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Equestrians as athletes: Do they measure up?

ufadmin April 20, 2018 0 Comments
By: Leah Palm Email: Palml@findlay.edu The debate surrounding equestrians as athletes is nothing new to those of who compete in the industry. For years, equestrians have been told that riding horses is not a sport, and for many reasons. Most commonly, the majority of people have come to know an athlete as a person who they can witness physically exerting force to win a game. Whether that means...

UF women’s basketball finishes strong

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By Sarah Baer Twitter: Email: baers@findlay.edu Success seemed to be the trend of both the University of Findlay men’s and women’s basketball teams this season. During their 2017-2018 season, the women’s team made it to the NCAA Division II Tournament for the first time since the 2013 Season. Despite falling to the University of Drury, a top ranked team, in the first round of the...

Sullivan and Winner named Mancuso Award winner’s

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By Dylan DeWitt Email: dewittd@findlay.edu Twitter: @dd_witt Every year, the University of Findlay athletic department awards a top male and female student athlete of the year. The award is known as the Mancuso Award and it honors the individuals based on a wide range of criteria in which the student athletes demonstrate on and off the course. Some of these include academic and athletic...

Innovative Leadership Challenge

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By: Alexis Mitchell Twitter: @alexismitch14 Email: mitchella2@findlay.edu The last couple of years, the Innovation Competition has given University of Findlay students the chance to thrive as young business men and women by inspiring them to create their own organizations and businesses. This year, things were changed up and the UF students got to host the new Innovative Leadership Challenge. The...

WLFC Pick of the Week (4-20-18)

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By: Joy Dolejs Email: Dolejsj@findlay.edu As we come to a close on the school year, I have one last pick of the week for WLFC. To wrap the year up, the pick this week is “It’s Called: Freefall” by Rainbow Kitten Surprise. Rainbow Kitten Surprise is an alternative indie rock band from Boone, NC. They formed in 2013 when the founding members began making music together at Appalachian State...

Movie Review: Rampage

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By: Will Adeboyejo Twitter: @YinkaAdeboyejo Email: adeboyejoa@findlay.edu Rampage is a film that is based off of videos games from the 80’s and 90’s. In the video games, you are one of three animals that go around a city and destroy things. Rampage is directed by Brad Peyton and Star Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson, they have worked on other films together such as San Andreas and Journey 2: The...

It’s not all sadness

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By: Grant Goetcheus Twitter: @goetcheusg Email: goetcheusg@Findlay.edu In today’s society, we hear the words mental illness a lot, especially when it comes to crimes. We use it as a crutch sometimes. We label someone as being ill and that makes it understandable as to why they did something wrong. But, how many can say that they know what it’s like to have that illness; to look at themselves...

New friends and new skills

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By: Bo Terrill Twitter: because_terrill Email: terrillr@findlay.edu I never really had an interest in going to sporting events throughout high school. I’d figured that college would be similar, yet here I am at the end of my freshmen year having gone to over half of all the home volleyball, basketball and football games. As nice it as it would be to say that I suddenly got a wave of Oiler Pride...

The blame falls on Facebook

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By: Cory William Berlekamp Twitter: @Cberlekamp Email: berlekampc@findlay.edu Over St. Patrick’s Day weekend, Facebook came under fire after a story broke about how Cambridge Analytics received and used user data, including swaying the 2016 Presidential Election. The New York Times and The London Observer were the first outlets to break the news that the personal data of 87 million users was...

UF’s PRSSA screens Heroin(e) documentary

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By: Grant Goetcheus Twitter: @goetcheusg Email: goetcheusg@Findlay.edu The war on drugs has been a long and hard battle. It all started in the 1970’s under President Nixon. Since then, there has been no relief from this war; only more casualties and more dollars spent trying to fight the seemingly endless enemy. On Wednesday, March 11, the University of Findlay’s Public Relations Society of...

From the tennis court to the baseball diamond

ufadmin April 13, 2018 0 Comments
By: Dylan DeWitt Twitter: @dd_witt Email: dewittd@findlay.edu Findlay Oiler athletics have continued to show the conference, and the nation, what kind of student athletes the University of Findlay has. In the last week, the University of Findlay was ranked seventh among all Division II institutions for athletic department performance this year. This has been made up of plenty of records and...

A decline in enrollment isn’t cutting it

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By: Alexis Mitchell Twitter: @alexismitch14 Email: mitchella2@findlay.edu Recently, budget cuts have been made across the University of Findlay campus, and last week the UF community heard student’s perspective. Now, we hear from professionals who have answers to all the unasked questions. According to Anne Wells, director of business services, confirmed that budget cuts are being made and the...

