Category: Featured
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GC Hartman Students Raise Money for School
Read more: GC Hartman Students Raise Money for SchoolG. C. Hartman Elementary School, a part of the Southern Columbia School District, held its first Hartman Hustle today. Students from kindergarten through fourth grade went out and solicited donations in support of their school and then each grade had 15 mins on the High School track to run a far as they could. The event raised over $8000 that will go into the HART organization, the parent teachers group, and will be used toward student activities. Principal Joe Shiruinski ran with all four classes and the T-Shirt worn by the participants was designed by student Gina Gratti. Photographs by…
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When the River Runs Dry
Read more: When the River Runs DryWomen in Kenya face the everyday daunting task of collecting water for their families. BU students Chelsea Walters and Robert Kernaghan highlight a special program that shares in a little way this unique challenge.
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BU Football Field Renamed in Honor of Coach Danny Hale
Read more: BU Football Field Renamed in Honor of Coach Danny HaleOn April 28 the tradition of excellence personified by Bloomsburg University head football coach Danny Hale will be etched into stone. Hale, the Husky’s career wins leader, will be forever remembered as the field at Robert B. Redman Stadium will be named Danny Hale Field in his honor. Football is a large part of the town of Bloomsburg and surrounding areas, but this commemoration goes much farther than just athletics. Hale is a community member, a participant in many of the town’s activities, and is an important spokesperson for the University. The fact that a part of Bloomsburg Football will…
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Love In Bloom: Six Stories on Love, Lust and Relationships
Read more: Love In Bloom: Six Stories on Love, Lust and RelationshipsPremiering on Thursday, April 26, at 8:00 p.m. in Carver Hall, students of the Telecommunications Department at Bloomsburg University directed this series of short films about love, lust, and relationships on a college campus.
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The Long Journey to Recovery
Read more: The Long Journey to RecoveryHolly Freese tells a story of personal courage and valiant resolve about a Kutztown University student’s recovery from an automobile accident. This is a must read for anyone who might face a life-changing experience.
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Community Profile: Tom McGuire
Read more: Community Profile: Tom McGuireA cluttered desk scattered with weeks of mail, invoices, receipts and numerous other materials, would make it seem like an organizational mess to an outsider. However, beyond the desk, covering the walls and lining cabinets and bookshelves are numerous magazines, awards, and other sports memorabilia that portray the successes of a distinguished man. Behind the desk sits a man who seems to have all the time in the world, and is always sporting a smile on his face. Tom McGuire has been involved with Sports Information at Bloomsburg University for more than 23 years, and is in his 14th year…
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Historian Karol K. Weaver to Host Book Talk
Read more: Historian Karol K. Weaver to Host Book TalkThe Susquehanna University Medical Humanities Initiative will sponsor a book talk by historian Karol K. Weaver.
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Lights, Camera, Legos!
Read more: Lights, Camera, Legos!Enter Box of Light’s first ever Lego Competition!
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Sweet & Hot: Tony’s Lunch
Read more: Sweet & Hot: Tony’s LunchTony’s Lunch, on Main Street in Bloomsburg, is a seemingly normal place to grab a quick bite to eat, but it is a truly unique establishment with a history even just as surprising as its “Fluff Burger.” The origin of Tony’s Lunch and their famous “Screamer” began in Girardville in the 1940s, explains Joseph Salukas, owner of the current Bloomsburg establishment. “Tony Fulginiti was in the military and while he was stationed in Texas, he got the recipe off a man there for the Screamer Sauce.” In 1975, Joseph Salukas’s father bought Tony’s Lunch. “My father was actually drunk one…
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Author Stephen Elliot Comes to Bloomsburg University
Read more: Author Stephen Elliot Comes to Bloomsburg UniversityAward winning author Stephen Elliot spoke at Bloomsburg University’s Kehr Union on Wednesday, 28 March, offering his views on the various modern media available to authors through which they are able to present their work. An author of four novels as well as collections of essays and short stories, Mr. Elliot achieved critical acclaim for his 2009 work The Adderall Diaries, a self-described “memoir of moods, masochism and murder” which Elliot claims to be the result of a relationship. Called a “provocative, masterful, thrilling ride” by the San Francisco Chronicle, The Adderall Diaries was named as one of the best…