Editor’s note: This is part three of a three-part series on the current and future state of the AU athletic program. The expectations for AU student-athletes’ performances off the field may be higher than the expectations of student-athletes elsewhere, but for many of those athletes, what it means to be a Raven makes their commitment even more worthwhile. With increased opportunities to play a role in building a new program or taking an established one to the next level, there is a sense of … [Read more...]
Election forum brings context to the issues
Last Wednesday, President Pistole hosted a forum for students and faculty members to discuss the election results. The goal of the forum was to give people at AU an opportunity and a safe place to discuss any thoughts or concerns that they have about what the election results could mean both directly on AU’s campus, and for us as a country. Pistole started the forum off by writing two different words on the whiteboard: context and issues. He then took statements from students and faculty who … [Read more...]
AU staff member joins clean water protest
In November, AU Staff member Mark Dawson, Director of Covenant Productions, visited the Dakota Access Pipeline protest site. “I started following the the Dakota Access Pipeline resistance camp activity along the northern border of the Standing Rock Sioux Reservation around the time that the Camp of the Sacred Stones was established by a few committed indigenous water protectors in April,” Dawson said. “My interest grew as I witnessed over social media other developments in the story as a group … [Read more...]
‘Deathtrap’ set to entice audience with murder
Rick Vale, the stage director of “Deathtrap,” the upcoming fall play at AU, says that “this show is described as a ‘comic thriller’ because it has elements of a murder-mystery as told in a comic way.” Vale and the cast have been rehearsing since Oct. 24, so they will have only been working on the show for a little over a month by the time it premieres. The cast consists of only three men and two women, while about 10 other people work with costumes, lights and assisting with other … [Read more...]
Radaker performs Churchill portrayal on Veteran’s Day
Dr. Kevin Radaker, an English professor at AU, is no rookie when it comes to performing one-man dramatic shows. He has been performing as Henry David Thoreau for 25 years and also has performed as C.S. Lewis for several years. He has now added a portrayal of former Prime Minister of England, Winston Churchill. This past Friday evening, Radaker performed his portrayal of Churchill in the AU Nicholson Library. The event was appropriately titled: “An Evening with Winston Churchill.” Students, … [Read more...]
Women’s team claims first Backyard Brawl Championship
For the first time in extramural history, the women’s team representative from Anderson University, No Punts Intended, won the Backyard Brawl. The Backyard Brawl is an extramural event in which the regular season champions from AU, Huntington University, Indiana Wesleyan University (IWU) and Taylor University compete in a tournament to determine the best IM flag football team from all four schools. The girls traveled to IWU for the tournament. In the first game of the tournament, No Punts … [Read more...]
Campus bands, The Wldlfe and Dream Chief, find success
The average college band usually forms around a charismatic lead singer, experiments with some grungy garage sounds as a three-piece and then slowly vanishes over the period months after their first EP release. Every so often, however, a group of artists with mutual interests and equal investment manage to turn their talents into an actual following. This is precisely what’s happening with AU bands Dream Chief and The Wldlfe. With an ear to the ground of the industry and some fresh, … [Read more...]
Family Weekend provides opportunities for fun
Last weekend, AU hosted its annual Family Weekend. The goal of the weekend is for families to learn what living on campus at AU is like, have the opportunity to meet their kids’ RAs and RDs and attend a slew of events taking place on campus. We always try to target a weekend that has a lot going on on campus,” said Trent Palmer, director of student engagements. “We find it works best on a weekend where there’s already a good amount going on around campus to encourage good participation for the … [Read more...]
Students respond to Cubs’ World Series title
The Commissioner’s Trophy has been awarded and the final stadium hot dog has been sold, but this year’s World Series will not be forgotten anytime soon. Baseball fans from around the world tuned in to watch the Cleveland Indians face off against the Chicago Cubs in the best-of-seven series. With a curse to break and a 3-1 series deficit to overcome, the Cubs had a lot to prove—but they did just that. Chicago celebrated their first World Series victory since 1908, breaking the curse that haunted … [Read more...]
“Pointed Pens” gallery open until November
The average American’s blood pressure seems to rise at the very mention of the subject of politics nowadays. However, the faculty of the Communications and Political Science Departments is deciding to embrace this difficult topic instead of skirting it with the promotion of a new month-long exhibition in AU’s Jessie C. Wilson Gallery entitled “Pointed Pens: Editorial Cartoons and American Politics, featuring The Indianapolis Star’s Gary Varvel.” The exhibition features Varvel’s political … [Read more...]