Last week, Brian Bayer, campus editor of The (award-winning) Carroll News, told you in “The Bayer Necessities” his thoughts on facial hair. If you’ve seen him walking around campus recently, though, you’ve noticed that the “squirrel” on his face has been shaved off.
Apparently, the beard wasn’t growing on him that much.
While I agree…
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Cooney Meets World: Shaved face thoughts
Cooney Meets World: The memory and lessons of JoePa
I am not a member of the Penn State family, but I grew up in Pennsylvania so I have some idea of what the school and its football team mean to people who live there. I’m also a Penn State fan, to some extent.
Joe Paterno was someone I admired because of his longevity at…
SUPB unveils new concert series
Student Union Programming Board decided the same old, same old needed to be spiced up a bit.
Instead of bringing a big-name artist to campus for the annual Spring Concert, SUPB’s executive board has created the Carroll Spring Series, an on-campus and off-campus string of concerts.
“We decided to change it up,” said Cassie Pacer,…
Residence halls get wrecked
Resident assistant Emmett Morton had just completed a round in Murphy Hall and came back to the duty office to continue his shift one evening earlier in the semester.
“We were down in the office. We’d only been there maybe 15 minutes when someone came and got us,” Morton said.
The person said to head…
Vandalism causes UH outrage
Climbing trees, littering, trespassing on to front porches, destroying election signage, urinating and tearing up seasonal decorations – these are some of the many acts committed by John Carroll University students, as described by some University Heights residents, in their neighborhood.
The residents, who live in homes on Meadowbrook Boulevard from Warrensville Center Road to…
Carroll Blvd.: An inconvenient turn
Students pulled over, fined for turning right off Belvoir
JCU makes plans to light the way
Freshman Sarah Novak goes to Rodman Hall every week to meet with her Christian Life Communities group. By the time her meeting is over, she has to walk back to her residence halls in the dark. What doesn’t help, she said, is that the path she takes back has either minimal outdoor lighting or lights…
JCU hosts University Heights candidate forum
Candidates for four open seats on University Heights City Council participated in a forum held Tuesday night in the Jardine Room in the Lombardo Student Center. The event was moderated by Elizabeth Stiles, a JCU political science professor and director of the master’s program in non-profit management.
“I think it’s great that John Carroll is…
A letter for her father
JCU sophomore Bethany Luketic is asking the John Carroll community, via a Facebook event she started recently, for letters of support.
Bethany was 3 years old in November 1995, when her father and grandmother went to a bank in Collinwood, on Cleveland’s east side, to take out a loan on a recently purchased house. Tony…
SU plans to drop SSC, create own discount program
Student Union Senate voted unanimously during their meeting Tuesday to discontinue their partnership with the Student Savings Club, a program that offers discounts at local and national businesses. The vote was taken in the form of a straw poll during the open forum portion of their meeting, which means that it was not binding.
Executive…
Debate team trying new format this year
The John Carroll University Debate Team endures a lot over the course of a season. Traveling to tournaments often takes six to 10 hours, with the closest competitions held in Detroit, Mich. and Clarion, Pa.
“We didn’t have a tournament in Ohio other than the one we hosted,” said Brent Brossmann, debate coach and professor…
North Park Boulevard no more
John Carroll University has already moved once and changed its address – from Cleveland’s west side to University Heights in 1935. Today, in 2011, the University is again changing its address, but it isn’t moving this time.
According to an email sent by University President the Rev. Robert Niehoff, S.J. to faculty, staff, administrators and…
OurView: Welcome to campus
Hello freshmen. Welcome back to the bottom of the heap – except not really, because this isn’t high school.
For most of you, this year will be your first time living away from home. Sure, you can still call your parents (and I highly suggest doing so because they probably want updates to their $40,000-plus…
JCU Dining to expand service, hours
JCU Dining will be making adjustments to its hours and services at the end of this semester and next year.
OurView: Carry on the memories
Grandparents are the best.
They are always around to offer wise advice. They make the best food. They offer comfort when you need it.
My grandfather loved to have the family over every Sunday evening for dinner at his house. We cousins would usually be playing board games or card games (recently the favorite has…
OMA changes name, expands vision
The Office of Multicultural Affairs is changing its name, among other transformations that John Carroll University will make to the office to include more
underrepresented students. The search for a new director to replace Janetta Hammock, who left earlier this school year, is also underway.
OMA will now become the Center for Student Diversity and…
Spring Concert gets ‘some more’ attendance
Spring Concert attendance more than doubles after admission is made free for students.
Diagnosis terminal for Bohannon
Bohannon Science Center will be demolished this summer.
Slushy, soggy campus seeps into buildings
Flooding in Hamlin Hall has left the Kappa Delta floor high and not so dry.
Facemashed
New Facebook profile pages let JCU students choose ‘hot or not’
OurView: A Steelers fan in Cleveland
Sunday night was painful.
My heart began to sink when Green Bay was up 14-0 in the first quarter. I groaned when the TV commentators said the Packers had scored 21 points off of the three Pittsburgh turnovers. I put my head in my hands when Mike Wallace couldn’t quite reach the fourth down pass…
Human trafficking survivor to speak at JCU
Arrupe Scholars complete a required capstone project during their senior year highlighting a social justice issue they feel strongly about. “Unlock the Truth: Slavery Today” was organized by Arrupe seniors Juanita Padilla and Caitlin Sykes to create awareness about human trafficking.
To cap off the week, author and human trafficking survivor Theresa Flores will speak…
Tuition to go up next year
JCU tuition rises yet again. It will go up 4.8 percent next year.
Kyrgyzstan journalists speak at Carroll
The Cleveland professional chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists (SPJ) hosted four journalists from the Kyrgyz Republic on Monday, Jan. 31 in the Tim Russert Department of Communication and Theatre Arts. Carrie Buchanan, a professor in the department and vice president of the SPJ Cleveland chapter, was excited about the event.
“I was really…
Track and field scheduled for updates
Preliminary plans are in place for upcoming improvements to the playing field and track at Don Shula Stadium at Wasmer Field.
