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Sea-salt filled the air as my group of fellow American travelers and I stepped off a crowded ferry boat onto a creaky, metal dock. After a slightly rocky journey across Galway Bay, which saw a cloudy day turn into a dark, misty night, we had finally arrived upon the biggest...

When Punxsutawney Phil arose from his burrow on February 2 he saw his shadow, indicating that we would see six more weeks of winter, but it seems that the Ursinus Softball team didn’t get the memo. The team got the season started with two big wins against Stevens, kicking off...

Alisa Zenchenko is the new president of Ursinus’ class of 2025. Meet her here! Q: How did you and the treasurer decide who would fulfill this role?A: The Executive Student Government Board talked about it and asked me if I was interested in it. I obviously said yes, to which...

The Ursinus College Department of Theatre and Dance has been preparing for an exciting Spring season of outstanding shows. Working, directed by Professor Domenick Scudera, with choreography by Professor Karen Clemente and music by Dr. Holly Hubbs, is one you certainly do not want to miss. A musical highlighting the lives...

This semester, Ursinus college received a donation worth $150,000 from the pharmaceutical industry giant, Johnson & Johnson. Over the past five years, Ursinus alumnus, Rick Bruce ‘79, helped facilitate the donation, which will help provide industry-grade equipment to the chemistry and physics departments. To learn more, I spoke to “Rick...

Marie Sykes: masykes@ursinus.edu The Berman Museum is back and open once more for the spring semester with exhibits from Lydia Ricci, Michaela Dela Dika, and more! At the opening on February 9, 2023, Executive Director Lauren McCardel said, “ thrilled to see so many people here tonight to enjoy the...

Within Ursinus’s office of Prevention and Advocacy there is a group of students working towards a greater campus culture change around substance usage. These ten students are formally called Ucrew Peer Educators, and the acronym of Ucrew stands for cultivating respect, education, and wellness, which details the group’s values perfectly...

Isabel Wesman: iswesman@ursinus.edu Growing up is harder than it was before. In this highly technological, post-Trump, Covid-impacted era, the youth of today’s world have a lot to think about. I sat down with Amanda Laucks ‘23, an Environmental Studies major, who in many ways embodies the Gen-Z profile. While she...

Charlotte Driver: chdriver@ursinus.edu Nearly 1.9 million Americans are diagnosed with type one diabetes, and although it’s thought to primarily be a disease discovered in childhood, Marie Gazzillo ‘23 did not discover she had the condition until her freshman year of college. She notes that being a college student amplifies the...