FEATURES

Alena DeAntonellis (aldeantonellis@ursinus.edu) Professor Diane Amoroso-O’Connor has been teaching since fall of 2014, securing her place as an assistant professor in Classics. She came to Ursinus due to a previous Classics professor retiring, to help the Classics majors here have enough course options to complete their major requirements. What began...

Chase Portarro (chportaro@ursinus.edu) What do an improv comedy show and a music variety program have in common? You can listen to them both live, on-air, hosted by Ursinus students on the campus radio station!     It’s no secret that WVOU, the Voice of Ursinus, is back in full-swing. Recently, The Grizzly...

Marie Sykes (masykes@ursinus.edu) Are you ready to enter a Transylvanian castle after getting caught with a flat? Well how ‘bout that! Breakaway Student Productions is putting on a shadowcast performance of The Rocky Horror Picture Show, meaning the cast will act and mime in front of the original movie playing...

Jenna Smith (jesmith2@ursinus.edu) With the retirement of our beloved Dr. Rebecca Jaroff, there will be a hole left behind in the English Department. The process of hiring a new professor is a tedious one, and many professors within the department have reached out to their students asking them to meet...

Vaughn DiBattista (vadibattista@ursinus.edu) Dr. Rebecca Jaroff has taught literature and English courses at Ursinus College for 21 years. She graduated from Ursinus in 1981 with a degree in English and a minor in Communications. After college, Jaroff spent ten successful years at 6ABC as a production manager, however, she fell...

Chase Portaro (chportaro@ursinus.edu) Matthew Nieves-Hoblin ‘23, general manager of Ursinus’s student-run radio station, remembers hosting his final show before the COVID-19 pandemic sent everyone home in March 2020. “I was the last person in the studio. But I just said, ‘Alright goodbye guys, I’ll see you in the spring,’ and...

Morgan Mason (momason@ursinus.edu) Navigating the real world after Ursinus is an intimidating thought for many students. The Abele Foundation Scholars Family, though, has thought long and hard on how they can make this transition a bit easier for their students for years to come. By creating a “Dress for Success...

Vaughn DiBattista (vadibattista@ursinus.edu) It’s been about two years since Cafe 2020 made its debut at Ursinus College, and it’s safe to say it’s a student-favorite. It’s the perfect spot for an iced coffee, a warm pastry, and a vast selection of flatbreads and paninis. Every day, you can find a...

Morgan Mason (momason@ursinus.edu) Over our four years at Ursinus, we as a student body are consistently called to action. The daunting question of “What will I do?” stands before us. It seems rudimentary as we are sitting in a classroom of strangers freshman year, just beginning to find our voices...