President John Pistole addressed students and faculty at the end of chapel on Thursday, Feb. 25, to inform attendees that “within the last hour,” the university had received a bomb threat. The threat was sent via email to four different RavenMail accounts, including the Student Government Association and Dean of Students Dr. Chris Confer. Pistole said that the FBI had been notified and was in the process of attempting to track the emails, which were sent from anonymous Guerrilla Mail email … [Read more...]
Anderson University receives bomb threat
President John Pistole addressed students and faculty at the end of chapel on Thursday, Feb. 25, informing chapel attendees that the university had received a bomb threat "within the last hour." The threat was sent via email to three different RavenMail accounts, including the Student Government Association and Dean of Students Dr. Chris Confer. Pistole said that the FBI had been notified and was in the process of attempting to track the emails, which were sent from anonymous Guerrilla Mail … [Read more...]
TWLOHA holds concert for return to campus
Last Saturday evening, Feb. 13, the AU chapter of To Write Love on Her Arms hosted its first event of the semester—a concert in Mocha Joe’s. The free concert, which was titled “LOVEGROOVE,” featured several acts. Krista Baker, president of the AU chapter of TWLOHA, said that the night’s purpose was to bring awareness of the club to campus. TWLOHA is a national nonprofit organization that aims to increase awareness about suicide and mental illnesses. Their goal, according to Baker, is to bring … [Read more...]
Campus activist group strives to end trafficking
In the fall of 2011, Bound was started to raise awareness about human trafficking. “I think it started [because] we see people who are hurting and don’t have the right to be free,” said junior psychology major, Merissa Milnickel, president of Bound. Human trafficking is defined as the exchange of money for humans, mainly regarding sexual or any other forced labor. “People who are drawn to Bound are drawn to the fact that [human trafficking] is wrong and they want to do something to change … [Read more...]
Through Jesus, we are delivered
This year, I decided I was going to jump on the bandwagon of picking a “word of the year.” Essentially, you pick a word out—it can be any word, but words such as love, peace, forgiveness or mercy are common choices. The general idea is to choose a word that you can connect with: a word that can bring you closer to the Father and also to yourself in the journey that is 2016. I didn’t really pick my word out so much as it picked me. I was studying in Romans when I remembered that I wanted to have … [Read more...]
Church is not your savior, Jesus is
I’ve spent a lot of time in the church over the past few years, especially considering I interned at my home church the entirety of my senior year of high school. Church is, or at least can be, great. The fellowship that is found in a healthy church body is the kind of thing that leaves you sad when it ends. There’s nothing quite like a Sunday morning filled with grace, worship and food from anywhere other than the MP. The problem with church, though, is that we think it can save people. I … [Read more...]
Students reflect on time spent studying abroad
Each year, hundreds of thousands of students study abroad. According to the Association of International Educators, approximately 1.5 percent of U.S. college students study abroad. Last semester, several AU students ventured across the world—from the Dominican Republic to Ireland. Ashleigh Ellson, a junior Spanish major, studied in Santiago, Dominican Republic. While there, she studied at Pontificia Universidad Católica Madre y Maestra (PUCMM) with 11 other students in the study abroad program. … [Read more...]