Under Dr. Justin Lambright’s continued assistance throughout a three-year period of building and adjustment, the AU esports team is now set for regular competition. After securing a $25,000 Falls Development Initiative grant, Lambright helped build a lab for games to be played and recruited a team of students ready to play. “I’ve been involved with this from the beginning,” said Lambright. “When our first coach resigned early this semester, I had been working fairly … [Read more...]
Campus to welcome Turning Point USA chapter
In the near future, AU will be home to the newest chapter of Turning Point USA. Turning Point USA, as described by their website, is an organization that “identifies, educates, trains and organizes students to promote the principles of freedom, free markets and limited government.” Currently, AU students Rachael Shaver, Joshua Lauer and Sam Kylee are working through the preliminary steps to become an official club on campus. Shaver, who will serve as the president of … [Read more...]
Provost Morris to resign after current school year
At the end of the current school year, Dr. Marie Morris will be resigning from her position as Provost at AU. Morris was named provost in 2011 following a two-year role as dean and vice president of academic affairs on campus, and is currently serving her twelfth year at AU. Morris spoke about her reasons for resigning, stating that she thinks, “there are different leaders at different times for an institution.” “The average tenure for a chief academic officer, based … [Read more...]
Wilson Gallery welcomes modernist works
The Wilson Gallery has recently opened its exhibit showcasing items from AU’s permanent collection housed on campus. This collection, titled the Legacies of Modernism, displays numerous artists’ works within the artistic styles of modernism and expressionism. Tai Lipan, the director of the Wilson Gallery, explained the importance of displaying the Legacies of Modernism collection and the other various AU-owned collections. “Over the course of three years as director of … [Read more...]
CAB focuses sights on student engagement
Amidst newly-introduced guidelines and mask mandates, CAB is anticipating another successful year of events on campus. CAB is led by Danie Adams and Kelsi Allen. Adams and Allen have been tasked with planning new events and reorganizing old events to comply with the regulations on campus. Adams, who is also the assistant director of student engagement on campus, explained how CAB went about planning events for campus this year given the circumstances. “This year, we … [Read more...]
Dance majors remain optimistic for coming year
Last school year ended in disappointment for many of the dance majors on campus. The cancellation of Spring into Dance, a professor-choreographed show put on by the dance department, stopped the senior dance majors from having their last chance to showcase their talents on the Reardon stage. For dance majors who did not graduate last year, the optimism of another school year remained. Meredith Haskell, a senior dance major, shared her enthusiasm for returning to campus after … [Read more...]
Social clubs continue building community on campus
Social clubs on campus will be looking to pick up where they left off last school year, while having to adhere to new guidelines. Assistant Director for Student Engagement Danie Adams is hoping that campus life will be prolonged as a result of the implementation of these recently introduced guidelines. “We hope that if we keep guidelines more strict than in years past, we will be helping students to stay healthy and, therefore, to stay on campus longer,” Adams said. “We are … [Read more...]
Tri-S trips canceled amidst growth of COVID-19
AU, along with countless other organizations and colleges, has recently had to cancel various planned events, trips and programs to counteract the growing COVID-19 epidemic that is rapidly stretching across the world. The growing concern over the virus has forced AU to declare numerous unexpected changes to students’ and staff’s spring break plans, most notably AU’s planned Tri-S trips. The Iceland trip, the Antigua and Barbuda trip and the Costa Rica trip were all canceled in accordance with … [Read more...]
AU to honor women’s suffrage with centennial event
This year will mark the 100-year anniversary of the ratification of the 19th Amendment, which gave women the constitutional right to vote. To commemorate this occasion and to further celebrate International Women’s Day, AU will be presenting a free event in York Performance Hall on March 9, which will have a guest speaker and a dessert reception afterwards. The event, which will begin at 7 p.m., was planned and organized by a committee consisting of Dr. Janet Brewer, Dean … [Read more...]
Bob Dylan’s mystifying masterpiece
Created by one of popular music’s most charismatic and vital figures, the 1975 album “Blood on the Tracks” helped to demolish all past preconceptions of Bob Dylan’s carefully crafted public image while hurtling him to the commercial forefront of music yet again. And it excels at making grown men (me) cry. Before “Blood on the Tracks” became one of the most critically acclaimed albums of all time, Dylan had to endure a long creative hiatus. It seemed that the bard of the ’60s was not … [Read more...]