A feature article by Miles Morey The Anderson University men’s basketball team is in the midst of another historic season during the 2024-25 campaign.The Ravens have won nine of their last 10 games, the sole defeat coming to Division I foe Ball State. The surge has placed AU firmly atop the Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference standings at 15-3 and 10-1 overall, with the most recent triumph coming Saturday at Mount St. Joseph. Coach Carter Collins’ squad is aiming for the regular season … [Read more...]
A Piece of Hollywood in Anderson, Indiana
by Cecilia López There is only one week until you can walk the red carpet at Anderson University’s 8th annual Black Bird Film Festival. The premier showcases the projects of the university’s filmmakers in York Performance Hall. Students, faculty, staff and members of the community are invited to experience the red carpet, support the artist and attend the award show presented by Black Bird Film Academy. “It’s a piece of Hollywood in Anderson,” said Professor of cinema and media arts, Jack … [Read more...]
New cybersecurity team hosts their first meeting with goals of competing in national competitions
By: Abigail Sanchez Anderson Cyber Team hosted their first official meeting last Thursday evening on Jan. 26, 2024. Team President, Tai Van Dam, and Vice President, Dylan Lemon, led their meeting under the guidance of Staff Advisor, Professor Matthew Burch. This first meeting allowed the team to gauge other’s interest in the team and come up with what their goals are for the future. The Anderson Cyber Team is focused on team building events and practicing cybersecurity skills for real … [Read more...]
Q&A: Kris Rinas
By Melanie Marchena Kris Rinas is currently wrapping up his first year at AU as director of studio and technical operations and professor of cinema and media arts. In 1996, Rinas began his cinema and media arts career as a teenager with a news station in California. After moving to Indiana, he continued his career at Grace Church in Noblesville where he had responsibilities in technical directing, training and managing audio, video and lighting equipment. After 13 years at Grace Church, Rinas … [Read more...]
Hope and light: A time where art is needed most
By Mackenzie Currie Why is art important? Is it needed for a long-standing career? Is it of equal importance as sports and sciences? At first glance, these questions could be answered with a simple, “Art isn’t important.” However, a look into history may change that attitude towards this field. Art is a way of expression or a way to convey a story. It has allowed people to express emotions without using words. Let’s take the Renaissance, for example. During a time … [Read more...]
Ministry persists on campus despite COVID-19
By Rebekah Hisle Despite COVID-19 restrictions affecting chapel attendance, many students have been working to share the love of God at AU through campus ministries. Every week Hadley Duke, a senior music business and journalism major at AU leads 10:07, a student-led worship ministry on campus. “A small group of students hold acoustic worship at 10:07 p.m. every Tuesday night,” said Duke. “We normally sing around seven songs, and it's just a time for open worship and … [Read more...]
President Pistole welcomes students back
By John Pistole Welcome back Ravens! We are so glad you’re back on campus or here for the first time. It’s been such a quiet, surreal time here these last five plus months. And it just confirms what we all know, or will soon learn, that AU is a relational campus community that does best when we can gather in person, augmented of course by online learning as needed and appropriate, as we did last spring. This fall of course is different—so very different—and I’m personally asking each … [Read more...]
Historic season led by defense
By Zac Tallent For the first time in a decade, the women’s basketball team clinched their spot in the Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference tournament. The Ravens faced off against Bluffton University in a hard-fought battle. Although the game didn’t end in the way the Ravens would have liked, it left a positive feeling over the team. Ravens center Hannah Hawkins blocked her way into the record book this season. The junior from Fairmount, Indiana broke the AU Division III era record for … [Read more...]
Baseball under senior leadership
By Zac Tallent The AU baseball team had its first pitch of the year set for Feb. 15 in Louisville, Kentucky. The Ravens faced off against the seventeenth-ranked Warhawks from the University of Wisconsin White-Water. This was the first of three games the Ravens are scheduled to play in Louisville during the month of February. Last season, the Ravens had a record of 21-16 while going 10-8 in the conference. The Ravens bring a loaded roster into this season with 35 returners to the … [Read more...]
“A Heart for Kids” assists Anderson community
By Samantha Huber AU repeatedly tells their students to get involved both on-campus and in the community, but students often have no idea where to start or feel unsure about taking the step to join an organization. Several students from AU have taken that leap of faith and joined “A Heart for Kids,” an organization that serves the Anderson community through faith-based mentoring and tutoring for children. Sophomore Jennifer Sanders explained what a great opportunity working with “A Heart … [Read more...]