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Jay Shank

Jay Shank, Staff Writer

Jay is a freshman from Pittsburgh, PA. She is majoring in Creative Writing and double-minoring in Education Studies and Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality studies. This is her first semester as a staff writer, and she especially enjoys writing op-ed’s. When she is not writing, she is probably making (and drinking) coffee at Grounds For Change, taking trips with the Outing Club, or hanging out her my friends!

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The Allegheny College Civic Orchestra, directed by Visiting Assistant Professor of Music Michael Dolan, performs “Radetzky March” by Johann Strauss I on Saturday, Nov. 16 in Shafer Auditorium.

Civic Orchestra and Symphonic Band hold concert

Jay Shank, Staff Writer • November 22, 2024

Expensive insurance … for student success?

Jay Shank, Staff Writer • November 22, 2024

One thing I’ve noticed as a freshman on this campus is that the college fails to recognize students’ struggles to pay for their healthcare. Arguably though, the student health insurance, which students...

Chompers and Smiley, Eat’n Park’s mascot, smile for the camera at the Pine Market Grand Opening celebration and ribbon-cutting ceremony on Thursday, Nov. 7.

Pine Market holds Grand Opening

Jay Shank, Staff Writer • November 15, 2024

The Orchesis Dance Company cast bows during the finale of the show. The show closed with a short performance to Lady Gaga’s “Applause.”

[Photo] Orchesis performs ‘The Golden Age’

November 8, 2024

Orchesis Dance Company’s advanced modern dance group performs a dance to “Somebody That I Used To Know” by Gotye and Kimbra in the Shafer Auditorium on Nov. 2.

Alumni: How politics have changed

Jay Shank, Staff Writer • November 1, 2024

As the 2024 presidential election nears and the atmosphere on Allegheny’s campus seems to get more tense, alumni from multiple generations reflected on the political climate when they were students. “Civility...

To be “different”: why representation is so important in media

Jay Shank, Staff Writer • October 25, 2024

I’m a lesbian. I’ve known that ever since I was 12 years old, and it’s always been the most important part of my identity. It was always the one thing I felt the most secure about. But as I started...

Right: Veila Rodriguez, ’25, & Sarah Hoplock, ’25 Major: Business and Spanish (Rodriguez) & Environmental Science and Sustainability (Hoplock) “Our greatest fear is failing the comp.”

Ask Allegheny

Jay Shank, Staff Writer • October 25, 2024

   

Attendees gather around the table painting their pots while sipping on coffee.

International Club hosts their first open tab event

Jay Shank, Contributing Writer • October 4, 2024

The smell of coffee beans lingered on the second floor of the Henderson Campus Center as students painted their home countries’ flags on pots and ordered free drinks at Grounds for Change on Wednesday,...

The presidential debate does not inspire hope

Jay Shank, Contributing Writer • September 27, 2024

Every lounge TV on campus was lit up with ABC News on Tuesday, Sept. 10, as the two presidential candidates went face-to-face in the second 2024 presidential debate — the first for Democratic candidate...

Alumna performs ‘As Good As It Gets’

Jay Shank, Contributing Writer • September 27, 2024

Alumni, faculty, families and students settled into the seats of the Gladys Mullenix Black Theatre as Liz Colarte, ’17, put on her one-woman show, “As Good As It Gets,” during Allegheny’s Blue...

Center for Political Participation Fellow Asaad Bell, ’25, informs Reagan Grace Wheat, ’26, about how to transfer her voter registration from Texas to Pennsylvania on Monday, Sept. 16. “We live in a swing state,” Wheat said, “and since this election is so important for swing states I wanted to change my registration to (Pennsylvania).”

National Voter Registration Day

Jay Shank, Contributing Writer • September 20, 2024

Aidan McGrory, ’26, hauls a toilet that his team found in the forest toward the trash trailer during the annual French Creek Cleanup on Saturday, Sept. 7. This year, in addition to teams working along the creek, students spent time cleaning up the Weyel Estate.

Glass bottles, license plates and ceramic toilets

Jay Shank, Contributing Writer • September 13, 2024

The annual French Creek cleanup event happened once again on Saturday, Sept. 7. Groups of students, including sports teams like men’s lacrosse and women’s track, formed teams and adventured into different...

A PSA to freshmen who want to go home

Jay Shank, Contributing Writer • September 13, 2024

I interviewed someone for my journalism class recently about her adjustment to campus, and she seemed to have no issues with move-in, especially none with making friends. While I love that she’s enjoying...

Jacy Diaz named PAC Defensive Player of the Week

Jay Shank, Contributing Writer • September 13, 2024

Jacy Diaz, ’26, was recently awarded Presidents’ Athletic Conference (PAC) Defensive Player of the Week for the fourth time since she started playing for the women’s volleyball team. She received...

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