Listen HereIt’s tough to be a Republican right now Kate Bauer @katemareebauer On Oct. 7 when the October surprise went viral online, Americans had a new reason to hate the Republican Party. In 2005, Donald Trump engaged in a private conversation in which he severely degraded women. I refuse to sit back and ignore the fact […]
Category Archives: Opinion
By: Kate M Bauer @katemareebauer I was not yet 18 during the 2012 presidential election, so at 21, this is the first time I have ever been able to cast my vote for president. It has been my goal through this election cycle to truly become informed of the plans and policies of both candidates. […]
Autumn activities near campus By Olivia Wile @o_wile As the weather has gotten chillier, so has the scenery. With the month of October in full force, traces of Halloween and fall are everywhere we turn. Whether through pumpkins, candy corn, or stores filled with costumes, it’s nearly impossible to forget what season we’re in. Lucky […]
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By: Bobby Beebe @howamibobby Justin Vernon took just three years in between his 2008 debut record as Bon Iver, For Emma, Forever Ago and the highly anticipated self-titled follow up. The results of this three year gap definitely saw Vernon moving beyond the folky, acoustic underpinnings of his debut, utilizing more electronic and orchestral sounds. […]
By Jake Sarver @4theapplesauce Millennials love Bernie Sanders. Bernie endorsed Hillary Clinton. So, Millennials should be all about HRC, right? Surprisingly, not so much. Millennials seem to really have an issue with Hillary and this could affect the upcoming election in a major way. The US Census Bureau reported this year that the Millennials have […]
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By Bobby Beebe @howamibobby In the summer of 2015 New York indie rock band LVL Up tweeted, “Getting some truly evil vibes on the new album.” About a year and a half later that new album has arrived. While LVL Up’s Sub-Pop debut, Return to Love may not sound evil, exactly, it certainly feels spooky […]
His campaign undermines First Amendment ideals By Sarah Stubbs @sarahxstubbs Donald Trump made another jab at the media Monday night at the first presidential debate as he discussed NATO and why it should be obsolete. He said, “it was actually covered very accurately in the New York Times, which is unusual for the New York […]
Pleasure reading is relaxing and makes one well-rounded By Madelaine McBride As college students, we are no strangers to reading. We are often assigned far more reading for our classes than we think is humanly possible to accomplish, yet we do it anyway. I would not go so far to say that reading for classes […]
By Sarah Stubbs @sarahxstubbs On Tuesday night the AMU was packed with student organizations putting their best feet forward in hopes of boosting their numbers and increasing awareness on campus. Active at this event were the two political clubs: College Republicans and College Democrats. The College Democrats’ table was entirely decked out with Hillary Clinton […]
Clinton doesn’t view corruption as urgent By Reilly Butz @reillybutz7 As the election nears, I feel that there are a few things that need to come to the spotlight. Many Americans sympathize for those who have chosen to risk their lives everyday, have family members that come from military backgrounds, or personally have a military […]
No, the Democrats don’t want to take away your guns By Jake Sarver @4theapplesauce The second amendment is a touchy subject, but I am unsure why this is. No matter the party, a majority of people believe that guns are OK, but gun reform would help. I am unaware of anyone who thinks that guns […]
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Alex G – Beach Music Alex G is known for making bedroom pop. If all of his previous albums were written on an acoustic in his dimly-lit bedroom, then Beach Music was written once that light was turned off and Giannascoli drifted off to sleep. An increased reliance on dreamy keyboard compositions, extreme pedal distortion […]
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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 […]
By Madelaine McBride We all have a comfort zone. I have one. You have one. Personally, I like mine – it’s safe, warm, and predictable. Nothing unpleasant can ever occur within my comfort zone bubble. Often I would love nothing more than to cocoon myself within the inviting folds of my comfort zone forever, and […]
By Garrett Gardner @literategrizzly College is supposed to be the best experience of our young lives. These life-changing years and the decisions we make along the way help us to become the best adult-ing adult we can possibly imagine. That being said, we aren’t adults yet. We know that college, just like the other parts […]
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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 […]
By Kate M Bauer @katemareebauer bauerk@findlay.edu As a native of Northwest Ohio, it is not hard to believe that I am a Conservative. I have grown up with the beliefs that our government should be small and our border security strong. I am by no means a political science expert — I just believe I […]
By Clay Parlette @claypar111 parlettec@findlay.edu A recent letter signed by 50 top GOP security officials contained a grave warning for voters this November: “Indeed, we are convinced that he [Donald Trump] would be a dangerous president and would put at risk our country’s national security and well-being…he would be the most reckless president in American […]
Angel Olsen – My Woman By Bobby Beebe @howamibobby beeber@findlay.edu Angel Olsen’s 2014 release Burn Your Fire For No Witness has been described most commonly as a folk album. This makes sense given her previous work as backing vocalist for William Oldham’s Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy project. According to this track record, Olsen’s latest release, My […]
Simple budgeting will change your life, alleviate stress By Sarah Stubbs @sarahxstubbs It’s the norm to be broke and in school. It’s so normal that it’s been the subject of millions of memes and it’s an easy comeback to any predicament you could be in “hey, give me a break, I’m a broke college student.” […]
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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 […]
By Garrett Gardner We’ve all heard about the new found craze that has swept the world with the promise of combining everyone’s nostalgia-filled dreams with our smartphone addictions. Yes, this new app procuring our pocket monsters in this new open-world setting has taken a great stride toward making our truly desired college majors a reality, […]
By Clay Parlette @claypar111 As the election quickly approaches, many students I talk to have given up on having political discussions and deciding on positions. Frankly, what used to be one of the most sacred traditions in our country has spiraled into an object of memes, sarcasm, and insults. I get it. Most people just […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
Japan beats the US when it comes to comfortability By Clay Parlette @claypar111 Music is all around us. It serenades us in hallways and rocks us as we shop. It trickles into our ears as we pause in elevators and in waiting rooms, and jumps at us from multiple angles as we drive down the […]
By Madelaine McBride Staff Writer In the eyes of every young student, the month of August marks two events: the end of summer and the start of school. And for people roughly between the ages of 18 and 22, that means either starting or returning to college. Only a few short days ago, thousands of […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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“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 […]
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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 […]