Rachel Arthur ‘23 Earns Prestigious Fellowship
Rachel Arthur ‘23 is the first student at Ursinus College to be awarded the Frasure-Kruzel-Drew (FKD) Memorial Fellowship. Established in 1999, the FKD Fellowship is administered by the Center for International Stabilization and Recovery (CISR) at James Madison University and sponsored by the U.S. Department of State’s Office of Weapons...
Employee Shortage at Cafe 2020
Quadai Brown qubrown@ursinus.edu & Chase Portaro chportaro@ursinus.edu Like many restaurants coming out of the pandemic, Ursinus’s Cafe 2020 has struggled to maintain a steady workforce– and in turn, this staffing shortage has affected the speed of service. One Cafe 2020 staff member, who preferred to remain anonymous, said, “We had...
Need Cash? Too Bad. . .
Chase Portaro chportaro@ursinus.edu Is Ursinus going cashless? Not exactly, but the removal of the school’s only ATM, previously located in Lower Wismer, might lead some students to think that the school is doing away with cash-only transactions. The removal of Ursinus’s only ATM on campus will now force students to...
The Hunt for a New English Professor
Kate Horan kahoran@ursinus.edu This semester, the English and Creative Writing Department look to fill an opening for a tenure-track assistant professor in the department. The hiring committee, which is composed of English professors Dr. Jon Volkmer (the chair of the committee), Dr. Kara McShane, and Dr. Patricia Lott, as well...
Ursinus Reacts after Eagles’ Loss
“I found the Super Bowl really exciting. It was honestly a really interesting game where I didn’t know what was going to happen. I’m sad that the Eagles lost and you can feel that everyone is sad around campus.” -Mia Durkin ‘23, to Samantha Levai ‘23 “I watched the game...
Spring Rush ’23
Isabel Wesman iswesman@ursinus.edu Ah, Spring. A time known for new beginnings, blooming flowers, vacations, and... rushing Greek life at Ursinus College? For the past twelve years rush has been a fall-season tradition reserved for students with at least 32 credits under their belts (aka full time sophomores and above), but...
February Editor’s Letter
Layla M. Halterman: lahalterman@ursinus.edu Dear Ursinus Family, I revere Valentine’s Day because it compels us to celebrate the love and affection around us. But grief is a form of love, a truth that is often unspoken, and I think it is worth honoring too. I have spent the better half...
Talking Trash to Address Ursinus’ Waste Issue
Chase Portaro: chportaro@ursinus.edu One Grizzly bear weighs about 600 pounds, which seems like a lot, but not when you compare it to the 1,700 pounds of food waste that Ursinus Grizzlies produce every week in Upper Wismer alone – not even counting the food waste from The Commons or Lower...
The Wismer Shuffle
Chase Portaro: chportaro@ursinus.edu & Marie Sykes: masykes@ursinus.edu The first week of each semester, Upper Wismer usually experiences increased traffic as students’ schedules have yet to succumb to mid-semester chaos, but the first week of this new spring semester felt especially busy compared to years past. The reason: the closing of...