Leah Palm – The Pulse

Student-athletes vs. student actors schedules at the University of Findlay

Leah Palm November 19, 2018 0 Comments

By: Bo Terrill Twitter: @because_terrill Email: terrillr@findlay.edu Student-athletes have a full plate from their schoolwork and practice schedule, but there is another group on campus that has to juggle their passion with the school work. Though their practice hours are not preparing them for a the big game, student actors and their rehearsal schedules prior to productions take up a lot of...

Oilers basketball starts where they left off

Leah Palm November 19, 2018 0 Comments

By: Dylan DeWitt Email: @dd_witt Coming off one of the best seasons in program history, Coach Ernst and his team took court this past week at the Crossover in Kirksville Missouri Nov. 9 and 10. They were victorious in both of their games and demonstrated why they are ranked inside the top 25 in the nation. The Oilers are 2-0 after victories against Truman State and Quincy and are now ranked #19...

Florida embroiled in a recount, again

Leah Palm November 19, 2018 0 Comments

By: Mac Williams Twitter: @m_williamsm2 Email: williamsm2@findlay.edu In the 2000 presidential election, the state of Florida faced a situation that would alter the course of American history. Then Republican candidate George W. Bush and Democratic candidate Al Gore were facing a hand recount of all votes cast in the state because the vote margins were extremely close. In the end, Bush would win...

UF swim team swims for a cause

Leah Palm November 19, 2018 0 Comments

By: Olivia Wile Twitter: o_wile Email: wileo@findlay.edu While most of campus was asleep on the morning Tuesday, Nov. 13, the University of Findlay men’s and women’s swim teams were up swimming for a cause. The Sink Natatorium was full of life at 5:30 a.m. as the team completed the 13th annual Ted Mullin “Leave it in the Pool” Hour of Power Relay for Sarcoma Research. Junior Julia Snell...

Observance for Veterans Day held at University of Findlay

Leah Palm November 19, 2018 0 Comments

By: Cory Berlekamp Email: berlekampc@findlay.edu Twitter: @Cberlekamp Nov. 9 marked the second annual reading of the names of University of Findlay’s veterans in the Center for Student Life and College of Business Building. University of Findlay’s Veteran Day Observance and reading of the names was an opportunity to honor the brave students who served our country and those that came back to...

Helping hands holds food drive

Leah Palm November 19, 2018 0 Comments

By: Abigail Frye Twitter: @Abigail_EF Email: fryea@findlay.edu The University of Findlay hosted its 13th annual Helping Hands food drive to gather items to give to CHOPIN Hall, otherwise known as Christians helping other people in need. Overall, 111,436 pounds were collected, ultimately being equivalent to 55 pallets of food that filled three semi-trucks with non-perishable foods. These foods...

Comic icon passes away at 95 – What Stan Lee means to me

Leah Palm November 19, 2018 0 Comments

By: Dylan Frazier Monday the beloved Stan Lee passed away at the age of 95. Lee was responsible for the creation of the iconic superhero characters Spider-Man, the X-Men, Thor, Iron Man, Black Panther and the Fantastic Four. You may also know Lee from the cameos he had in every Marvel movie since X-Men came out. His stories were those that brought the smiles to the faces of old and young...

Thank U, Next – Ariana Grande’s newest single has a different take on exes

Leah Palm November 19, 2018 0 Comments

By: Abigail Frye Well guys, Ariana Grande has done it again. With her impressive vocals and feminist message, she has managed to influence our entire generation. Believe me when I say this is not something I would just say for anyone. I enjoy being critical of artists because of their misuse of their platforms and their habit of setting a bad example for anyone that pays attention to them. But, I...

Student opinions on voting vary

Leah Palm November 19, 2018 0 Comments

By: Brianna Hallman Nearly 49 percent of those eligible to vote took to the polls on Voting Tuesday for the midterm elections, according to early estimates from the United States Election Project. Of that 49 percent, over 13 percent of those voters were in the ages 18 to 29 demographic, a sizable jump from the 11 percent in the 2014 presidential elections which see a higher turnout in all...

