Steven Heine, Contributing Writer
• November 21, 2019
George Yancy, Samuel Candler Dobbs Professor of Philosophy at Emory University, presented a talk titled “Black Gift Giving and the Return of White Backlash,” at 7 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 14, at the Patricia...
Steven Heine, Contributing Writer
• November 1, 2019
As Allegheny College renovates its flagship Bentley Hall, the college is attempting to balance various considerations. One significant goal is achieving a Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design...
Allegheny College is currently searching for an individual to serve as its public safety director. As with other hiring initiatives the college has conducted, finalists for the position are asked to deliver...
As the semester comes to a close, with it comes the final installment of the Energy and Society lecture series — lectures linked to Energy 190, a course affiliated with the energy and society minor....
Amidst the talk of civic duty that filled Allegheny College’s campus during the midterm elections, the college expanded its scientific knowledge in another installment of Allegheny’s Faculty Lecture...
Steven Heine, Junior News Editor
• November 8, 2018
Two professors received a grant for their work exploring whether a student’s Allegheny College education is too one-dimensional.
Soledad Caballero, associate professor of English, and Aimee Knupsky,...
Steven Heine, Junior News Editor
• October 18, 2018
Robert Glennon helps reporters, government officials, academics and the public understand water policy. After his lecture entitled “Our Thirst for Energy in a Warming, Water-Stressed World,” was finished,...
Steven Heine, Junior News Editor
• October 18, 2018
With the annual energy challenge kicking off, “The Future of Energy Policy” has wasted no energy bringing awareness to campus with the Energy and Society public lecture series — lectures sponsored...
Steven Heine, Junior News Editor
• September 27, 2018
Jeffrey Ball, Woodrow Wilson Visiting Fellow and scholar-in-residence at Stanford University’s Steyer-Taylor Center for Energy and Finance, delivered a talk at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 25, in the Tillotson...
Steven Heine, Junior News Editor
• September 20, 2018
As part of its current cycle of renovations, Allegheny College has combined its post office, print shop and Merriman Bookstore into one office, known as Gator Post and Print. The new office is located...
Steven Heine, Junior News Editor
• September 20, 2018
Students gathered in the George M. Henderson Campus Center room 301/302 on Monday, Sept. 18, to talk about protesting racial bias at Allegheny. The meeting began at 10 p.m, and lasted roughly one hour...
Beginning with the fall 2018 semester, Allegheny College has provided students living in traditional-style dorms with MicroFridges — a microwave and refrigerator combo.
For those not living in a traditional-style...
Steven Heine, Junior News Editor
• September 6, 2018
While Allegheny College has remained mired in hotter-than-usual weather since the beginning of the 2018-19 academic year, the heat is not the only thing hanging around.
Students and faculty alike have...
Steven Heine, Junior News Editor
• September 6, 2018
Allegheny’s Inclusion, Diversity, Equity, Access and Social Justice Center is renovating to expand into Room 308 of the Henderson Campus Center.
Associate Dean and Director of the IDEAS Center justin...
“You’re not only joining the Allegheny family, but mine as well,” Allegheny President James Mullen said. Mullen then encouraged students to meet different people for the first time as “that is the core of what college is all about.”
Allegheny College President James Mullen has announced his plans to retire at the end of the 2018-19 academic year.
Provost Ron Cole said the college’s Board of Trustees is spearheading the search...
The Center for Political Participation and Meadville Tribune hosted a forum for the candidates running in Pennsylvania’s 16th Congressional District’s Democratic primary election. The three candidates,...
Allegheny Student Government dealt with constitutional questions and internal matters during its meeting on Tuesday, April 10.
To start the meeting, ASG discussed the constitution for the proposed Vernon...
Multiple members of the Allegheny College community and representatives from Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Inc. held an open meeting Wednesday, April 4, to discuss possible expansion of the sorority at Allegheny.
Jamilia...
Allegheny College announced Kristin Dukes as the new dean for institutional diversity. Dukes will officially begin working for Allegheny on July 1. Dukes has previously held positions at Simmons College...
Sara Catapano, Matthew Cote, Ben Frederick and Hannah Pierce, four graduate student artists from Edinboro University, presented a talk about their art on Wednesday, March 7, at Allegheny College’s Bowman~Penelec~Megahan...
Why Not Us sponsored three self-defense classes for the Allegheny community. John Guthrie, part-time instructor of Dance and Movement Studies, taught the courses, which were offered on February 12, 19...
Carrie Booth Walling, associate professor of political science at Albion College, gave a presentation on Tuesday, Feb. 27, titled “The UN Security Council, the Justice Norm and the Politics of International...
Steven Heine, Junior News Editor
• February 8, 2018
Allegheny Student Government is considering holding a town hall style meeting during the spring 2018 semester.
Class of 2020 President Jason Ferrante said the idea was an effort to make ASG officials...
Steven Heine, Junior News Editor
• February 1, 2018
Allegheny College’s Office of Residence Life will introduce new room selection software for the 2018-19 academic year. The software, called The Housing Director, is expected to be ready by March 2018,...
