BY MATTHEW BROWN

More than 50 people were present at the Gentile Gallery of the J.C. Williams Center at Franciscan University of Steubenville to hear David Prosen share his insight on same-sex attraction on Tuesday, April 2.

Prosen, a graduate of Franciscan, is licensed to council in both Ohio and New York. After working for two years at St. Raphael of Huntington in New York, he returned to Steubenville to work at a mental health agency but still continues his services via the phone and internet through St. Raphael of Huntington.

Prosen has written several articles for the Catholic publication "Lay Witness Magazine" and has given multiple presentations on same-sex attraction. He was also the leader of the Steubenville chapter of Courage from 2004 to 2011.

BY KATY SENOUR

Franciscan University of Steubenville hosted theologians who spoke on The Year of Faith and Vatican II in the Gentile Gallery in the JC William Center on Saturday, April 13.

This event included Mass in the Christ the King Chapel followed by three talks held by well-known Catholic Theologians. The talks were free-admission and open to the public.

BY CATHERINE TROLL

"Everyman," the allegorical play performed by the drama club in Anathan Theatre at Franciscan University of Steubenville between April 5 and April 14, inspired its Franciscan students to ask themselves questions about life and death.

"Everyman" is a thought-provocative allegory based on a play that tells the story of the main character Everyman, who represents all people. The play opens as Everyman, played by Gabe Velazquez, finds himself in the terrifying position of being told by Death – a three-person character played by Peter Campagna, Philip Buss and Hope Ellis – that his life would end soon. He has no choice but to begin his journey towards death, so he calls upon the things in life that he assumed would always be there for him.

BY JORDAN OTERO

The U.S. Department of Defense has been facing scrutiny since April 4 when a U.S. Army Reserve presentation classified Roman Catholics and evangelical Protestants as "extremist" groups, alongside groups such as al Qaeda and the Ku Klux Klan.

The Washington Times reported that the presentation identified 17 religious organizations in a slide entitled "religious extremism." They include al Qaeda, Hamas, the Filipino separatist group Abu Sayyaf, and the Ku Klux Klan, which the slide identifies as a Christian organization.

"This is one more example of the effort of the left both to promote a culturally radical agenda in the military and, more broadly, to try to marginalize traditional moral belief and the churches that uphold them," said Stephen Krason, chair of the political science department at Franciscan University of Steubenville. "This is one more sign of the increasing intolerance and repressive bent of the left."