Findlay dashes Tiffin’s post season hopes with a 38-16 win

Leah Palm November 19, 2018 0 Comments

By: Drake Facione Email: facioned@findlay.edu The Findlay Oilers closed their 2018 season on the road at Tiffin. Findlay has not lost to Tiffin in 25 years, and the streak stayed alive on Saturday. The Tiffin Dragons were 9-1 going into the contest and were looking at a possible playoff chance. However, the Oilers rained on Tiffin’s parade and came out with the victory. In the opening quarter,...

The maze of recovery – differing ideas on weaning a community off of opioids

Leah Palm November 13, 2018 0 Comments

By: Cory Berlekamp Email: berlekampc@findlay.edu Twitter: @Cberlekamp “In most recovery pathways, it’s not so much about doing it alone, it’s about doing it with a community,” Ellyn Schmiesing says, the Executive Director at FOCUS: Recovery and Wellness Community. “It’s about building a support system for yourself that can help keep yourself accountable when you can’t keep yourself...

Soccer seasons come to a close

Leah Palm November 13, 2018 0 Comments

By: Dylan DeWitt Email: @dd_witt The Findlay Oilers Soccer programs closed out their season this past weekend, but not before creating some memorable victories, moments, and records along the way. The men`s program would end their season with five wins on the year. None bigger than the defending Great Midwest Champions, the Fighting Scots, and #6 in the nation when they visited the Oilers...

Oilers score big for last home game

Leah Palm November 13, 2018 0 Comments

By Drake Facione Email: facioned@findlay.edu The Findlay Oilers held Senior Day this past Saturday at Donnell Stadium. The final home game of the season for the Oilers was a memorable one, as they took down Malone University with ease. 19 seniors played their final game in Findlay after many years of memories at Donnell and they added a couple more last Saturday. Malone was the first team on the...

Getting through the hard part – students and staff take time to de-stress

Leah Palm November 13, 2018 0 Comments

By: Jill Prince Email: princej@findlay.edu Coming into the last leg of the semester, stress becomes a very common feeling among college students. According to a 2018 study published in the journal Depression & Anxiety that surveyed 67,000 college students across more than 100 institutions, “Three out of four students reported having at least one stressful life event in the past...

Mother Hicks brings more than entertainment to the stage

Leah Palm November 13, 2018 0 Comments

By: Olivia Wile Twitter: o_wile Email: wileo@findlay.edu It’s time for another University of Findlay theatre production, and this time one with a deeper meaning. Mother Hicks, a folkloric story written by Suzan Zeder, will be brought to life on the stage through poetry and sign language. The production opens on Thursday, Nov. 8 and the show will run from Nov. 8-10 at 7:30 p.m. and Nov. 11 at 2...

Review: “The Haunting of Hill House” delivers on scares and stories

Leah Palm November 13, 2018 0 Comments

By: Katy Kouvaris Not a fan of horror stories, you are not alone. But for the recently release Netflix series, “The Haunting of Hill House”, you might want to make an exception. Even the master of horror, Stephen King, took to Twitter proclaiming the series as “close to a work of genius, really.” So if you are at all tempted to push your fright aside, this is the series for you. The...

UF provides basic life-skill classes for students

Leah Palm November 13, 2018 0 Comments

By: Brianna Hallman Marketing strategies and pharmaceutical equations will not help fix a flat tire in the middle of the night, and they definitely will not help fill out your taxes every year. With more and more emphasis being put on academics, students have lost the basic life skills that an older generation would call “common knowledge.” UF Counseling Services is combatting this...

