Category Archives: Opinion

By Sarah Stubbs @sarahxstubbs I was in first grade when 9/11 happened. My memories of that day are not very clear. But I do remember my teacher stopped her lesson to go out into the hallway and was hugging other teachers. I remember them crying. Some of my classmates got to go home early. I […]

By Morgan Clark @MJClark32_ Snowpiercer (2014) 3.5/5 Derricks “Snowpiercer” has a post-apocalyptic setting and takes place on a train that never stops. Snowpiercer sheds light on socioeconomic issues prevalent today by showing the end of a middle class. The movie just has one dividing line of extreme poverty in the tail and the privileged wealth […]

By Jordan Garcia @jordierob   You would be hard-pressed to find a person in the United States right now who hasn’t heard of Kanye West. If you watched MTV’s Video Music Awards a couple weeks ago, then you may know him as the guy that babbled somewhat randomly during his acceptance speech for the Michael […]

By Julianna Koballa  @UFPulseKoballa Moving into my first off campus house, I am suddenly hit with a lot more “real life” situations. I pay real bills, deal with real outside people, I fight real drama, and I am starting to cook real food. This past summer a lot of us got our bodies back. What […]

By Kelsey Nevius  @kelnevs Growing up in a small town here in Ohio, the end of summer meant two things to me. First, that school was just around the corner, and second, it ushers in the beginning of fair time. Most of us from around the area know all about the fair schedule and when […]

By Sarah Stubbs  @sarahxstubbs The Internet has revolutionized the way we do almost everything from shopping to working to dating. And with all of these positive advances in our technological lives, there is no way to avoid the inevitable negatives. If you’ve been watching the news or have been on any social media at all […]

By Clay Parlette  @claypar111 “The University of Findlay is a dry campus.” Nearly all prospective students will hear these words during their campus tour at Oiler Nation. It’s a policy that most certainly makes this campus more marketable to conservative families and more importantly, it’s a reflection of our University’s historic and deeply rooted Christian […]

By Sarah Stubbs @sarahxstubbs Now that we have all moved in and settled into our dorms or rented homes and the first week of classes is coming to a close, I can’t help but feel excitement of the new semester quickly fade and start to be replaced with the fear, pressure, and stress the academic […]

By Clay Parlette @claypar111 Ah, the sweet time of year is upon us when the cicadas whisper in the trees, the weather begins to cool, football stadiums are lit up, and the obscene prices of textbooks scream in our faces. It’s a problem that’s been grumbled about for years and years now. Some will shrug […]

  By Alyssa Grevenkamp @GBabyy20 Some prefer ham, sausage, and pepperoni. Others anchovies. But if you’re like me, I prefer the classic pepperoni and cheese. Like a lot of towns, there are plenty of pizza parlors around Findlay to serve exactly what you’re looking for. Now there’s always the usual, chain pizza places that you […]

By Jacob King @jking82295 The dream of finally moving away from your parents and into a dorm with your dream roommate to attend parties with and hold your hair back when throwing up in the community bathrooms, is one shared by many incoming freshman. However, every dream needs a reality check. Reality check: Roommates get […]

By Hannah Dunbar @hanndunbar Once the initial excitement of the semester fades, the reality of homework and stress hits you hard. Everyone needs a place to turn to during times like these to grab a coffee or hang out with friends. Several popular places in Findlay are George House Coffee & Tea, Fort Findlay Coffee […]

  By Julianna Koballa @UFPulseKoballa As I am returning home to Cleveland after moving in today to my first off-campus house, I can’t help but be reminded of the summer going into freshman year. “What do I need? What do I really need? What am I actually going to use? This actually might come in […]

By Jake Miller  @jakeufmiller   Welcome back fellow Oilers! As the cliché goes, college life can be a big transition for incoming freshmen. Different schedules to learn, new faces and people to meet, a roommate to befriend as well as several other tasks. Campus slang happens to be a part of that transition, so allow […]

By Kelsey Nevius @KelNevs It’s that time of year again. The new school year is upon us, but as freshman, you are starting a totally new chapter in your lives. New school, new classes, new living arrangements, new friends, and that really only scratches the surface. Everything is new to you, and most of it […]

