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Student Plans for St. Patrick’s Day

St. Patrick’s Day is arguably one of the most anticipated drinking and celebratory events on a college campus. Luckily for us, pun intended, this year it is on a Friday. Students will be taking advantage of the weekend partaking in various activities, wearing green, drinking, eating corned beef hash meals...

Campus Safety: How Safe Are Students?

With the recent rise in tragedies across campuses in America, there has been an increase in fear, as well as an increase in security efforts. When we asked Executive Director of Campus Safety, Gabby Wright, what measures are being taken to ensure safety across campus amidst this rise in campus...

Netflix Winter Break Binge List

Ava Compagnoni: avcompagnoni@ursinus.edu Did you also create a body shaped imprint on your couch this winter break? Everyone always says their Netflix list is never-ending. When deciding between a show you’ve watched 100 times and something new, you never watch something new. I put a nice dent in my Netflix...

Morning vs. Night Classes: Which is the Lesser of Two Evils?

Ava Compagnoni: avcompagnoni@ursinus.edu There is NOTHING worse than an 8 AM...right? Most students face the inevitable 8 AM class at least once in their undergrad career, and if you are in the 0.05% (I made that percentage up) who have not, I envy you. However, in my experience, thereis an...

What are the lovers of Ursinus doing this Valentine’s Day?

Ava Compagnoni: avcompagnoni@ursinus.edu Valentine’s Day is either a hit or miss for young adults at our age. You have either grown tired of it from your high school relationship you have been in for the past five years or you have grown excited for the holiday with your new Ursinus...

Pets Banned From Campus Buildings? A-PAW-LLING!

Kate Foley: kafoley@ursinus.edu On December 15, 2022, Associate Vice President for Finance and Administration, Cale Nelson, and Vice President for Academic Affairs and Dean of the College, Mark Schneider, sent a broadcast to Ursinus faculty and staff. The email announced a new policy regarding pets, explicitly stating, “Due to medical...

Silly But Necessary: The Ranking of Stalls in the Myrin Women’s Bathroom

An anonymous Senior I have always been a second floor dweller in Myrin Library. Itis arguably the best floor in the library, but that is not what I am here to argue about today. What I want to argue today is that the stalls in this bathroom are not all equal...

Senior Beer at the Senior Bar

Isabel Wesman iswesman@ursinus.edu Senior year senior beer! Or not, depending on where you were standing at Molly Maguire’s in Phoenixville this past Halloween. A new tradition of a series of off-campus senior-only outings (first introduced by Kate Hunt of the student government of ‘22), this year’s Halloweekend bar went extremely...

Break Days at Ursinus

Tatiana Kent takent@ursinus.edu College students nation-wide are in crisis. According to a study in the Journal of Affective Disorders, last school year, over 60% of us met the criteria for at least one mental health problem. According to the American College Health Association, three quarters report moderate or severe psychological...