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...
I am a Privileged Gay Man, and Yes, I Want You to Care about Abortion Rights!
Miles Noecker (minoecker@ursinus.edu) I've been trying to find a balance between being involved with this fight while centering the voices of those whose rights are on the line. Abortion is a central issue for women, nonbinary, and trans people and their voices too often go unheard in politics. [And yes...
President Hannigan Made Me Cry (And Frankly, I Loved It)
Chase Portaro (chportaro@ursinus.edu) This past Friday, as Robyn E. Hannigan delivered her presidential inauguration speech to the Ursinus community in the Floy Lewis Bakes Center, I couldn’t help but cry. To me, her speech was powerful, inspiring, and it hit all the marks of a good speech. But I didn’t...
Student Fall Break Plans
Tatiana Kent (takent@ursinus.edu) Fall Break is only a couple of days away, and Ursinus students are looking forward to our first real time off since the year started. With midterms and course loads becoming more demanding, these four days of leisure can’t come soon enough. I surveyed a random sampling...