By: Larry Guthridge

Caps, gowns, families and friends: in a few weeks many of us will graduate. Chances are many of the people we pass daily, share drinks with or spend hours studying and joking with will never cross our paths again. If they do, we will no longer be studen...

By: Andre Roberts

Dear Santa Claus, I know I am writing you rather early this year, but I am not writing to tell you what presents I would like this Christmas. I am writing to tell you about my freshman year here at Edinboro University, but I also would like to tell y...

By: Kelly Smith

The Princeton Review. US News and World Report. Forbes. The Washington Monthly. Do these names sound familiar? Each is an organization that ranks colleges and universities across the nation based on a variety of different criteria and statistics. The or...

By: Ursula Wheeler

It's rather interesting where life takes us sometimes, isn't it? If you'd asked me four years ago what I planned on doing with my life, the answer would have been very different from what it is now. At that time, I was about to graduate from high school...

By: The Spectator

Next month, May, is the official Mental Health Awareness Month. and nbsp; Considering that nearly every month, week and day has some sort of national designation of celebration or recognition, they often lose significance. and nbsp; But the one coming u...

By: Hannah Bailey

As a drop in the pool of countless art majors here at Edinboro, I've noticed a few things about the curriculum requirements. and nbsp; One is that they exist, and two is that they always seem to get in the way of my enjoyment. I'm a photography major, ...

By: Ursula Wheeler

A few months from now, in June, more than 200,000 weddings will be held across the U.S., and no wonder: June, as everyone knows, is traditionally the most popular wedding month. and nbsp; Why not? and nbsp; It's a warm and flowery time of year, perfect fo...

By: Brittany Kemp

As my Spectator 'swan song, and rdquo; I will attempt to write a meaningful column that begins with the Ke$ha song 'Tik Tok. and rdquo; No, wait. Every song in her discography, please. I think they are all variations on the same distinct theme. Somethin...

By: The Spectator

It seems you can't be too careful these days. and nbsp; We walk around with our heads down, looking around furtively for anyone who might steal our purse, our identity, our children. and nbsp; Nothing and nobody is safe. We're dealing with terrorism, rap...

By: Jon Pintea

[Two weeks ago, our Viewpoint explained why we feel the military's Don't Ask, Don't Tell policy should be repealed. and nbsp; Here, one of our staff writers explains the policy's benefits.] The need for Don't Ask, Don't Tell (DADT) is simple: There are a...

By: Ursula Wheeler

Like approximately half the country, I was thrilled when the health care reform bill finally passed a few weeks ago. and nbsp; Also like approximately half the country, though, I felt it wasn't good enough and mdash;that there was something missing. But ...

By: Phil Ferguson

I am writing to thank the Edinboro University community for its generosity. My house burned down almost two weeks ago. It was a tragic accident that left me homeless with absolutely nothing but my wallet, my car, a pair of jeans and a mock turtleneck swe...

By: Meredith Leigh

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By: The Spectator

Wellness walking. and nbsp; Weight lifting. and nbsp; Step aerobics. and nbsp; By the time they graduate, every Edinboro student has taken some form of Health and Physical Education, as required by the core curriculum. and nbsp; We hit balls across tenn...

Should I concentrate my efforts in college on work for money or working for those books? Two Spectator staff members tackle this age-old dilemma of academia vs. being able to eat, and whether or not your passion, indeed, comes first. and nbsp; Brittany...

By: Larry Guthridge

I was coming back from a day of classes when an accident on 6N caused a slight backup. I sat in a line of cars moving 10 to 20 feet and then coming to a stop. During one of the dozen or so times of starting and stopping, I noticed a girl texting in the ...

By: Connie Rice and Pat Nolan

Prison rape is an uncomfortable subject rarely covered in newspapers, a laugh line on late-night television. But the reality is that rape in our prisons is a national scandal. A study by the Bureau of Justice Statistics in 2007 found that more than 60,000...

By: Ursula Wheeler

Tradition. It's a nice-sounding word, replete with connotations of family, major holidays, and 'Fiddler on the Roof. ' It reminds us of the way things always have been, the way they ought to be. Or not. This word, tradition, keeps coming to mind as I c...

By: The Spectator

In the last few months, little besides Tiger Woods and health care reform has made much airtime on the news. But one issue, which manages a sound bite here and there, is one that we take very seriously: the possible repealing of Don't Ask, Don't Tell. ...

By: Brittany Kemp

or once, I am actually appalled by something in the media. Literally appalled. Like, vomit rising up my throat and stinging my eyeballs appalled. Kate Gosselin is going to be on the next season of 'Dancing With the Stars. and rdquo; My disgust doesn't ...