Celebration of Life: Remembering Adam Walton ‘25
Amelia Kunko (amkunko@ursinus.edu) Faculty, staff, students, and loved ones mourn the loss of Adam Walton ’25. A psychology major, Gateway scholar, and beloved member of our school, Walton will be remembered in and all around the Ursinus community. Adam is remembered by professors as a bright and caring presence in...
First-year Enrollment Down 12% from Last Year
Chase Portaro (chportaro@ursinus.edu) The college’s annual census reported a 12% year-over-year decrease in freshman enrollment, from 433 first-year students in the fall of 2021 to only 381 this fall. After three straight years of at least 430 freshmen or more, Dean of Students, Missy Bryant said, “The plan was to...
Meet the New Editors of The Lantern
Amelia Kunko (amkunko@ursinus.edu) Each year’s publication of The Lantern brings us moving poems, intriguing prose, and captivating art pieces from talented Ursinus students. Compiling all of these writing and art pieces takes considerable effort, especially on the part of the Editor and Associate Editor. This year, Senior Kate Foley will...
Rush Week Changes- Yay or Nay?
Ava Compagnoni (avcompagnoni@ursinus.edu) Fall 2022 Rush Week has come and gone. In the midst of the first few weeks of school, Greek Organizations scrambled to put together a successful week of events, and sororities and fraternities across the board have deemed this Rush Week successful. It began Friday, September 9th...
Fire in Wicks
Erin Corcoran (ercorcoran@ursinus.edu) On August 31, a peaceful evening in the first week of classes turned into a chaotic one for residents of Wicks. The Main Street house’s oven caught fire after a student heated it with a metal soup can on a plastic plate inside. The student, who was...
New Organization on Campus – UC VFOR
Marie Sykes (masykes@ursinus.edu) 2022 has been declared a “historic” year, just like the last few before it. However, Ursinus places a firm emphasis on its responsibility to improve the world around us, and so when Roe vs. Wade fell, three students decided to take action, hoping to curate change. Hence...
September Editor’s Letter
Layla M. Halterman (lahalterman@ursinus.edu) Dear Ursinus Family, Ah, September! The summer festivities have come to a screeching halt. While (most) kids are sad, (most) parents feel relieved and elated. But now that we are slowly adjusting back into our familiar routines of school, work, and extracurriculars, what a great time...
Local Thunderstorm Destroys Ursinus’s TriCaster
Chase Portaro (chportaro@ursinus.edu) A tricaster is a television studio computer vital to a number of departments at Ursinus. Athletics, Theater & Dance, and the Communications Department all rely on it to produce and stream broadcast-quality content. But after a transformer on campus was struck by lighting two weeks ago, the...
The COVID Spike
Marie Sykes (masykes@ursinus.edu) Across campus and the northeast, Covid cases have once again gone up thanks to the latest BA.2 variant. After the lifting of the mask mandates and relaxation in protocols, what does this mean for the Ursinus student body? When asked what Ursinus is doing to reduce the...