By: Owen Rode Email: Rodeo@findlay.edu Kelly Catlin, a member of the U.S. women’s pursuit cycling team that won a silver at the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro and student at the University of Stanford, died at age 23. The cause of death was suicide According to Dr. Andrea Mata, Associate Professor of Psychology […]
Author Archives: Olivia Wile
By: Olivia Wile Email: wileo@findlay.edu Twitter: o_wile The University of Findlay International Night is 50 and fabulous. On Friday, March 29, Findlay students, faculty and community members gathered at the Koehler Fitness and Recreation Complex to take a trip around the globe. “For one night, they get to have that globe here on campus,” said […]
By: Olivia Wile Email: wileo@findlay.edu Twitter: o_wile The Colleges Against Cancer (CAC) Relay for Life returned to the University of Findlay. The 2019 jungle-themed event brought together more than 400 people on Saturday, March 30. “Everyone really comes together planning the event and putting it on,” said Allison Boesel, the American Cancer Society Relay for […]
By: Bri Hallman Email: hallmanb@findlay.edu While most students are headed to the nearest—and farthest, depending on the budget—coast for their much-needed spring break, a group of eight philanthropists traveled to Sangolqui, Ecuador where they gained more than they expected. This group of University of Findlay students, comprised of physical therapy, occupational therapy, and computer science […]
By: Cory Berlekamp Email: berlekampc@findlay.edu Twitter: @Cberlekamp The election results are in for the executive board positions for the University of Findlay’s Student Government Association 2019-2020 academic year. Though the SGA has not officially released the results, the incumbent president, Alan “AJ” Kittle, said they are definitely in. According to Kittle, the challenging candidate and […]
By: Dylan DeWitt Email: DeWittd@findlay.edu Twitter: @dd_witt In what would come down to be a nail-bitter, the Findlay Oilers baseball team was able to show its strength at the end of the game to capture the victory against Lincoln Memorial. The game which was held during the road trip to Tennessee saw a roller coaster throughout […]
By: Cory Berlekamp Email: Berlekampc@findlay.edu As we head in to the home stretch of the spring semester it is important to remember that these last weeks are what really count. Most of our classes have projects that make up half of our grade or finish with an exam that is comparable. But it is hard […]
By: Dylan Frazier Email: frazierd@findlay.edu Jordan Peele’s newest movie, Us, hit theaters and he proved once again he knows how to make a horror film. While the message of the movie may not be as heavy-handed as Get Out was, the point of the movie still is deep in purpose and was a fantastic movie. […]
By: Abigail Frye Email:fryea@findlay.edu Twitter:@Abigail_EF The University of Findlay hosted its Day of Giving from March 20 through March 21 with the motto #OilerUpGiveBack. With a goal and some pizza, UF was able to raise money for many students. According to the Day of Giving webpage, the way students, faculty, and alumni could raise money […]
By: Dylan Frazier Email: frazierd@findlay.edu Last November, a study was conducted by the Congressional Diabetes Caucus and revealed that the price of Insulin has went up 300 percent from 2002-2013. According to Diabetes Self-Management’s webpage, insulin now costs between $400 and $500 a month without insurance. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reported […]
By: Dylan DeWitt Email: Dewittd@findlay.edu Twitter:@dd_witt Coming off a victory in their last fall event in the Motor City Invitational at TPC Michigan, the men`s golf program entered the spring season at Cherry Blossom in Georgetown, Kentucky. After a spring break golf trip filled with practice and qualifying, the Oilers were ready to take on […]
By: Cory Berlekamp Email: berlekampc@findlay.edu Twitter: @Cberlekamp On Saturday, March 16, a false alarm for an active shooter situation rang out on University of Michigan’s campus. This interrupted a vigil for those who were slain a day before in New Zealand’s mosque shootings that was being held on campus at Mason Hall. M Live reported […]
By: Olivia Wile Email: wileo@findlay.edu Twitter: o_wile Take Back the Night returns to the University of Findlay for its seventh annual event. During the day of Tuesday, March 14, students could find information tables set up at the College of Business and Center for Student Life. Later that night, they could listen to the words […]
By: Dylan Frazier Email: frazierd@findlay.edu After a controversial firing last July, Disney and James Gunn have made up and are moving forward with him directing The Guardians of the Galaxy franchise once again. Years before Gunn worked with Disney, he had posted tweets that were in very poor taste, like pedophile jokes and gay jokes. […]
By: Mac Williams Email: williamsm2@findlay.edu Twitter: @m_williamsm2 President Trump unveiled his budget proposal for the 2020 fiscal year this past week. The $4.75 trillion federal proposal would be the largest such budget in U.S. history. According to Jim Tankersley and Michael Tackett of the New York Times, the proposed budget calls for a nearly five […]
By: Dylan Frazier Email: frazierd@findlay.edu Netflix’s latest original film, Triple Frontier, came out last Wednesday and it proves once again that Netflix can make a decent movie. With a loaded cast, headlined by Ben Affleck and Oscar Isaac, and fun action plus not having to leave your house to go out and see it, this […]
By: Abigail Frye Email:fryea@findlay.edu Twitter:@Abigail_EF Whether you’re a struggling student begging your roommate not to get you sick or a professor trying to keep your distance from the rest of the class, flu season affects everyone. According to staff at the University of Findlay, it doesn’t have to. Julia Yingling, the Director of Health Services […]
