In an industrialized country where marriage is valued above other family forms, married students at an undergraduate institution are still a minority, contrary to the ‘Ring by Spring’ attitude at some colleges like AU. The vast majority of college undergraduates are unmarried, and this unreadiness to take the plunge could be based on personal beliefs as well as statistical facts pertaining to the marriage of individuals while in college. Amrutha Pulikottil, a senior majoring in … [Read more...]

As the new Major League Baseball season gets underway, there is only one man in the Anderson area who truly knows what it’s like to take the field at the highest level of baseball. Carl Erskine, an Anderson College graduate and this year’s commencement speaker, pitched for the Brooklyn/Los Angeles Dodgers from 1948 to 1959 and has lived in Anderson since his retirement. Erskine is 85 years old now, and he is 53 years removed from his playing days, but around Anderson he still finds time … [Read more...]

With the economy’s shrinking job market, recent college graduates all across the nation are struggling to find career related positions upon graduation. Some students at AU want to break that trend and have already started the job search or have solidified post-graduation plans. Senior Frank Ebels, double majoring in music and history, plans to immediately head to his home in Michigan upon graduation, where he will be working with his family business for a few months. Later in the … [Read more...]

NBC’s The Voice and The Sing-Off have attracted millions of viewers and aspiring artists. Now they have also made their way into the plans of some AU students. Reality singing competitions are known for creating opportunities and giving artists the chance to launch a music career. Students at AU are among the artists looking for that chance. The Voice is currently in its second season, but it is already holding auditions in cities all over the country for season three. Kayla Eason, … [Read more...]

Dr. Brian Dirck, an AU history professor, has spent the last five years writing his book, Abraham Lincoln and White America. The book is scheduled for release on April 19. Dirck has also spent three years writing another book, Lincoln and the Constitution, which will also be released in April. Dirck said the first work is about Abraham Lincoln and his relationship with the racism that was prevalent in the country of his time. The book questions Lincoln’s stance on white … [Read more...]

Retirement is a word that could mean different things to different people, and those ideas can change over time. As Dr. Linda Swindell, chair of the psychology department, retires this May after 18 years of service at AU, she intends to approach retirement with a Christian interpretation instead of a cultural one. “It is dismal to think of it as the end,” said Swindell. “It is a closing on part of my life, but it is not the end. I should make it a beginning as well.” Having … [Read more...]

AU student Stephanie Cochran recently had the unique opportunity to represent her school in the Indiana Glass Artists Association Show. She received fourth place and sold both of her pieces. As a School of Adult Learning (SOAL) student, her road to AU was not typical. Cochran grew up in Noblesville, Ind. where her grandfather collected art. “My family has a history of collecting it,” she said. “It was almost a museum setting in a lot of ways.” She pursued a career in special … [Read more...]

Each generation continues to witness their societies modernizing and adapting to the demands of new inventions and technologies—and this includes the modernization of education in the classroom. With education reforms prominent across the nation, government officials, educators and parents are trying to discover an effective route to edify students. Some classrooms have introduced new forms of computer-assisted learning, and others have even omitted curriculum that students have been … [Read more...]

Getting married has its challenges. Getting married as a student has even more challenges, but not anything that sophomores at AU Tyler Ewigleben and Brody Reinholt cannot handle. They both recently proposed to their girlfriends last year. Ewigleben’s fiancé, Brenda Woodings, studies at Indiana University Bloomington and Reinholt’s fiancé, Katie Snizek, studies at IVY Tech. This means that both couples have long-distance relationships, but through it, both are committed to their … [Read more...]