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By Marcos Dos Diaz DavilaContributing Writer The Bear Essentials Pantry is open from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monday to Friday in the Office of Student Involvement. This pantry has non-perishable food, personal care items, clothing and outerwear, as well as some basic school supplies for students. Students may use this pantry by coming to […]
By Michael AlbertoFreeform Editor In April 2021, State Senator Art Haywood, in combination with Black PASSHE students and PASSHE university officials, adopted and began to implement new initiatives designed to combat racism throughout college campuses. The adopted initiatives included mandatory diversity training, an organized reporting system, clear definitions of freedom of speech and racial harassment […]
By Spencer Ford, Recruitment and Retention Managerand Michael Alberto, Freeform Editor The start of the spring semester has brought forth many new challenges and surprises. From the dining hall seemingly running out of food to COVID rates rising shockingly in proportion to students returning to campus, it is gearing up to be an eventful semester […]
By Amber Lyn HunsickerEditor-in-Chief On Monday, January 24, classes started back up for KU students. Students returned for the spring semester, embracing their new form of normal. Although vaccinations are not required on campus, masks are. Everywhere you go you see another set of eyes with no expression. Hearing the person next to you tends […]
By Michael AlbertoFreeform Editor KU has been awarded a gold seal from the 2020 ALL IN Challenge. The gold seal indicates that between 70-79% of the student body participated and voted in the 2020 presidential election. In comparison to the 2016 presidential election, KU saw a 21.9% increase in voting participation. In 2016, 48.3% of […]
By Kaitlyn ReslineContributing Writer On Nov 11, KU’s sign language club, KU ABLE, invited KU alum Luciana Spinosi to speak with the club over Zoom. Spinosi talked about how she felt pegged into a box during her senior year of high school but KU showed her all the things she could do. “Not perfect, but […]
By Michael AlbertoFreeform Editor From Nov. 12-15, KU’s Model United Nations Club competed at the University of Pennsylvania’s UPMUNC conference. The conference was held at the Sheraton Hotel in Philadelphia. Over the course of three days, members from KUMUN were able to compete at the conference in either a general assembly or crisis setting. Those […]
By Erin FoleyContributing Writer On Nov. 12, the Physics Club at KU held a movie night in Grim’s planetarium. The new science fiction film “Dune” was projected onto the large, curved ceiling found in the planetarium. The president of the Physics Club, Noah Cox, said that this is the first year that the Physics Club […]
By Carin HolmesNews Editor KU is offering a variety of opportunities to study abroad for students during the summer semester in 2022. Applications are currently available for students to apply to study abroad in Germany, Austria, Ireland, Italy, South Africa and Spain. Each trip offers courses for students to take while they are away. During […]
By Amber HunsickerEditor-in-Chief Chaplains John and Laura Studenroth continue to be KU grandparents, supporting students, staff and faculty by sharing religious faith, and spreading kindness around campus. Chaplain John is now going on twenty-one years in the position and Laura at nine years. Chaplains are similar to a pastor or minister, except that they focus […]