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Alex Weidenhof, News Editor

Alex Weidenhof is a senior history major and an ardent defender of the serial comma. Oddly enough, though he enjoys journalism and has been on The Campus for three years, he has not taken a class on it, mainly because he forgets to during registration every semester. Alex mainly covers topics around Public Safety, which he enjoys because, like history, it gives him a cynical, pessimistic view of the world. He has also reported for the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, writing on important subjects such as professional cornhole, tugboats and Wild West reenactors. As a former copy editor, he is a pedant who is precise about commas, subject-verb agreement and dangling modifiers, though as this bio shows, he cannot edit his own writing.

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Former counselor Pereira found guilty

Alex Weidenhof, News Editor September 27, 2018

Luiz Heleno Pereira, 53, was found guilty on two counts related to his having sexual contact with an 11-year-old boy, court records show. Pereira was Allegheny College’s associate director of admissions...

The crisis of America

Alex Weidenhof, News Writer September 13, 2018

The United States is in the midst of three separate — but not wholly discrete — constitutional crises. One crisis, perhaps the most obvious and largest, was something neither members of the Constitutional...

Baskan, college resolve discrimination lawsuit

Alex Weidenhof, Copy/Enterprise Editor January 25, 2018

Altay Baskan, '20, and Allegheny College reached an agreement Thursday, Jan. 25, to resolve a lawsuit he filed against the college and Assistant Dean of Students Joe Hall. Hall was dismissed as a defendant...

For the 2016–17 academic year, the former Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity house was leased by the college to house first-year female students. The college, according to Associate Director of Residence Life for Housing Gretchen Kerr, has no plans to continue to use the house for the 2017–18 academic year.

Fraternity proposes return to campus

Alex Weidenhof, News Editor March 9, 2017

Members of the Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity’s national organization met with Allegheny College community members to discuss the possible recolonization of the fraternity to the college’s campus on...

College holds discussion on executive orders

Alex Weidenhof, News Editor February 2, 2017

Allegheny College students, faculty and administrators gathered in the Pelletier Collaboratory at 7 p.m. on Wednesday, Feb. 1, to discuss implications of President Donald Trump’s recent executive orders...

New lighting to be installed on North Main

Alex Weidenhof, News Editor February 2, 2017

Allegheny College’s efforts to improve student safety continue after the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation recommended a number of changes be made to the portion of North Main Street that runs...

Jonah Raether, ’18, reacts to President-Elect Donald Trump's lead prior to the final outcome of the election in the Grounds for Change coffee shop early in the morning of Wednesday, Nov. 9, 2016.

National election stuns campus

Alex Weidenhof, News Editor November 10, 2016

Donald Trump was elected the 45th president of the United States on Tuesday, Nov. 8. The business mogul and reality television star defeated Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton, former U.S. secretary of...

Jonah Raether, ’18, reacts to President-Elect Donald Trump's lead prior to the final outcome of the election in the Grounds for Change coffee shop early in the morning of Wednesday, Nov. 9, 2016.

Trump

Alex Weidenhof, News Editor November 9, 2016

Donald Trump was elected the 45th president of the United States on Tuesday, Nov. 8. The business mogul and reality television star defeated Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton, former U.S. secretary of...

Editorial: The duty to vote

Alex Weidenhof, News Editor November 8, 2016

The Founding Fathers had a revolutionary idea in 1789. Every four years, American citizens would have the opportunity to peacefully overthrow their government. Nearly 8,000 men died in the revolution...

College creates new counseling position

Alex Weidenhof, News Editor November 3, 2016

Allegheny College opened a search for a multicultural counselor, a new position, to work in its Counseling Center, posting the job opening on its website on Oct. 21. Applications will be accepted through...

PennDOT holds pedestrian traffic forum

Alex Weidenhof, News Editor October 21, 2016

The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation, the City of Meadville and Allegheny College hosted a public meeting to solicit input regarding traffic along the North Main Street corridor in Schultz Banquet...

Campus crime reports updated and expanded

Alex Weidenhof, News Editor October 13, 2016

In its 2016 Annual Security and Fire Report, the Office of Public Safety, added two sections not previously included in the 2015 Clery Report. The department added a more detailed section specifically...

Gateway combines conference funds

Alex Weidenhof, News Editor September 29, 2016

Career Education and the Office of Undergraduate Research, Scholarship and Creative Activities, which previously had separate funds for students attending conferences, combined those funds into URSCA’s...

