University reacts to the COVID-19 pandemic
Nicole Yeager, News Editor
April 24, 2020
On Tuesday, Mar. 10, halfway through spring break, students across the globe reacted to University President John Bravman’s momentous announcement: the University would transition to a remote education mode for the remainder of the semester. This decision came in the midst of the onset of COVID-19,...
Student Affairs Leadership Awards recipients are announced
Sarah Haber, Assistant News Editor
April 24, 2020
On Tuesday, April 21, 37 students were awarded Student Affairs Leadership Awards for their qualities of leadership excellence on campus. Students, faculty and staff were able to nominate their students or fellow peers for an award in February. While the presentation of the Student Affairs Leadership ...
University switches to remote education amidst coronavirus outbreak
Sarah Baldwin, Editor-in-Chief
March 13, 2020
On Tuesday, March 10, in an email sent out to students and families, University President John Bravman announced the cancelation of all in-person class meetings as a result of the global coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak. The University will instead be switching to remote learning for the remainder of t...
Weis Center hosts BSU’s 2020 Stomp Out Classic
Ellie Lowe, Staff Writer
March 5, 2020
On Feb. 29, the 2020 Stomp Out performance was held in the University’s Weis Center. This performance was hosted by the Black Student Union (BSU) organization on campus as part of their Black Arts Festival event series. They were successful in making the event both informational as well as entertaining...
Increase to University cost sparks outrage among students
Sarah Baldwin and Jacob Feuerstein
March 5, 2020
On Tuesday, March 3, a dozen students rallied against the recent decision to increase the University’s cost of attendance. The protest, led by the Bucknell University Democratic Socialists (BUDS), took place during a faculty meeting in the Elaine Langone Center (ELC) Forum. While University President...
BSU hosts annual fashion show
Nicole Yeager, News Editor
March 5, 2020
On Friday, Feb. 28, the University’s Black Student Union (BSU) hosted its annual fashion show as part of its 10th annual Black Arts Festival. The event transformed Larison Dining Hall into a venue with a catwalk and rows of chairs for the audience, complete with the caption “NYC Fashion Week meets...
No8am is back again for fall semester scheduling
Sarah Haber, Assistant News Editor
March 5, 2020
This past semester, students had to create and plan out their spring semester schedules without the help of the widely popular site no8am. In 2014, engineering student Nadeem Nasimi ’17 created the website no8am to help students more efficiently build their course schedules. The site allowed for a...
The Econ-versation: The stock market’s response to an emergency Fed rate cut
Silvia Buonocore, Senior Writer
March 5, 2020
The U.S. stock market and the yield on the 10-year Treasury note dropped on Tuesday, March 3 following an emergency Federal Reserve rate cut of half a percentage point. Specifically, the S&P 500 fell by 2.81%, while the yield on the 10-year Treasury note fell below 1% for the first time ever. The...
Breaking the Bubble
March 5, 2020
Domestic: With public panic building around the quickly spreading coronavirus epidemic, key lawmakers in the House and Senate took the initiative to address the problem on Wednesday, March 4, where they proposed and approved a deal to provide $8.3 billion in emergency aid. The amount that was voted o...
Investigative News: University Dining Services underfeeds, underpays
Spandan Marasini, Contributing Writer
February 27, 2020
In 2005, former University President Brian C. Mitchell made a decision to completely revamp dining, passing the University's dining program from Sodexo to Parkhurst Dining. This decision was met by student, faculty and staff opposition. Students amassed 1,777 signatures for a petition, faculty members...
BSU fashion show and Stomp Out preview
Sarah Haber, Assistant News Editor
February 27, 2020
On Friday, Feb. 28 the University’s Black Student Union (BSU) will host a fashion show in Larison Hall as part of their 10th annual Black Arts Festival. Mocktails and hors d’oeuvres will be served at 7 p.m., with the show beginning at 8 p.m. The show will consist of various creative compositions...
University to offer half-credit course on climate change
Sarah Baldwin, Editor-in-Chief
February 27, 2020
Throughout March and April, the geography department will be offering a half-credit teach-in course that explores the intersection between art, activism and climate science. The goal of a teach-in is to examine various political issues in a participatory way while proposing plans for action. This specific...
On Tuesday, Mar. 10, halfway through spring break, students across the globe reacted to University President John Bravman’s momentous announcement: the University would...
In the United States, there is a plurality electoral system, meaning that elections operate with a winner-take-all methodology. This system has naturally formed a polarization...
April 24, 2020
University switches to remote education amidst coronavirus outbreak
March 13, 2020
Weis Center hosts BSU’s 2020 Stomp Out Classic
March 5, 2020