Day: January 19, 2018

The toll of being a student athlete in college

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By: Abigail Frye Twitter: @Abigail_EF Email: fryea@findlay.edu Being a student and an athlete is never easy, as students and faculty at the University of Findlay both agree. With school and sports combining to make for a busy schedule, student athletes sometimes find it difficult to find the time for it all. “The main struggle of being a student athlete is being able to balance out everything...

Coach Ernst traditions

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By: Dylan DeWitt Twitter: @dd_witt Email: dewittd@findlay.edu There are more than enough traditions in college athletics. Whether it be a tradition done prior to the contest, during, or perhaps afterwards, college sports continue to showcase traditions from all different directions. In Croy Gimnasium, a tradition after all home men’s basketball games was started in 2011 at the University of...

Mandel drops out of election

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By: Jacob Sarver Twitter: @Senatorsarver Email: sarverj@findlay.edu The upcoming 2018 election is one that could shift the tide of the senate. With a majority of the government republican, this upcoming election is crucial if democrats want the ability to enact policy changes and if they want to work to stop what the opposition is doing under the current executive power. The races for the senate...

“Private” life

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By: Grant Goetcheus Twitter: @goetcheusg Email: goetcheusg@Findlay.edu As the constitution was written over two centuries ago, society has changed since that time period. The forms of communication were slower. Things were mostly hand written and spread through word of mouth. Although the word press was coming into society, it was not fully integrated into mass communication. With the creation of...

WLFC’s top picks

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WLFC does not play the typical music you hear on the radio. Much of the Northwest Ohio radio waves are filled with country, Christian, and pop music. At WLFC, we play independent label music. These aren’t the songs you often hear on the radio. In order to pick the top songs circulating, our DJs vote on songs. The top songs played at the station are called Power Current. This is a group of 15...

UF hosts16th annual Comedy Jam

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By: Alexis Mitchell Twitter: @alexismitch14 Email: mitchella2@findlay.edu Be prepared not to laugh at just one, two, but three performers at the University of Findlay’s 16th annual Comedy Jam. Entertainer Alexandra McHale will be emceeing the show, Mike Paramore will be the feature comedian, and Pete Lee will be the headliner. Alexandra McHale made her network debut on NBC’s “The Tonight...

Textbook prices discourage learning

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By: Leah Palm Twitter: @_palmegranate Email: Palml@findlay.edu With the start of any semester comes a couple of things that college students have learned to expect. The increase in hours spent studying and the decrease in sleep is accompanied by the financial stress of paying for textbooks. Whether this cost comes out of the student’s pocket or a beneficiary’s, many are left wondering if it...

Time’s Up movement

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By: Alexis Mitchell Twitter: @alexismitch14 Email: mitchella2@findlay.edu If you watched the Golden Globes this year you might have noticed a similarity - all the celebrities were dressed in black. Those who attended used this form of symbolic speech to stand up for women in the work place; and yes, even the men participated. Throughout history, and the present too, instances of inequality and...

UF hosts annual All Sports Day

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By: Olivia Wile Twitter: o_wile Email: wileo@findlay.edu Though heavy snow was enough to cancel classes last Friday, Jan. 12, it wasn’t enough to discourage the Findlay community from coming out to participate in the University of Findlay’s annual All Sports Day. While many students enjoyed their day off from classes on Martin Luther King Day last Monday, Jan. 15, the athletes at UF spent the...

H&M advertisement sparks controversy

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By: Olivia Wile Twitter: o_wile Email: wileo@findlay.edu The second week of 2018 has proved to be that of a nightmare for the H&M clothing brand. The company recently released an advertisement with an African American child wearing a green hoodie with the phrase, “Coolest Monkey in the Jungle.” The decision to feature this child with a speculated racial slur on his sweatshirt has since...

New year brings new leadership to the College of Business

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By: Cory William Berlekamp Twitter: @Cberlekamp Email: berlekampc@findlay.edu A new semester brings new leadership to the College of Business. At the start of the spring semester, Dr. C. Damon Osborne assumed the position of Interim Dean for the College of Business at the University of Findlay after Dr. Kevin Renshler’s sudden resignation from the position. In doing so, Osborne has taken on the...