Collision Conundrum

Leah Palm November 13, 2018 0 Comments

By: Eli Garmon There has been a common problem across campus involving unsafe driving techniques, and the problem areas are not contained solely on the roads but within the parking lots as well. University of Findlay sophomore Allison Adams experienced a crash the first week of classes, a collision took place in the parking lot behind Lovett and Deming. Adams was one of four people involved...

Hate something, change something

Leah Palm November 2, 2018 0 Comments

By Cory Berlekamp Email: berlekampc@findlay.edu Twitter: @Cberlekamp Once again, the country has coming up to the Tuesday after the first Monday of November, election day. And with this country sitting at what seems to be a boiling point, it is time to take a stand for what you believe in. As a person with strong convictions and opinions on almost everything that I have come across in my 30 years...

The issue with Issue 1

Leah Palm November 2, 2018 0 Comments

By: Mac Williams Twitter: @m_williamsm2 Email: williamsm2@findlay.edu Over the last several years the opioid crisis has hit the state of Ohio hard, leading to rising jail and prison populations. On Tuesday, a controversial issue is on the ballot as voters head to the polls to decide key races and issues across the state and nation. Some say it will destroy the state, others say it will rid the...

A Simple Favor: Mildly thrilling fun

Leah Palm November 2, 2018 0 Comments

By: Olivia Wile Twitter: o_wile Email: wileo@findlay.edu ‘Tis the season for scary movies, but if you’re not quite the scare extraordinaire, “A Simple Favor” may be the movie for you. Beside the fact the film stars power duo Blake Lively and Anna Kendrick, the movie has a pretty captivating plot that engages the audience and truly makes them think. Released about a month ago, the movie...

Oilers Basketball look to contend for a conference title

Leah Palm November 2, 2018 0 Comments

By: Dylan DeWitt Twitter: @dd_witt Another year and another projected standing as Findlay Oilers basketball team receives the number one spot in projected standings. The Oilers are projected to finish first in the Great Midwest Athletic Conference which is voted on by the coaches and others in the involved in the conference. This comes after a season that saw the team reach the Sweet...

Five fumbles do not stop the Oiler victory

Leah Palm November 2, 2018 0 Comments

By: Drake Facione The Findlay Oilers hosted the Walsh Cavaliers at Donnell Stadium last Saturday. This game under the lights saw the Oilers overcome turnover issues to take care of the Cavaliers. The game opened with Walsh getting the early lead. Just two minutes into the game, Walsh’s Adu-Poku scored on the ground from 16 yards out. This gave the Cavaliers their only lead of the game. Three...

FOCUS offers pathways to sobriety and healthy living

Leah Palm November 2, 2018 0 Comments

Cory William Berlekamp Twitter: @Cberlekamp Email: berlekampc@findlay.edu “We want to eliminate barriers between people and recovery, whatever that looks like for them,” Ellyn Schmiesing says, the Executive Director at FOCUS: Recovery and Wellness Community. Her desk is also towering with files and papers all which she has a system for depending on their prioritized status that day. On the...

Ohio’s Senate race not reflective of national picture

Leah Palm November 2, 2018 0 Comments

By: Mac Williams Twitter: m_williamsm2 Email: williamsm2@findlay.edu Incumbent Ohio Democratic Sen. Sherrod Brown is seeking reelection on Tuesday to a third term in the United States Senate. Brown defeated incumbent Mike Dewine in 2006, challenger Josh Mandel in 2012, and now faces Jim Renacci in 2018. According to realclearpolitics.com, a polling institution, Brown holds a six-point lead...

Corey Crawford wins battle with cancer

Leah Palm November 2, 2018 0 Comments

By: Olivia Wile Twitter: o_wile Email: wileo@findlay.edu Getting to go home for Thanksgiving last year was not the only thing out of the ordinary for University of Findlay football player Corey Crawford. After receiving the unexpected news that he would not be traveling with his team to face Assumption College in the second round of the NCAA Division II playoffs, Crawford felt blessed to be home...

