September 27, 2015 – The Pulse

UF security and police convergence update

Amy Rogan September 27, 2015 0 Comments

By Sarah Stubbs @sarahxstubbs On Oct. 28, 2014 The University of Findlay announced that the Board of Trustees had approved a conversion to a hybrid Campus Security-Campus Police Department. Currently, UF’s security department is comprised of security officers, not trained police officers. Anytime there is a criminal issue on campus, the Findlay Police Department has to handle it. When the...

Music allows us to bond, connect with others

Amy Rogan September 27, 2015 0 Comments

By Kelsey Nevius @kelnevs During this past week, I’ve had a lot of opportunities to become involved in the arts. While I love to immerse myself in music or theater in any time I have available, this past week has been a totally new experience altogether. While I’ve been to musicals and plays, I hadn’t before this week, been to any type of concert. I was weary of them at first, mainly...

Why must every move a female artist make be explicitly feminist?

Amy Rogan September 27, 2015 0 Comments

By Sarah Stubbs @sarahxstubbs With the 2016 campaign in full-swing right now, politics and political theory is everywhere we look: it’s on social media, it’s on TV, and it pops up in our every day conversations. When Kanye West (jokingly, hopefully) announced his 2020 campaign for presidency at the MTV Music Video awards a couple of weeks ago, hip-hop fans swooned and it wasm immediately a...

What do UF faculty members do when they’re not on campus?

Amy Rogan September 27, 2015 0 Comments

By Jake Miller @jakeufmiller College students often fall into a frame of mind that their professors have no lives outside of academia or off campus at all. In the next few issues of the Pulse, there will be a new feature on a University of Findlay faculty member that proves that assumption to be false. Each feature story has an accompanying video that can be viewed at UFTV.findlay.edu. Most...

Sidewalk safety: Put the phones away

Amy Rogan September 27, 2015 0 Comments

By Hannah Dunbar @hanndunbar Technology has allowed people to be in constant communication with friends, family, and colleagues. There are several advantages and disadvantages to being connected 24/7. According to Steve Baum, interim director of safety and security, a disadvantage of this constant connectivity is the amount of distractions created by cell phones. “The intersection of N....

Men’s Soccer Improves to 3-2 on the Season

Amy Rogan September 27, 2015 0 Comments

By Alyssa Grevenkamp @Gbabyy20 The Findlay men’s soccer team had two big contests over the weekend. The first being against the Ohio Dominican Panthers and the other against the Lake Erie Storm. The Oilers took the field for their home-opener against Ohio Dominican at DeHaven Field on Sept. 18 in search of their second win of the year. The first half was back and forth as both teams struggled...

Sanders is the best choice for college students

Amy Rogan September 27, 2015 0 Comments

By Clay Parlette @claypar111 Fourteen months is a long time to consider who might win the 2016 presidential election, but in today’s world, the race has become an important part of everyday conversation. The historic election of Barack Obama in 2008 is credited by many for the campaign’s reach to younger voters and for the president’s then-appeal to college-aged and first time voters—a...

Gervais Leads Oilers Past Dragons in Home Opener

Amy Rogan September 27, 2015 0 Comments

By Kevin Schrock @KRock_6 Findlay quarterback Rhys Gervais picked a good night to break The University of Findlay passing record because the Oilers needed every bit offense that he gave them. After falling behind 34-21 in the first half, the Oilers put up 27 more points in the second, including a 39-yard touchdown reception from Dylan Blunk that would eventually prove to be the game winner, en...

OT major publishes book on life experiences

Amy Rogan September 27, 2015 0 Comments

By Jordyn Willis @willisjordyn It took Colton Sayers, a senior occupational therapy major at The University of Findlay, a year to write and publish "Journey: A Testimony in the Search for Meaning in the Life God has Created for Us," a book about the trials and tribulations of his own life in hopes of sending the message to readers of their own self-worth and strength. “My book describes some...