By Clay Parlette @claypar111 As many of you may know, I recently went through a very challenging time in my life. Long story short, my body became unexpectedly and severely infected, first in my abdominal area, then later in my blood and lungs. As someone who has otherwise lived a very active and healthy life […]

By Abbey Nickel @abbeynickel For the last 22 years, I have constantly wondered why my mother chose “Hope” for my middle name. Why not something cliché and basic?  Why not her maiden name, why not my grandmother’s middle name? I love having a middle name that has significance.  But I have also a lot of […]

By Clay Parlette @claypar111 We’ve all had our share of the media hype surrounding Indiana’s new Religious Freedom Restoration Act – and rightfully so. Not only was the law unnecessary in its nature, but it also presented a significant threat to a group of people that already face significant harassment and alienation as it is. […]

Julianna Koballa  @UFPulseKoballa As I sit in the Scottrade Center in St. Louis Missouri for the NCAA division 1 wrestling tournament, I reminisce on all the traveling I have done in my life. If it weren’t for my parents dragging me to wrestling tournaments, or playing all over the Midwest for softball tournaments, I don’t […]

By Jacob King @jking82295 We spend hours waiting for a call, a text, or some kind of notification saying “Hey, I want to see you,” and when we don’t get what we want, we bang our heads against the wall. At what point did dating become a second major? People invest a vast amount of money […]

By Sarah Stubbs Being that there are only about six weeks left of the spring semester and the home stretch to finals is approaching, the stress and pressure to either keep your grades up or raise them are in full swing, too. Final project proposals, exams, papers, meetings, and applying to internships, jobs, and scholarships […]

By Kelsey Nevius As spring approaches, the weather grows warmer and things just seem to get brighter as a whole. Though the winter months held holidays like Thanksgiving and Christmas, we now move on to warmer holidays like Easter and Saint Patrick’s Day. Saint Patrick’s Day, which was originally a Christian day of observance honoring […]

By Jacob King There is this feeling in your gut when the plane takes off, and you think to yourself, “I’m not coming back for a while.” In that moment, you realize you’re about to have an experience of a lifetime. Looking back at it now, I remember waking up one day and saying to […]

By Abbey Nickel @abbeynickel Saturday was the 50th anniversary of the Selma march for equal voting rights on the Edmund Pettus Bridge. The event was led by Martin Luther King Jr. on March 7, 1965, and President Barack Obama and his family accompanied with members of Congress made a symbolic march across the bridge on […]

By Kelsey Nevius @kelnevs It’s that time of year again. While the semester is drawing to a slow close, we as students begin to think about not only how we’ll finish the year, but what we’ll be doing for the next one. Sure, we have finals and projects to finish out this year, but we […]

By Julianna Koballa @UFPulseKoballa With spring break now just a memory of posts on our Facebooks and Instagrams, the real health kick to get that summer bod is commencing. A lot of us, (females especially) went and took part in the quick fix to get rid of excess body weight for spring break and to […]

By Sarah Stubbs Co Editor @sarahxstubbs Being in the liberal arts at the University of Findlay feels a little like being the oddball out at times. I love it, don’t get me wrong—I initially decided to come to Findlay because of softball and the fact that I simply just pictured myself going to school here, […]

By Julianna Koballa @UFPulseKoballa “That’s so… absurd, childish, weird, dull, illogical, senseless, uncool, trivial, pointless… and you choose retarded? Buy a dictionary.” This has probably been one of my favorite memes since I became part of STRIDE here at Findlay. STRIDE stands for “Students Teaching Respect for Individuals with Disabilities Every day.”Ask any member of […]

By Kelsey Nevius As I was walking through the store the other day, mentally tallying my grocery list in my head while simultaneously scanning through the aisles of frozen food, I walked right past an elderly women who was not tall enough to reach the top shelf. She quietly asked for my help, and my […]

By Sarah Stubbs  Co-editor  Remember the Ebola scare? When everyone and their brother was fearing contraction of the awful virus because according to the CDC there have been four confirmed cases of Ebola and one death as a result of it in the entire United States? Logical, right? Comparing the United States’ numbers to Liberia, […]