Marvel keeps the entertainment coming with new game

Leah Palm October 4, 2018 0 Comments

By: Dylan Frazier Email: Frazierd@findlay.edu It does not appear that the superhero craze is going anywhere as PlayStation has release their latest game, “Marvel’s Spider-Man”. This is not the first time a superhero game has taken over the gaming world. The Batman Arkham games were the craze for a while but now it appears the mantle has been passed on the Spider-Man. The story starts off...

Chick Fil A takes too long

Leah Palm October 4, 2018 0 Comments

By: Alexis Mitchell Twitter: @alexismitch14 Email: mitchella2@findlay.edu For so long, all the people of Findlay had to drive an hour to enjoy the deliciousness of Chick Fil A, and now we have it just ten minutes down the road. Everyone was so excited for the opening day, that’s all I heard in class. Then when the actual day came, the line was out to the street. Its what you would expect the...

Homecoming asks where your story began

Leah Palm October 4, 2018 0 Comments

By: Leah Alsept Everyone at the University has an oiler story to tell of how they came to the University of Findlay and this weekend the university is celebrating that. Homecoming and Family Weekend at Findlay runs Oct. 5 through 7, and the theme this year is “Where your story began”. At the University of Findlay, all Oilers have a story to tell. Students, professors, parents, alumni- anyone...

Key GOP Senator’s demand reopens FBI investigation into Kavanaugh

Leah Palm October 4, 2018 0 Comments

By: Mac Williams Twitter: @m_williamsm2 Email: williamsm2@findlay.edu On Sept. 28 Senator Jeff Flake (R-Ariz.) halted the nomination of Judge Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court when he and fellow Senator Chris Coons (D-Del.) agreed to a compromise. According to Eli Rosenberg of the Washington Post, during the Senate Judiciary Committee meeting on Sept. 28,...

The campus of 1968 compared to the campus of 2018

Leah Palm October 4, 2018 0 Comments

By: Brianna Hallman Twitter: @hallmanbri Email: hallmanb@findlay.edu It is time to come home...for the class of 1968, a mere fifty years since they graduated. The Oilers that walked these halls, avoided the large red dots, and passed through the famous arch are coming back to what has changed on the University of Findlay’s historic campus. Distinguished alumni such as Kenneth Curry was excited...

A Homecoming weekend filled with fall athletics

Leah Palm October 4, 2018 0 Comments

By: Dylan DeWitt Twitter: @dd_witt Once a year when the leaves begin to change colors and the mornings begin to chill the air, homecoming weekend at the University of Findlay remains a steady, welcoming tradition not only for those coming back to campus for the events but athletics as well. This weekend, nearly every fall athletic team will be competing in their respected competitions whether it...

Oilers take down Lake Erie 70-7 after last week’s loss to ODU

Leah Palm October 4, 2018 0 Comments

By: Drake Facione Following last week’s tough loss against ODU, the Findlay Oilers came into this week’s game against Lake Erie College with a chip on their shoulder. They arrived up north in Painesville, Ohio and took care of business very quickly, with the game ending in a 70-7 onslaught. The game opened up early for the Oilers as they scored twice within the first five minutes of the...

2018 homecoming court

Leah Palm October 4, 2018 0 Comments

By: Abigail Frye Twitter: @Abigail_EF Email: fryea@findlay.edu Homecoming has been an important event since the very first day of high school for many students. Everyone would get nervous about what they will wear to the dance or who they will take and it’s always filled with lots of pictures and good times. Though the dance is no longer relevant to students in college, Homecoming is still...

MeToo movement paves way for #whyididntreport

Leah Palm October 4, 2018 0 Comments

Cory William Berlekamp Twitter: @Cberlekamp Email: berlekampc@findlay.edu When the MeToo movement started to build up steam in November of 2017, the world began to look at sexual harassment and assault very differently. Less than a year later, #whyididntreport is making the world understand why women do not report sexual assault. But the subject matter behind these two movements comes as no...