ELISHA VALLADARES-CORMIER CONSERVATIVE COLUMNIST National Former first lady passes away Former First Lady Barbara Bush passed away April 17 at the age of 92 after battling a variety of health problems. Bush had been in the hospital with heart and…
MARGARET BOYLAN EDITOR-IN-CHIEF While many people have heard of music therapy, one apostolate of the TORs has spent her time after college investing in this field. Anna Goedtke, a graduate from the University of Minnesota with a bachelors in music…
ANTHONY BATALLA STAFF WRITER Exhibiting Medieval and Baroque sacred music, the Schola Cantorum Franciscana performed a well-attended concert on the evening of April 13 in Christ the King Chapel, the first concert in its tour, “Christ My Hope Is Risen!”…
FLANNERY MCGOVERN STAFF WRITER On April 9, the Gentile Gallery was transformed into the art exhibit of Franciscan alumna and current Artist in Residence Blair Gordy Piras. Around a dozen of Piras’s drawings and the painting are hanging in the…
MAGGIE PAWSEY STAFF WRITER On April 19 in the Gentile Gallery, Beloved First Truth household hosted Mark Miravalle to speak on the movement to declare Mary’s relationship with the Church as dogma. “We are living in the age of Mary,”…
ANTHONY BATALLA STAFF WRITER “What are we doing wrong?” This question was a serious concern for the multitude of students present at in the Gentile Gallery on Wednesday night. The gallery was filled up to standing room only for the…
ELISHA VALLADARES-CORMIER SOCIAL MEDIA MANAGER Franciscan University Student Government passed a $39,000 budget for the fall semester during its formal meeting on April 18. A total of $38,824 was allocated to 18 different student clubs to fund their programs for…
KETRINA CLEMONS STAFF WRITER On April 12, Pater Noster household held its annual Casino Night in the bottom floor of the J.C. Williams Center. Almost the entire household was there throughout the evening, working tables and the drink stand. The…
BRADEN FELLINGER LIBERAL COLUMNIST On April 17, the Franciscan Chamber Orchestra performed its spring concert in Franciscan University’s Gentile Gallery. The concert was directed by Nicholas Will, assistant professor of music, and included works by Johann Christian Bach, George Frederick…
KENDAL HUNTSMAN STAFF WRITER A visiting scholar gave a comparative talk on the Bible and the Quran Thursday night in the Gallery at 6 p.m., sharing personal experience of how Catholicism and Islam view God. Jacob Imam, a Marshal Scholar…
