Category Archives: Opinion

Why catchy isn’t always cool  By Sarah Stubbs @sarahxstubbs If you’re anything like my sister, best friends, and I, and you were at the Jason Derulo concert last week and you had an absolute blast. You may have pushed your way through the crowd to get as close to the stage as possible and you […]

 Yohuna – Patientness  By: Bobby Beebe Orchid Tapes, a boutique label in Brooklyn run by Warren Hildebrand, has a history for releasing intimate and personal records. The label’s roster consists of artists whose music may have just as easily been lost in the archives of a Macbook, never to be heard by an audience. The […]

Opportunities to get involved on campus and in the community  By Ashley Summerfield @ash_summerfield Are you interested in politics and looking for campus and community involvement? UF and the Findlay community have countless opportunities to gain political insight on the circus that is U.S. politics. In an election year like nothing we’ve seen before, millennials […]

Violent Soho – Waco By Bobby Beebe @howamibobby Some of the most interesting guitar rock albums of the past couple years have come from Australia. Melbourne’s Courtney Barnetts with 2015’s Sometimes I Sit and Think, and Sometimes I Just Sit, Sydney’s Royal Headaches on their 2015 sophomore LP, High, and King Gizzard and the Lizard […]

Enjoy – Another Word For Joy:  By Bobby Beebe @howamibobby Humor has always been the saving grace of indie rock. Sure, Pavement (perhaps the torch bearers of the modern indie-rock ethos) made some initially off-putting and pretentious records, but what always seemed to ground those records in some sort of endearing pathos was the sense […]

Reasons to stay in Findlay this weekend and every weekend By Clay Parlette @claypar111 So you’re moved in to your dorm, met the roommate, gone through the arch and discovered the gourmet delicacies that Hendo has to offer. This is it! It’s college as you dreamed it. But after a busy week of classes, awkward […]

The RNC from a student’s perspective By Steve Mathie President, UFTV I’m here amidst thousands of people that are all here for a cause. The Republican National Convention is a place where some of the most powerful people in our country meet to talk about what is going on in the party and to vote […]

Highlights and observations from day one of the 2016 RNC Through the eyes of a young, aspiring journalist By Sarah Stubbs Editor @sarahxstubbs The overwhelming theme of day one at the 2016 Republican National Convention was nationalism. Any discrepancy or shift from the far right resulted in resounding “USA, USA, USA” chanting on the floor […]

By Sarah Stubbs @sarahxstubbs As I began to brainstorm topics for my weekly column, it occurred to me that not only was this my last editorial for the spring 2016 semester, but also that it would mark the half-way point in my collegiate career as editor of the Pulse. With this I thought, what better […]

Know your worth and know who’s worth your respect By Kelsey Nevius @kelnevs We’ve been taught since a young age that we should respect everyone, especially those who are different from us. We’ve been taught in school to respect our teachers, our peers, and our elders. We’ve been taught by our family to do the […]

Email is the most professional, appropriate medium By Clay Parlette @claypar111 It’s 2016 and not only are our inboxes bombarded with endless emails, so too are our cell phones. The difference between now and ten years ago, though, is students are now texting their instructors and other staff members (and vice versa).  For something I […]

“Instagram models” only show you their highlight reels By Sarah Stubbs @sarahxstubbs Hit the explore tab on your Instagram account and you’re bound to see hundreds of pictures of dolled-up twenty-somethings in their workout gear. Their hair is perfectly styled, their makeup might even be contoured, and they are usually clad in a matching Nike […]

By Clay Parlette @claypar111 It always seemed odd to me that a campus so vehemently opposed to the consumption of alcohol would treat tobacco as if it were nothing more than a fire hazard. Indeed, if one read the current tobacco policy as sent out in a recent UF Update, tobacco is prohibited inside all […]

Visit the Academic Support Center for all of your finals needs By Kelsey Nevius @kelnevs We only have two weeks left in the semester, and for me, it’s kind of hard to believe. It feels like just yesterday that I was first headed to my spring semester courses, and the start of the new school […]

By Katie Kohls @KatieKohls One of the most common complaints I hear from girls on campus is “There are no guys,” meaning guys to date. And they’re not far off. Our campus is about 60 percent female to 40 percent male. Now if you factor in those that are gay, taken, and who you would […]

By Clay Parlette @claypar111 A short while ago, I wrote a column that sang the praises of Senator Bernie Sanders, making the claim that “Sanders is the best choice for college students.” In that same column, I bashed Hillary Clinton as a disingenuous charlatan who was little more than a powerful party player, saying anything […]

The countdown to real life after college By Sarah Stubbs @sarahxstubbs We have four weeks of class and five weeks total left in the semester before we start our summer breaks. The countdown is exciting but thinking about the amount of work that is to be done over the next five weeks is daunting – […]

By Bobby Beebe Thumbs Up: Thao & The Get Down Stay Down – A Man Alive On her fourth record with backing band The Get Down Stay Down, “A Man Alive” Thao Nguyen sings louder than she has before. The loudness of her voice has less to do with actual volume and more to do […]

Findlay’s Backyard Mission Trip is a perfect opportunity to serve locally By Katie Kohls  @KatieKohls Over this past spring break, many people went on trips to serve others. A group of students went to the Dominican Republic (see our very own Sarah Stubbs’ editorial from last week for more information), Habitat for Humanity went to […]

Thanks to the Kardashian effect, humility feels far away By Sarah Stubbs @sarahxstubbs When I got back from the Dominican a couple weeks ago, I was scrolling on my Instagram and noticed a nude selfie posted by Kim Kardashian that was soon to draw a lot of attention and controversy. Kim captioned the photo “When […]

Stay ahead of the game By Kelsey Nevius @kelnevs The onset of the telltale signs of are upon us and so is the homestretch of the semester toward summer. For a lot of us, summer means a lot of different things: maybe you’re heading overseas to experience a new culture, maybe you’re heading back to […]

Bringing compassion, gratitude from the DR to the States By Sarah Stubbs @sarahxstubbs The routine, stressful college realities are beginning to set back in after a much needed week off. I’m running on just a few hours of sleep and my to-do list is longer than it has ever been; but, I can honestly say […]

Oilers have the power to help bring the campaign to Findlay By Clay Parlette @claypar111 Throughout the past several presidential election cycles, the University of Findlay has been fortunate to host some major political figures on our campus—Bob Dole, Bill Clinton, Sarah Palin, Mitt Romney, Ann Romney, and Paul Ryan, to name a few. Not […]

CPAC conference gives Summerfield an inside look at the 2016 race By Ashley Summerfield @ash_summerfield Of the many options available for UF students over spring break, I decided to take advantage of a non-traditional spring break excursion. As a part of the UF College Republicans, I was offered an opportunity that I could not pass […]

By Bobby Beebe WLFC New Power Current Tracks  2/21-2/28: 1. Hinds – Bamboo 2. DIIV – Out of Mind 3. Ringo Deathstarr- Stare at the Sun 4. Mass Gothic – Every Night You’ve Got to Save Me 5. Frankie Cosmos – Sand 6. The Crookes – I Wanna Waste My Time With You 7.   Gang […]