Allegheny Student Government has selected Camila Gomez, ’19, as its new chief of staff. The position opened when Stella Pratt, the previous chief of staff, graduated in the fall of 2017.
Gomez had...
Steven Heine, Junior News Editor
• December 8, 2017
Two Allegheny art courses debuted a semester-long project on Wednesday, Dec. 6, in the Gator Quad. The project will run until Sunday, Dec. 10. Faculty and students worked with the Jewish and Muslim communities...
Steven Heine, Junior News Editor
• December 7, 2017
The Strategic Planning Committee of Allegheny College held a student-focused talkback session in the Brooks Hall Blue Lounge on Monday, Dec. 4. The event allowed students to ask committee members questions...
Steven Heine, Junior News Editor
• November 16, 2017
Last year, Allegheny College installed new lighting along North Main Street, partly in response to the death of Hannah Morris, ’17, who was hit by a car and killed while crossing the street on Oct....
Former Allegheny College Women’s Volleyball Coach Bridget Sheehan died Monday, Oct. 30.
James Mullen, president of the college, announced the news of Sheehan’s passing in a campus-wide email.
“Our...
Bibles handed out by people affiliated with Gideons International, an organization based in Nashville, Tennesee, appeared across Allegheny’s campus on Oct. 19.
Two were found at Brooks Dining Hall,...
Steven Heine, Junior News Editor
• October 19, 2017
Allegheny Student Government held a Meet Your Senator event on Wednesday, Oct. 11, 2017. At the event, ASG representatives gathered in the George M. Henderson Campus Center to talk with constituents and...
Steven Heine, Junior News Editor
• September 28, 2017
Allegheny College’s Carr Hall Garden became a stop on the Walk Grow Meadville tour on Saturday, Sept. 23.
The tour, which showcased 13 gardens, began at Meadville’s Creating Landscapes for Families...
Steven Heine, Junior News Editor
• September 21, 2017
A black bear ventured onto the Allegheny College campus Tuesday, Sept. 19.
Jeremy Shaban, ’18, saw the bear when he was walking back to his dorm room in Allegheny Commons after getting dinner at McKinley’s...
Steven Heine, Junior News Editor
• September 21, 2017
Allegheny College’s Islamic Cultural Association held a celebration of the festival Eid al-Adha in the lobby of the George M. Henderson Campus Center on Sunday, Sept. 17.
Muhammad Jallow, ’21, attended...
Steven Heine, Junior News Editor
• September 14, 2017
Allegheny College’s Playshop Theater presented staged readings of “Sila” and “Forward”, two works from playwright Chantal Bilodeau, on Saturday, Sept. 8 and Sunday, Sept. 9.
The two works focus...
Steven Heine, Junior News Editor
• September 7, 2017
Allegheny’s Office of Residence Life recently purchased new software for room selection.
The new software, called Adirondack, will allow students to choose their rooms through an online portal. Previously,...
Steven Heine, Junior News Editor
• September 7, 2017
The Civil War reenactment group, Muster in the Park, held a rededication ceremony for the restored statue at the south end of Meadville’s Diamond Park on Saturday, Sept. 2.
The statue, formally known...
Steven Heine, Junior News Editor
• September 7, 2017
Mike McFadden and Animal Years brought a flock of students to the Gator Quad for the band’s 6 p.m. performance on Friday, Sept. 1.
The band, based in Brooklyn, New York, came to Allegheny College as...
Steven Heine, Junior News Editor
• August 31, 2017
Allegheny College President James Mullen delivered a speech during Allegheny’s Academic Convocation and Matriculation Ceremony August 26.
In his speech, Mullen asked students to learn how to respectfully...
Steven Heine, Junior News Editor
• August 31, 2017
Incoming Class of 2021 began their college careers with first-year orientation on Aug. 26.
The three-day orientation schedule started with the new students moving into their dorm rooms.
Casey McIntosh,...
Steven Heine, Junior News Editor
• August 24, 2017
The Pennsylvania Omega chapter of Sigma Alpha Epsilon is attempting to mount a bid to return to Allegheny College. A group of individuals affiliated with the national governing body of SAE, as well as...
Retired Chemist Ron Greinke delivered a talk on concerns with adding fluoride to local water systems on Saturday, April 8, at the Vernon Township Municipal Building.
Greinke’s talk, sponsored by the...
The Allegheny College men’s basketball team lost 98–78 to 23rd-ranked Denison University on Feb. 11.
Jordan Rawls, ’20, led the Gators with 22 points. Denison’s Jett Speelman, ’17, led all scorers...
Faculty, students join protesters in nation’s capital
WASHINGTON—Allegheny College students, faculty and staff joined thousands of people from across the United States for the Women’s March on Washington...
Steven Heine, Contributing Writer
• October 27, 2016
Colt Scronce, ’18, is one of the leaders of the newly formed Allegheny College chapter of the libertarian organization Young Americans for Liberty. The group is responsible for a collection of constitutionally...
Darrell Park, a 1991 Allegheny graduate who worked in the White House during the Bill Clinton and George W. Bush administrations, returned to campus Friday, Sept. 9, to give a lecture and presentation...