BY NICHOLAS DiGREGORY Contributing Writer The St. Louis and St. Elizabeth residence halls were cleared of scaffolding and construction equipment on Jan. 25, after a flood and a fire left the building in need of two weeks worth of repairs.…
Conservative Column: The real meaning of ‘pro-life’
KATE CLARE Conservative Columnist On Jan. 22, thousands of pro-life activists gathered in Washington, D.C., despite the dangerously cold weather, to participate in the annual March for Life. They were joined by approximately 500 Franciscan University of Steubenville students. In…
Back from Austria, students ready to compete
BY MATT VAN WAGENEN Distribution Manager The Lady Barons got a boost after several athletes returned from studying abroad in Austria and rejoined the ranks of the women’s swimming and diving and women’s basketball teams. Returning from Austria in December…
LIBERAL COLUMN: Sochi: Should we or should we not?
BY JOSH MERLO Olympic pride aside, the United States should not be attending the Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia. There are numerous reasons for this non-attendance, or, more properly, this boycott. That’s correct: the U.S. needs to boycott the Olympics…
The Harmonium Project continues to grow around the community
BY JORDAN OTERO Editor-in-Chief Fluffy white flakes drift slowly from the gray sky, settling peacefully on the slushy, cracked sidewalks and pothole-riddled streets. The serene blanket bundles the city, a temporary balm on the blemishes that often seem glaringly obvious…
Households called to practice charity in new semester
BY HANNAH CRITES Staff Writer Choruses of “Lift High the Banners of Love” and cheers for each household banner filled Finnegan Fieldhouse on Jan. 17 as Franciscan University of Steubenville Household Life kicked off the spring semester with the bi-semester…