By Finnleigh Gould On Wednesday October 16, 2024, two men handed out Bibles to La Roche University students. The men handed out the free Bibles in front of the Palumbo entrance to La Roche University. Students described receiving either an orange or a green Bible labeled, “New Testament Psalms Proverbs.” The Bibles were nothing out of the ordinary. These texts
Read moreBy Danielle Pajek, Katie Gaughan, Luke Luedy, and Roger Healy La Roche University has a new president. After the passing of Sister Candace Introcaso last May, the university enacted a national search for a new president. Sixty candidates submitted applications, with the search committee eventually narrowing that down to 11. Dr. Christina Clark earned the position after the search committee
Read moreBy Katie Gaughan Professor William Crowley is a retired FBI agent, a member of the Pennsylvania Bar, a Criminal Justice and Law professor at La Roche University, a husband, and father. He attended the University of Connecticut where he was a Division 1 first baseman on scholarship and achieved All-Star honors. Before university teaching, Crowley was an instructor for the
Read moreBy Luke Luedy It’s 1987 in La Roche University. Students are spilling out of the dormitory, after just attending Mass. Nuns walk the sidewalks. Professors aren’t only teachers of knowledge, but humble servants of God as well. Everyone of different positions of Catholic hierarchy take dual roles of teachers as well. It’s now 2023 in La Roche University. Sister Rita
Read moreBy Danielle Pajek “This was my back up plan. The first plan was Major League Baseball.” Though David Day said he did not originally intend to end up at La Roche University, the Assistant Dean of Students has certainly made the most of his 19 years here. Hailing all the way from Cambridge, England Dave said he moved to the
Read moreBy Roger P. Healy It’s socially assumed that we get our high school diplomas around age 17 and head straight on to college. It always felt to me like a standard, an expectation. But it’s truly not for everyone. Some get into skilled trades, join the military, or go straight to work. Some take time to explore the world or
Read moreBy Joseph Pompeo Jim Tinkey, born August 4, 1961, grew up in Youngstown, Ohio. He ended up going to the local college, Youngstown State, to play baseball as a pitcher. His dreams of playing in the majors were very slim until one game when they played against Akron. Tinkey said, “Being drafted that year was the furthest thing from my
Read moreBy Joshua Vedis You’ve just spent the majority of your life in uniform, with men and women from across all walks of life. You’ve immersed yourself in a culture far separated from anything you could imagine before joining the military. After countless hours, days, and years of your life in the military culture and creating bonds so strong that they
Read moreBy Luke Luedy It’s everywhere. It’s on old, classical paintings. It represents the French nobility. It’s the logo of a National Football League team, the New Orleans Saints. One can even spot it on the logo of our very university. It’s the fleur-de-lis, a symbol depicting a lily flower with three leaves. Throughout history, the fleur-de-lis has appeared in countless
Read moreBy Danielle Pajek Leticia Alcaraz’s life began in a small village in Madrid, Spain. So, how did she end up at La Roche University? “When I first knew that I wanted to come to the United States to do undergrad here I had no idea how to find a good college,” Leti said. “I decided to do it through soccer,
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