BY ERIN MADDEN STAFF WRITER The Lady Barons volleyball team hosted their second annual Alumni Match Oct. 11 in the Finnegan Fieldhouse. The current Lady Barons pulled out the 15-10 win over the alumni players for their second consecutive alumni match…
Festa d’Italia a success among students
BY MELISSA SOLANO Sept. 13, was filled with laughter, dancing and great food thanks to the Student Life’s Festa d’Italia. The annual event, which began at 7 p.m. in the Piazza di Santi, contained all the same elements that students…
Sacred Music honors St. Francis
BY ADRIANA PERRY Beautiful choral tones reverberated through the air in Christ the King Chapel for the St. Francis of Assisi Musical Tribute on September 4th. Eli Tamar, a composer whose music has been featured in various places such as…
Waterline break near J.C. causes flooding, water shut-off
UPDATE BY ADRIANA PERRY Staff Writer Bright red and yellow caution tape encloses the remaining mound of dirt from the waterline break outside of the J.C. Williams Center on Friday. Physical plant workers did most of the work on Friday…
Baron team wins solid victory in 11th annual Rugby Ruckus
BY RYAN HELD Sports Editor The Franciscan University Barons’ rugby team played a hard-fought game in Sunday’s 11th Annual Robert D’Anniballe Rugby Ruckus and came away with a win over Indiana University of Pennsylvania (IUP). The Barons started quickly when…
New Housing Fair hours don’t stop early lineup
BY HANNAH CRITES Staff Writer Although the Housing Fair began later in the day this year, students still lined up at early hours on Friday morning to select housing for the fall semester. Most of the students waited in large…
Faculty Profile: Mary Lucille Smith
BY JEAN-MARIE BRALLEY Mary Lucille Smith is Franciscan University of Steubenville’s longest serving faculty member, having begun her career at the university in the summer of 1969. “I enjoy watching people learn and watching the light bulb…go off and they…
Student Government passes five bills concerning allocating money to student clubs
BY LAUREN RAMSEYER AND HANNAH CRITES Staff Writers Student Government passed five bills concerning allocating money to student clubs at their weekly meeting on Wednesday. Spring Bill 47 was an allocation of $2,000 to Student Government for 70 to 167…
What’s next for the Christian Outreach Office?
BY HANNAH CRITES Staff Writer The Christian Outreach Office, which reaches over 50,000 high school youth around the country every summer, recently announced new ways they plan to grow and encounter more youth around the country. The office at Franciscan…
Two editors bring truth and beauty to magazine industry
BY MELISSA SOLANO Two editors of a women’s magazine visited Franciscan University on March 31 to share how they are spreading the truth about the worth, value and beauty of women through their magazine. Verily magazine’s co-founder and style editor…