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Sam Heilmann

Sam Heilmann, Opinion Editor

Sam Heilmann is a sophomore from Johnstown, PA. She is majoring in Communications. This is her second year on the Campus staff, and her first as Opinion Editor. When she isn’t writing for The Campus, she enjoys painting, listening to music and spending time with her friends.

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ASG fills additional position

Sam Heilmann, Editor-in-Chief September 13, 2024

Allegheny Student Government swore in one more Senator and discussed filling committees at their general assembly on Tuesday. The meeting lasted just 24 minutes and began with the swearing-in of Senator...

Chappell Roan and the limits of fame

Sam Heilmann, Editor-in-Chief September 6, 2024

Setting boundaries is H-O-T-T-O-G-O. Rising pop star Chappell Roan has started a long-overdue conversation on what it means to be famous, particularly as someone who blew up very quickly. On Aug. 23, Roan...

Aubrey Carion, ’27, represented the Bonner Program at the Involvement Fair. “We have a lot of different partners with a lot of different schools around the country,” she said of the program.

[Photo] Involvement Fair 2024

Staff September 6, 2024

Aubrey Carion, ’27, represented the Bonner Program at the Involvement Fair. “We have a lot of different partners with a lot of different schools around the country,” she said of the program.

ASG holds first meeting

Sam Heilmann, Editor-in-Chief September 6, 2024

The Allegheny Student Government swore in new senators and discussed updates to finances at the first General Assembly of the year on Tuesday, Sept. 3. Each class filled all five Senate positions except...

Just look away

Sam Heilmann, Editor-in-Chief August 30, 2024

I’m pissed off. If you’ve been keeping up with the news lately — which, props to you if you can stomach it — you know that this was quite an eventful summer for American politics. President Biden...

Kona Ice parks outside of Alden Hall to provide  free snowcones for all students during Gator Night on Saturday, Aug. 24.

Kona Ice parks outside of Alden Hall to provide free snowcones for all students during Gator Night on Saturday, Aug. 24.

The popular customizable signs returned as part of the Gator Night event on Saturday, Aug. 24. Lines extended down the Gator Quad.

The popular customizable signs returned as part of the Gator Night event on Saturday, Aug. 24. Lines extended down the Gator Quad.

President Ron Cole, '87, delivers his speech to the incoming freshman class of 2028. Due to inclement weather, matriculation was moved from the Bicentennial Plaza to Shafer Auditorium.

President Ron Cole, '87, delivers his speech to the incoming freshman class of 2028. Due to inclement weather, matriculation was moved from the Bicentennial Plaza to Shafer Auditorium.

Syd Hammerman, `25, president of Gator Activities Programming, reads out a winning bingo card. Students competed for prizes ranging from school supplies to a TV.

Syd Hammerman, `25, president of Gator Activities Programming, reads out a winning bingo card. Students competed for prizes ranging from school supplies to a TV.

Relay for Life hosts all-night fundraiser

Relay for Life hosts all-night fundraiser

Sam Heilmann, Opinion Editor April 26, 2024

Friday, April 19 was not an ordinary night in the Wise Center. In fact, 8 p.m. that night was just the beginning of a 12-hour fundraising event complete with games and prizes, a midnight buffet, an inflatable...

The memorial honoring Alleghenians who served in the Vietnam War was originally located in the ravine by Bentley Hall, but has since been moved to the sidewalk above.

Vietnam War memorial rededicated today

Sam Heilmann, Opinion Editor April 26, 2024

Nearly 50 years after the end of the Vietnam War, a plaque memorializing Allegheny alumni who served in the war is being dedicated in a prominent location on campus. The memorial was originally dedicated...

Three songs from each major concert artists that appear on the WARC playlist.

WARC prepares for major concert with playlist

Sam Heilmann, Opinion Editor April 12, 2024

As finals approach and temperatures rise, one thing is in the forecast for the Allegheny community: Springfest. Allegheny’s Major Events Committee announced on March 21 that Flo Milli will be headlining...

Privacy is now a privilege

Sam Heilmann, Opinion Editor April 5, 2024

The Truman Show takes place in a fictional seaside town where every aspect of the main character Truman Burbank’s life is closely surveilled. Unbeknownst to Truman, he is the main character in a show...

Survey offers data on food insecurity

Sam Heilmann, Opinion Editor April 5, 2024

Students are reporting food insecurity in the form of skipping meals, not finding balanced meals and eating less healthy meals, according to the results of an October 2023 survey distributed by Allegheny...

