JACOB WATSON LIBERAL COLUMNIST Earlier this semester, a new app was introduced that has stirred up much controversy throughout the past few months on and off campus. Jodel is a social media app — like the now-shutdown app Yik Yak…
JEN HANTZ STAFF WRITER Mild-mannered embryology professor by day, three-quarter ambidextrous left handed juggler by night, Derek Doroski finds fascination in life through faith, facts and fun. Doroski holds a doctorate in biomedical engineering from the Georgia Institute of Technology…
ALLEGRA THATCHER EDITOR-IN-CHIEF Stories of human lives are what drive junior Ken Fox and sophomore Jacob Bowers to lead a van full of Franciscan University students to Pittsburgh every week for Homeless Ministry. A hot meal beneath an underpass greets…
JACOB WATSON LIBERAL COLUMNIST Franciscan University’s engineering department isn’t the most widely discussed program on campus — yet there are changes in store that will give future Catholic engineers greater opportunities. A new associate’s degree is offering engineering students a…
ALLEGRA THATCHER EDITOR-IN-CHIEF Of all the moments during the memorable Easter Vigil at Franciscan University, perhaps the one with the most palpable joy comes when the Church receives her new members with open arms and often spontaneous applause. Yet, the…
SYDNEY LORENTZ STAFF WRITER “I wanted to have a career, not just a job,” reflected Sherri Kurz, a Spanish professor at Franciscan University of Steubenville. Kurz, who is also an alumna of the university, recently earned her doctorate in instructional…
JACOB WATSON LIBERAL COLUMNIST Franciscan University is home to many publications that allow for freedom of speech and thought among the student body. Two of these, the Gadfly and the Gauntlet, often serve as conversation starters by spreading information, contributing…
JEN HANTZ STAFF WRITER With only a month left of the semester, senior theater majors are buckling down and cleaning up their acts in preparation for the final curtain call of the year and of their careers here at Franciscan…
VERONICA NOVOTNY STAFF WRITER From hosting bimonthly meetings and events to running experiments at local schools, the Chemistry Club encourages and supports scientific interest in students both on and off the Franciscan University of Steubenville campus. Junior Maria Kelly, this…
ELISHA VALLADARES-CORMIER CATHOLIC VALUES COLUMNIST The Priestly Discernment Program has announced a series of changes, effective next fall, that will allow more students to join the program without the high level of commitment currently required. Instead of being separated into…