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Farewell for the Summer

Twenty issues later and yet another academic year has passed. I would like to thank everyone from the writers to editors to those interviewed for helping to make this paper happen. I’ve loved being the Feature Editor and helping to highlight student organizations and events across campus. To my successor...

Meet Layla M. Halterman, EIC

Marie Sykes: masykes@ursinus.edu Layla M. Halterman has served as The Grizzly’s Editor-in-Chief for the past two years and was a staff writer for a year before that. She is a Media and Communi- cations major and part of the class of 2023. Outside of her role on The Grizzly, Layla...

Senior Honors Project

Samantha Kiessling: sakiessling@ursinus.edu Check out two of the Class of 2023’s Honors projects. Name: Kate Isabel Foley Major(s)/Minor(s): English and Theatre / Creative Writing and Gender and Women’s Sexuality Studies Project Title: Pride and Prejudice at Pemberley College – a full-length concert reading Advisor Name: Dr. Meghan Brodie What is...

GSA: Creating a Safe Space on Campus

Kate Horan: kahoran@ursinus.edu Every person deserves a place where they feel safe and free to express themselves, to experience human connection and unity. The Gender and Sexuality Alliance (GSA) is a student organization that creates this place for many students at Ursinus College. According to GSA President Danielle Santana Denrich...

Humor Writing: Not Just Something to Laugh at

Kate Horan: kahoran@ursinus.edu Most everyone loves to laugh. Sharing jokes is not only fun but allows people to connect through shared aspects of humor and humanity. The Grizzly’s love for jokes can be seen in our previous issue, a satirical issue titled The Goofly. Expanding upon the importance of humor...

Following the Trail to Oregon

Marie Sykes: masykes@ursinus.edu The Trail to Oregon: known for a long arduous journey across the American midwest in a covered wagon with many dying of dysentery (and other causes), but also known for inspiring the hit 1971 educational game and the Starkid Productions musical. The Break-away Student Productions performs The...

Incoming: Meet the Trebuchet 

Disclaimer: this article was written for the April 1st issue and is a part of The Goofly. This Grizzly issue is satirical.  The Society of Physics Students (SPS) have been making waves, or rather craters, across campus by once again operating the trebuchet. Students in the society have used it...

President Robyn Hannigan Revealed as Ursinusanonymous2

Disclaimer: this article was written for the April 1st issue and is a part of The Goofly. This Grizzly issue is satirical. Robyn Hannigan, President of Ursinus College and former Provost of Clarkson University, has inadvertently revealed herself as the primary creative developer of Ursinusanonymous2, an Instagram account based on...

The Comeback of the Pi Chi Poodles

IntRHOducing Trinady Banks and Esther Akande–President and Vice President, respectively, of the renewed Pi Chi chapter of Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority, Incorporated (SG Rho, Inc.). Originally chartered at UC in 2005, Pi Chi was inactive on campus for some time before Banks ‘23 and Akande ‘24 spearheaded its comeback this...