STEUBENVILLE, OHIO—There was a silver lining to the cancellation of the April Steubenville Hilltop Communities block party due to the coronavirus. Students at Franciscan University who sponsor the annual partyContinue Reading
RACHEL MILLER EDITOR-IN-CHIEF Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Franciscan University of Steubenville’s campus closed for the rest of the spring 2020 semester, March 17. Both the university’s Steubenville, Ohio, andContinue Reading
SOPHIA CHAMBLEE STAFF WRITER The air was alive with festive music as people celebrated their Irish heritage Thursday night in the J.C. Williams Center. Black and gold tables covered in chocolate gold coins wereContinue Reading
JEN HANTZ AUSTRIA COLUMNIST “We’re not going to Rome!” was the cry heard from several students sitting in the back of the Audi-Max classroom in the Gaming Kartause on Feb. 26. From that point on,Continue Reading
KRISTINA MCNAMARA STAFF WRITER A Catholic author and Franciscan alumna spoke to students about overcoming disordered eating through a better understanding of theology on March 4 in the Gentile Gallery. Emily Chapman spoke toContinue Reading
AMYLYNN MILLER STAFF WRITER On March 4, a traveling poet hosted a student poetry slam in the Gentile Gallery. The slam was hosted by Clare McCallan, a Franciscan University of Steubenville graduate and spoken word artist who tours the country performing her poetry forContinue Reading
A. MONTES POLITICAL PAPIST COLUMNIST “There’s nothing I’m more passionate about than young, Christian woman talking into a microphone,” a professional poet said to the women at the writing and revision workshop at 7:30 p.m. onContinue Reading
CHRISTOPHER DACANAY DISTRIBUTION MANAGER Orators and spectators vied closely for argumentative supremacy on the evening of March 1 in the Gentile Gallery during the 19th Dumb Ox Debate. The debate’s motion, “ThisContinue Reading
THERESA BALICK STAFF WRITER The director of education at the National Catholic Bioethics Center addressed the ethical problems with in vitro fertilization Monday in the Gentile Gallery, explaining why Catholics should not use artificial means toContinue Reading
FELICITY MORAN CRITIC’S CORNER COLUMNIST A senior sacred music major performed his senior organ recital at St. Peter’s Catholic Church on March 1 to a crowd of friends, family, faculty and music lovers. William Spinnenweber performed a selection ofContinue Reading