Who is protecting your health

ufadmin April 13, 2018 0 Comments
By: Grant Goetcheus Twitter: @goetcheusg Email: goetcheusg@Findlay.edu On Feb. 3, 2015, the Findlay City Council unanimously approved the merging of the City of Findlay and Hancock County health departments. A month later, on March 2, the two combined to form the Hancock County Public Health (HPH). Since then, the HPH has had success in providing care for the residents of Hancock County. Each...

WLFC pick of the week (4/13/18)

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By: Joy Dolejs The WLFC new music pick of the week is “Come Through” by The Regrettes. The Regrettes are a punk rock band from Los Angeles. This is a four person group led by lead by 17-year-old lead singer Lydia Night. “Come Through” comes off their recently released EP Attention Seeker. The song “Come Through” sticks to The Regrettes classic pop punk sound. It holds a feminist...

Movie Review: Ready Player One

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BY: Will Adeboyejo Twitter: @YinkaAdeboyejo Ready Player One, a film directed by legendary filmmaker Steven Spielberg, is about a futuristic world set in Columbus, Oh. In the film, the audience follows a teen named Wade who would rather spend his days in this virtual world called the Oasis. This world, the Oasis, was created by a genius who has recently passed, the creator leaves behind a...

Not enough time or wasting time?

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By: Juliyana Straley Twitter: @jstraley7 Email: straleyj@findlay.edu I often tell myself I don’t have enough time or there aren’t enough hours in the day to get work done. How am I supposed to maintain a solid GPA with 18 credit hours, extracurriculars and a social life? What about time to relax? Is there some way we can gain more time? Get off your phone. According to a Baylor University...

Letter to the editor

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By: Nicole Jennings Email: jenningsn@findlay.edu From inside the house, we saw the truck pull up. It was a rainy afternoon in Wilmington, NC. The sand and dirt mixture had slowly turned into mud, and, as the truck backed up, it was clear that the volunteers on site were going to get messy. Inside the truck were two bathtubs that waited to be moved into the home we had spent the past few days...

Sinclair fails to fulfill only objective: remain objective

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By: Olivia Wile Twitter: o_wile Email: wileo@findlay At the beginning of this month, it was revealed that Sinclair Broadcast group, an American telecommunications company that owns news stations around the country, mandated a script for their news anchors to read on camera. Since Sinclair owns these stations, it may be difficult at first to recognize the major error in this protocol; it may even...

Sinclair broadcast mandates script

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By: Olivia Wile Twitter: o_wile Email: wileo@findlay.edu While fake news is a term that is tossed around in the journalism industry quite frequently, it is making headlines again. Earlier this month, it was revealed that Sinclair Broadcast group, the nation’s largest telecommunications company, sent a mandated script to all of its’ local news stations to record and air. A video produced by...

Happy Friday the 13th

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By: Pulse Staff Whether you believe in superstitions or not, another Friday the 13th is among us. Here at the Pulse, we think our readers would benefit from some information about this infamously dreaded day. Since this edition comes out on a Friday the 13th, here are 13 facts we think you should check out: 1. The association of bad luck on Friday the 13th may be biblical as the 13th guest at the...

A day of celebration for students

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By: Abigail Frye Twitter: @Abigail_EF Email: fryea@findlay.edu The University of Findlay hosted its 11th Symposium for Scholarship and Creativity on Friday, April 6 with many speakers, faculty and students participating. During the day, donors to UF also get the chance to come and witness what their contribution has done for the University, along with get the chance to meet students in a donor...

Two UF student athletes compete at 2018 Commonwealth Games

ufadmin April 6, 2018 0 Comments
By: Cory William Berlekamp Twitter: @Cberlekamp Email: berlekampc@findlay.edu Over Easter weekend, two members of the University of Findlay track team flew from Ohio to Australia to represent their home country, the British Virgin Islands, at the 2018 Commonwealth Games. The Commonwealth Games are like the Summer Olympics in every way, with the exception that the only countries that compete in...

Oiler women spring into spring season

ufadmin April 6, 2018 0 Comments
By: Dylan DeWitt Twitter: @dd_witt Email: dewittd@findlay.edu The spring season has been filled with plenty of success and rewards so far that have been claimed by University of Findlay athletes. Two teams in particular have started their respected seasons on the right path, women’s lacrosse and softball. Women’s lacrosse has been winning the majority of the games as they have begun their...

Findlay’s newest resource

ufadmin April 6, 2018 0 Comments
By: Grant Goetcheus Twitter: @goetcheusg Email: goetcheusg@Findlay.edu Last fall, Ohio’s Attorney General Mike DeWine announced that a grant had been awarded to the Findlay Police Department. This grant established a Quick Response Team (QRT). The team will include one Findlay police officer and one QRT Coordinator from Century Health, Inc. Century Health has partnered with the Findlay Police...

