do […]