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YAF receives $2,000 for speaker fee
ELISHA VALLADARES-CORMIER CATHOLIC VALUES COLUMNIST Young Americans for Freedom received $2,000 in funding to cover the speaking fee for its March 18 event during Wednesday’s Franciscan University Student Government’s formal meeting. Spring Bill 56 allocated the money needed for acclaimed author and political pundit, Andrew Klavan’s, March 18 speaking event. According to the bill, Klavan’s […]
Daily Wire journalist speaks on the benefits of being conservative
ALLEGRA THATCHER EDITOR-IN-CHIEF Journalist Michael Knowles of the Daily Wire delivered an address to Franciscan University of Steubenville on the conservative movement and “the simple joys of being right” on Thursday evening, Sept. 27, in the Gentile Gallery. The first in his “Covfefe on Campus” tour, Knowles’ visit to Franciscan was, as he put it, […]
FUSG reallocates funds for Outdoors Club, YAF
ELISHA VALLADARES-CORMIER SOCIAL MEDIA MANAGER Franciscan University Student Government passed four bills on Oct.11, which included the reallocation of funds for the Outdoors Club and Young Americans for Freedom. Fall Bill #26 called for $750 to be reallocated for the Outdoors Club’s Oct. 15 spelunking trip to Laurel Caverns. The money had been originally allocated […]
YAF hosts trip to conservative conference
ELISHA VALLADARES-CORMIER SOCIAL MEDIA MANAGER A group of 10 Franciscan University students traveled to Washington, D.C. Oct. 13-15 to attend a renowned conservative conference that featured several notable speakers, including President Donald Trump. The trip to the Values Voter Summit was hosted by Young Americans for Freedom, who received a scholarship from the Family Research […]
Turning Point club seeks to promote free market
ELISHA VALLADARES-CORMIER SOCIAL MEDIA MANAGER A new club has its sights set on promoting free market economics, among other issues, across the campus of Franciscan University. Turning Point USA was founded in 2012 by an 18-year-old college student and is an activist organization that seeks to educate students on the principles of limited government and […]
FUSG holds in-house election
ELISHA VALLADARES-CORMIER SOCIAL MEDIA MANAGER Franciscan University Student Government swore in newly-elected senators and held elections for all other empty seats at the formal meeting on Wednesday. Senate-hopefuls stood along the walls of the St. Leo Room, where Student Government holds its meetings, as they prepared for the moment when they would make their case […]
Hahn, YAF encourage students to invest in city
ELISHA VALLADARES-CORMIER SOCIAL MEDIA MANAGER City of Steubenville Councilwoman-at-Large Kimberly Hahn spoke Wednesday at 9 p.m. in the Gallery on several new initiatives that are in motion to boost the Steubenville economy. Hahn began by looking back on her own time as a university student attending Grove City College. Hahn said that during her stay […]
Initiative to boost town culturally and economically
ELISHA VALLADARES-CORMIER SOCIAL MEDIA MANAGER A new initiative by Franciscan University’s Young Americans for Freedom club (YAF) hopes to revitalize Steubenville’s economy by skipping the big chain stores and spending money at local small businesses. It is called the Steubenville Stimulus Project and it’s the results of hours of hard work from YAF club president […]
Conservative Column: Young Conservatives – take action
ELISHA VALLADARES-CORMIER CONSERVATIVE COLUMNIST Now is the time for young conservatives to get involved and take action. I’m sure we’ve all heard that one of the best ways to lead is to lead by example, and I truly believe that one of the most effective ways that young conservatives like myself can make an impact […]
Liberal policies hurt the poor, says former welfare abuser
ELISHA VALLADARES-CORMIER SOCIAL MEDIA MANAGER Approximately 150 people packed into the Gentile Gallery Feb. 16 to hear a former welfare abuser give a talk on how liberal policies hurt the poor. Star Parker, now president of the Coalition on Urban Renewal and Education (CURE), spoke about her own experience as a victim of liberal policies […]