UF Relay for Life hits decade milestone

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By Bo Terrill and Olivia Wile Twitter: because_terrill o_wile Email: terrillr@findlay.edu wileo@findlay.edu Relay For Life is a worldwide event that allows people to celebrate and remember those who have won, are still fighting and have lost their battle with cancer. For the 10th year in a row, joining those all over the word who support this cause is the Findlay Community. On Saturday March 24,...

WLFC Pick of the Week (4/6/18)

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By: Joy Dolejs Email: Dolejsj@findlay.edu WLFC’s pick of the week is “Connected by Love” by Jack White. Jack White is a singer, songwriter and producer. He is also known for his work as lead singer and guitarist for The White Stripes. “Connected By Love” comes off of his third solo album, Boarding House Reach. Jack White is embracing an electronic sound on this new album. “Connected...

Let the voting begin

ufadmin April 6, 2018 0 Comments
By: Abigail Frye Twitter: @Abigail_EF Email: fryea@findlay.edu As the school year comes to a close, it’s time to start planning for the next one; especially if you are considering running for student government. The University of Findlay held Student Government Association elections this week from April 4-6. Any student with a 2.5 cumulative GPA can run for their respective class position. With...

Movie Review: Three Billboards Outside Ebbing Missouri

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By: Yinka Adeboyejo Email: adeboyejoa@findlay.edu Twitter: @YinkaAdeboyejo The film Three Billboards Outside Ebbing Missouri has a wonder cast with a lot of different roles under their belts. The main character is a woman named Mildred who, after her daughter was raped and murdered, put up three billboards asking the chief of police, played by Woody Harrelson, why it has been several months and...

Guess what’s back? The flu.

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By: Juliyana Straley Twitter: @jstraley7 Email: straleyj@findlay.edu To start off, I would like to personally thank those of you who always cough and sneeze into the crook of your arm or a tissue. You have saved several people from long periods of completely unnecessary sickness. You have allowed us to keep up on our assignments, classes and imaginative social lives in tact. You have aided in the...

Afternoon car crash a wakeup call

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By: Olivia Wile Twitter: o_wile Email: wileo@findlay.edu Though a seemingly normal spring day with grey skies and rain, University of Findlay students say a car wreck on Davis St. was completely out of the blue. “I just want to know how someone crashes in that area when there's two stop signs in the vicinity,” stated Freshman Brian Bethel. Around 12 p.m. on Tuesday, March 27, the driver of an...

UF students show love to One Love

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By: Olivia Wile Twitter: o_wile Email: wileo@findlay.edu It is 4:30 in the afternoon on hump day. A group of University of Findlay athletes pile into Malcom Lecture Hall after a long day of classes and practices to sign in for a mandatory presentation they will sit through for the next hour and a half. Not knowing why they are there, a brief introduction about the One Love Foundation is read to...

Heated March Madness sends most brackets up in flames

ufadmin March 23, 2018 0 Comments
By: Dylan DeWitt Twitter: @dd_witt Email: dewittd@findlay.edu Nearly every year after Selection Sunday, where 68 Division I men’s basketball teams are picked for the NCAA tournament, roughly 70 million brackets are made to choose winners of all the games. The hope for the people who participate in the challenge is to correctly pick each game in the annual March Madness tournament. There is...

His journey and the outcome

ufadmin March 23, 2018 0 Comments
By: Martyce Kimbrough Email: Kimbroughm@findlay.edu From sleeping outside the night before taking the SAT, to being hit by a car, to shattering record after record, Senior Janko Radmanovic has had a stellar career on the University of Findlay men's swimming and diving team. Radmanovic started swimming at three years old when a doctor suggested to his parents that he should swim after seeing how...

WLFC Pick of the Week (3/23/18)

ufadmin March 23, 2018 0 Comments
By: Joy Dolejs Email: Dolejsj@findlay.edu My pick this week for WLFC’s top song is “Call If You Need Me” by Vance Joy. Vance Joy, otherwise known as James Keogh, is also popular for his songs “Riptide” and “Mess Is Mine.” “Call If You Need Me” comes off of his second studio album, Nation of Two, which was recently released on February 23. The style of this song is very similar...

Movie Review: Red Sparrow

ufadmin March 23, 2018 0 Comments
By: William Adeboyejo Email: Adeboyejoa@findlay.edu At first glance, the film Red Sparrow would seem like just your everyday, run-of-the-mill spy story. The basic plot is about a Russian ballerina who only cares about her sick mother, gets hurt, and then is recruited to a “Sparrow” school where students are trained to use their body to get information from targets. Before I sat down to watch...