By Kayla Mackley When searching for a college, it’s important to find a school that offers your program of interest. What if the school you fell in love with no longer offers your preferred program? Within the past six years, KU made the devastating decision to remove musical theatre as a major program offered for […]
Month: November 2015
By Brandon Bausher Aramark is a Philadelphia-based international corporation that provides food service, management and clothing to businesses, schools, hospitals and prisons in 22 countries throughout the world. Aramark has been affiliated with KU since 2010, and they have recently renewed their contract with the school. Providing food at Rohrbach Library, the SUB, and South […]
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New color guard captains appointed
By Kristyn Shannon The KU Marching Unit, KUMU, has appointed three new color guard captains for the 2015 season. Gigi Romano, Leaha Blair and Jackie Valori have lead the group with high hopes and a bright new outlook. Color guard is a uniformed group who presents their institution’s flag during ceremonies. It started in […]
By Karli Molignoni KU’s marching unit has been selected to perform in this year’s Philadelphia Thanksgiving Day Parade on Thursday, Nov. 26. The parade, now in its 96th year, consists of a 1.4-mile route, which ends at the Philadelphia Museum of Art. This makes it the longest running Thanksgiving Day parade in the country. The […]
By Jamie Bailey Admission to the festivities is by “free-will” donation consisting of non-perishable food and/or outer winter wear. All proceeds will be bestowed to those in need. The Kutztown community is inviting university students with open arms to participate in this communal event. Sunday, Nov. 22 at 5 p.m. will be the […]
By Katie Pressler Photo caption: Alpha Sigma Tau Photo by Katie Pressler, The Keystone My whole life, I grew up being a cheerleader. Questioning myself if I wished to continue cheering at KU, I could only go with what I always knew. I started the cheer team and then decided that I didn’t want […]
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The real purpose of No-Shave November
By Raymond Campbell Toward the end of November, if you look around campus, it is common to see men with vast amounts of facial hair. They come in many shapes and vary when it comes to thickness and fullness. If one were to ask them why they were doing it, many would answer with, “It’s […]
By Stephanie Pancher On Oct. 22, a room full of faculty and students gathered to hear some history and helpful advice from Brian Smith’s experience in starting UGG. Smith spent 45 minutes talking about his failures and successes as a business owner. He originally lived in Australia and became an accountant in his mid 20’s, […]
By Gabriela Laracca KU English professor Carl Seiple has put together KU’s third reading of an on-campus Flash Drama scheduled for Thursday, Nov. 19 in MSU 16. This fall’s reading will feature “Kimberly Akimbo” by Pulitzer Prize winning playwright David Lindsay-Abaire. The play’s main focus is a young woman named Kimberly who suffers from a […]
By Obadete Ferko On Oct. 22, 2015, President Dr. Kenneth Hawkinson hosted an open meeting from 11 a.m. to noon in the MSU Alumni Auditorium. The meeting opened by discussing the initiatives he mentioned on his opening day address and gave a brief overview/progress report. Hawkinson said, “I meet with the departments and alumni every […]