By: Leah Alsept Email: Alseptl@findlay.edu Jason O came to the University of Findlay on Mar. 15 as a part of the university’s Music Bach Concert Series, he performed his signature style- looping music, for the audience. With dread locked hair and guitar in his hands, the multi-talented musician performed the free show in the AMU […]
By: Cory Berlekamp Email: Berlekampc@findlay.edu The University of Findlay seventh annual drag show was hosted on Tuesday, March 19 at 7 p.m. in the Alumni Memorial Union Multipurpose Room. Drag queen Candi, Wantsome?, who makes all of her own outfits, hosted the event for the fourth year in a row. The money raised by the show […]
By: Owen Rode Email: Rodeo@findlay.edu The No. 8 ranked University of Findlay men’s basketball team fell 74-59 in round 32 to the No. 7 Knights from Bellarmine University on March 17 in Romeoville, Ill. The loss ends the Oilers season as they finish the 2018-19 campaign with a 28-5 record. The game was tightly contested […]
By: Dylan DeWitt Email: DeWittd@findlay.edu Twitter: dd_witt As the season came to a close, it ended with a stellar performance from the four swimmers that represented the University of Findlay swimming and diving team. At the National Championships the Oiler teammates Amanda Stiegel, Hanna Cedarholm, Christina McFarland, and Katy Kouvaris competed in the championships. Stiegel, […]
By: Olivia Wile Email: wileo@findlay.edu Twitter: o_wile With spring break over and less than two months left of the University of Findlay 2019 spring semester, it’s time to start preparing for the summer. Whether traveling home or planning to pick back up with that same summer job, it may be time to consider building a […]
By: Dylan Frazier Email: frazierd@findlay.edu Even with the Rotten Tomatoes brigade of negative interviews of the latest MCU movie, Captain Marvel proves once again that they can make anything work. Although it does have some issues early on in the film, Captain Marvel is fantastic and a lot of fun after the first 30 minutes. […]
By: Owen Rode Email: Rodeo@findlay.edu This marks the second year in a row that the host school in the GMAC tournament does not take home the hardware, Findlay being both of those years. The No. 6 ranked University of Findlay Oilers hosted the conference tournament this past weekend in the Croy gymnasium. The Oilers rolled […]
By: Cory Berlekamp Email: berlekampc@findlay.edu Twitter: @Cberlekamp According to a public disclosure document from the Higher Learning Commission, an accreditation organization for post-secondary institutions, the Winebrenner Theological Seminary’s accreditation has been “On Notice” since June 29, 2017. Before that, WTS’s status was “On Probation” since June of 2015 for “non-compliance” of “Criteria for Accreditation” according […]
By: Abigail Frye Email: fryea@findlay.edu Twitter: @Abigail_EF For many college students, working while going to school is the reality whether it be to pay for tuition, afford rent, or splurge on Dunkin Donuts every week. Whatever the reason, work can be a vital part of the lives of students at the University of Findlay. Flyers can be found […]
By: Leah Alsept Email: alseptl@findlay.edu On Thursday, Feb. 28, the University of Findlay’s STRIDE (Students Teaching Respect for Individuals with Disabilities Everyday) club held its annual event, Spread the Word to End the Word. The event went from 8 am to 8 pm in the Center for Student Life and College of Business, according to […]
By: Bri Hallman Email: hallmanb@findlay.edu The Green New Deal is the talk of the town. Carbon emissions have been on the rise for years and its effects have been well-known through the course of numerous studies done by private science firms, the NRDC, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, among others. The big question has […]
By: Dylan Frazier Email: frazierd@findlay.edu The University of Findlay and two former student-athletes reached a settlement for a lawsuit five years in the making. The details of the settlement have not been released. The case dates back to 2014, when two former student-athletes at UF were accused of sexual assaulting a woman. According to the […]
By: Dylan DeWitt Email: Dewittd@findlay.edu Twitter: @dd_witt As the spring rolls into full swing so are the baseball and softball teams of the University of Findlay. As the projected No. 7 team in the Great Midwest Athletic Conference, the baseball squad will look to make some noise in the spring. Coming off a 23-17 season […]
By Brianna Hallman and Pulse Staff Students in the University of Findlay Master of Athletic Training program not only work with UF athletic teams but work with other universities as well. Their work goes beyond typical clinical training. Two UF AT students are conducting a study involving baseball players, including two from Bluffton University and […]
By: Cory Berlekamp Email: berlekampc@findlay.edu Twitter: @Cberlekamp The University of Findlay and the College of Pharmacy mourn the loss of one of their professors, Dr. Bradley Shinn, Pharm.D. Shinn died unexpectedly at the age of 63 on the morning of Feb. 16. He began work for the College of Pharmacy in 2007. In 2010-2011 he […]
By: Pulse Staff Students at the University of Findlay may take comfort in knowing that new UF graduates are on track with the rest of the nation in average starting salary. Alexis Binder , the assistant director for the Center for Career & Professional Development, says that according to UF’s Outcomes Survey, the average starting […]
By Diana Montague, Communication Department Chair While wrapping up my weekly grocery games last Sunday, I heard the radio announcement that it was “National Random Act of Kindness Day.” Clearly I was not keeping up on my non-Hallmark-sanctioned holidays. By the time I heard that news, about the best random kindness I could do was leave […]
By: Pulse Staff Working hard while having a good time seems to be a theme for this year’s University of Findlay men’s and women’s swimming and diving teams according to Head Coach Andrew Makepeace. And that attitude translated into a Great Midwest Athletic Conference (G-MAC) and Mountain East Conference (MEC) Championship for the second year […]