Vehicle-sharing comes to campus

Alex Weidenhof, News Editor September 8, 2016

Two vehicles from Zipcar, a vehicle-sharing program that allows students to rent cars for an hourly rate, arrived at Allegheny College on Tuesday, Sept. 6, according to Dean of Students Kimberly Ferguson. Ferguson...

Trump, making race wars great again?

Alex Weidenhof, News Editor September 1, 2016

Many of Donald Trump’s critics have called his immigration ideas racist, fascist, even anti-American. Former Massachusetts Governor Bill Weld, in an interview with the New York Times, compared Trump’s...

It’s not romantic; it’s racist

Alex Weidenhof, Junior Editor April 28, 2016

Although it is the basis for Disney’s Splash Mountain and its song “Zip-a-Dee-Doo-Dah” won an Academy Award and is a household song, Disney would rather we forget about its 1946 live-action/animated...

New York Daily News Berns Sanders

Alex Weidenhof, Junior News Editor April 21, 2016

Voters are flocking to a candidate whose talking points reach out to the most extreme wings of his party, who has no ideas on how to implement his policy ideas and who will further divide American politics...

Allegheny releases class of 2020 estimates

Alex Weidenhof, Junior News Editor April 14, 2016

Allegheny College sent out more than 3,000 acceptance letters to prospective students this past year, according to Sue Stuebner, executive vice president and chief operating officer of the college. Of...

Tamara Kolesnichenko paints a customer’s nails on March 4, 2016. Kolesnichenko opened Tamara’s Salon in June 2015 to make a dream become reality.

A fresh cut at life

Alex Weidenhof, Allegheny College March 10, 2016

Every time Tamara Kolesnichenko opens the door to her salon, she enters into a world of possibilities that were once unthinkable. Kolesnichenko was born in the village of Kupelya in Ukraine. After marrying...

College chaplain Jane Ellen Nickell gives a sermon relating to the teachings of Martin Luther King Jr. in Ford Chapel when Reverend Irene Monroe was not able to come due to in-climate weather on Jan. 24, 2016. The sermon was part of a week-long observance dedicated to the life and activism of King.

MLK celebrations bring diverse groups together

Alex Weidenhof, Junior News Editor January 28, 2016

Allegheny College hosted several events celebrating Martin Luther King, Jr. Day during the week of Jan. 18, 2016. While past celebrations of the national holiday on campus have consisted of a single day,...

College is pressured to divest

Alex Weidenhof, Contributing Writer November 5, 2015

While Allegheny College has committed itself to having a carbon-neutral campus by the year 2020, several students have raised concerns about the college’s investments in fossil fuels and related stocks....

Mass shootings are not black and white issues

Alex Weidenhof, Staff Writer October 22, 2015

Citizens of the United States have witnessed far too many mass shootings, especially in the past five years. Every time a shooting occurs, almost universally perpetrated by a white male, pundits and politicians...

Counseling center offers array of services

Alex Weidenhof, Staff Writer October 15, 2015

On the first Monday of each month, the Allegheny College Counseling Center hosts therapy dogs, one of its most popular programs. While many students are aware of this program, many others do not utilize...

Scientists discover new species of human

Alex Weidenhof, Staff Writer October 15, 2015

Deep in a South African cave, scientists discovered 15 partial skeletons of a new species of human, Homo naledi. According to the British Broadcasting Corperation, the new species, which lived as long...

Bernie Sanders still stands a chance

Alex Weidenhof, Staff Writer October 15, 2015

Presidential candidate Bernie Sanders has pulled even with Hillary Clinton, the presumed Democratic nominee for President, in several primary states, according to a Quinnipiac University poll. Many supporters...

Resentment and Paranoia in the United States

Alex Weidenhof, Contributing Writer October 1, 2015

       The recent arrest of Ahmed Mohamed, a 14-year old Muslim high school student, for bringing a reassembled clock to school is a tragedy. But it is not exceptional. The United States has a long...

Senators are elected for each class at the start of every academic school year and are sworn in by the Allegheny Student Government cabinet at a general meeting. This year, Tuesday, Sept. 22, 2015 was the inaugural meeting for the class of 2019’s new senators.

Freshmen senators join ASG

Alex Weidenhof, Contributing Writer September 24, 2015

Allegheny Student Government held its first meeting with representatives from all four classes on Tuesday, Sept. 22. The newly elected class of 2019 senators were inaugurated at the meeting. Mark Meyers,...

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