“Sunday in the Park with George” premiering at AU
By Ethan Greenberger
February 3, 2011
This February, Ashland University's Theater Department brings to the stage a powerful, Pulitzer prize- winning play, "Sunday in the Park with George," by Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine. The play will be showing from Feb. 17 through 19 and 23 through 26, at 7:30 p.m. Its final performances will be ...
‘Deathly Hallows’ marks near-end of beloved series
By Ethan Greenberger
November 18, 2010
Magic is in the air as students of all ages prepare for the opening of the first installment of the final chapter of the Harry Potter series, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part One, which hits theaters at 12:01 a.m. on Friday Nov. 19. As many students have plans to attend this, it is sure to b...
‘Marisol’ play a team effort
By Ethan Greenberger
November 4, 2010
Winner of the 1993 Obie award for playwriting, "Marisol" by Jose Rivera comes to Ashland University this month. "Marisol" is about a woman who lives in New York as a copy editor for a local publisher. One night, after being viciously attacked, her guardian angel tells her that he must stop being her gua...
Authors come to Ashland
By Ethan Greenberger
November 4, 2010
With National Novel Writing Month, a month dedicated to promoting fiction and novel writing, taking place this November, the Ashland Public Library will be hosting visits from five Ohio authors. Authors Mike Johnson, Kristina McBride, Shelly Shepard Gray, Dandi Daley Mackall and Boone Bunn will talk about...
AU men model bras, embrace Breast Cancer Awareness Month
By Ethan Greenberger
November 4, 2010
Who has the best ta-tas on campus? Well, you might be surprised to find out it's a man. Ashland University's Colleges Against Cancer organization hosted the Pretty in Pink Fashion show Thursday, Oct. 21 in order to promote breast cancer awareness. Colleges Against Cancer (CAC) is dedicated to furtherin...
Ashland fights breast cancer
By Ethan Greenberger
October 28, 2010
Who has the best ta-tas on campus? Well, you might be surprised to find out it's a man. Ashland University's Colleges Against Cancer organization hosted the Pretty in Pink Fashion show Thursday, Oct. 21 in order to promote breast cancer awareness. Colleges Against Cancer (CAC) is dedicated to furtherin...
Improved plans in place for Passages publication, professor says
By Ethan Greenberger
October 14, 2010
On Oct. 4, Ashland University's student-produced literary magazine, Passages, hosted its first student reading of the year. Passages is a student publication of original student work in fiction, non-fiction and poetry created by students. Passages editor-in-chief Javier Garcia-Wasnich talked about t...
Student director takes the stage
By Ethan Greenberger
September 30, 2010
As the semester draws onward and winter begins to set in, we get ever closer to the opening of Ashland University's production of "Marisol," student directed by senior Lauren Yobbagy. Yobbagy, who has been a part of many shows here at Ashland both on stage and behind the scenes, has been preparing f...
Film club seeks ‘reel’ experience
By Ethan Greenberger
September 30, 2010
By day, they focus on class. By night, they focus on "Adjusting Focus," a Web series created by a handful of Ashland University students who wanted to try their hand at making a sit-com. Sophomores Glenn Battishill, Dan Griffin, Jeff McNerney, Kristina Hoskins and senior Brad Eustathios started the c...
A+ for “Easy A”
By Ethan Greenberger
September 22, 2010
Recently, the new movie "Easy A," starring Emma Stone, Penn Badgley and Amanda Bynes, premiered in theaters across the nation. Influenced strongly by the novel "The Scarlet Letter," by Nathaniel Hawthorne, the movie is based around a girl named Olive Penderghast (Emma Stone) who, up until the start of the st...