Credit overload limit raised

Sam Heilmann, Opinion Editor February 23, 2024

The credit load amount at which students incur a course overload fee is being raised from 20 to 24 credits. Provost and Dean of the Faculty Angela Haddad explained that the decision to up the credit cap...

Wrapped Up

Sam Heilmann, Opinion Editor February 9, 2024

In 2023, Spotify added a new element to its annual “Wrapped” release. In addition to the breakdown of a listener’s music taste, listening habits and where they fell within their top artist’s “top...

The hydroponics system, located to the right of the shelving, will grow fresh produce for students. The system was funded by the Bonner Program.

FRN adds hydroponics system

Sam Heilmann, Opinion Editor February 9, 2024

The Food Recovery Center recently added a hydroponics tower to its food pantry. The center — created and stocked by Allegheny’s chapter of the national Food Recovery Network — was unveiled in September...

Nostalgia as a drug

Sam Heilmann, Opinion Editor January 26, 2024

One of my favorite authors as a child was undoubtedly Roald Dahl. You name a book of his, I likely devoured its bizarre contents in a sitting or two: “Fantastic Mr. Fox,” “Matilda,” “The Witches,”...

America’s look in the mirror

Sam Heilmann, Opinion Editor January 19, 2024

Content warning: this article discusses gun violence. Reader discretion is advised. America. Land of the free, home of the brave, so we’re told. It’s not irregular these days to wake up to a news...

Alumna named EIC of New York publication

Alumna named EIC of New York publication

Sam Heilmann, Opinion Editor January 19, 2024

Katrina Tulloch, ’11, has covered almost everything. “The journalism I used to do was everything from murder, music — it was very wide-ranging,” Tulloch said. “Now it’s going to be really...

AGES President Cam Lesher, ’24, (left) speaks with Noelle Mertz-Bruce, ’23, during the Gender Affirming Closet event hosted by AGES.

AGES holds “Gender Affirming Closet” event

Sam Heilmann, Opinion Editor November 10, 2023

On Saturday, Nov. 4, a line of tables in the Schultz East Alcove featured an array of neatly-folded clothing organized by size. In the center of one of the tables was a selection of binder tops as well...

Jaclyn Pham, ’25, explains how to study photos after taking them in her ALIC workshop session on Wednesday, Oct. 25.

ALIC workshops begin

Sam Heilmann, Opinion Editor November 3, 2023

You can’t rush art. But you can make it easier to learn. Jaclyn Pham, ’25, is trying to make art more accessible through her Allegheny Lab for Innovation and Creativity workshop series. The project...

French Creek Coffee was one of the initial partners in Allegheny's outsourcing of Wi-Fi.

More time in Meadville

Sam Heilmann, Opinion Editor September 29, 2023

Walking into French Creek Coffee last week was not unlike walking into Grounds For Change on a weekday: students were honed into their laptops, earbuds in, steadily sipping cup after cup of coffee. Nearly...

Words are not enough

Sam Heilmann, Opinion Editor September 26, 2023

I’ve noticed recently a kind of messaging that seems unavoidable once you pick up on it. You can find it in your dorm hall, your community spaces, or your Instagram feed, most commonly. But unlike other...

ASG bookkeeper expected soon

Sam Heilmann, Opinion Editor September 22, 2023

The Allegheny Student Government announced the timeline for a new ASG bookkeeper and swore in two new senators at their General Assembly on Tuesday, Sept. 19, in room 301/302 of the Henderson Campus Center....

A familiar sight for Gators this week: a notification of poor internet connection.

Lacking connection

Sam Heilmann, Opinion Editor September 8, 2023

I hate the internet. I think I hate it even more when it’s gone. As I sit against a wall in the campus center, watching my Chromebook try its hardest to find the printer that sits just a few feet away,...

Barbie is more than a blockbuster

Sam Heilmann, Opinion Editor September 1, 2023

If you saw the Barbie movie this summer as someone who grew up experiencing girlhood, it’s likely that you cried. Whether it was America Ferrara’s monologue on the double standards of being a woman...

The ‘Slote-file’: a dynamic Allegheny duo

Sam Heilmann, Junior Opinion Editor April 28, 2023

The Slotes arrived at Allegheny College in a blizzard.  Even through the cold and snow, one thing was clear to Ben Slote: Allegheny was no ordinary school.  “I was just very impressed about how both...

The strange history of cannabis in the U.S.

Sam Heilmann, Junior Opinion Editor April 21, 2023

Like many things in America, weed is equally politicized and misunderstood. Since little is concretely known about the consumption and effects of marijuana, much of the conversation around its use is speculative....

To speak or not to speak: It is no question

Sam Heilmann, Junior Opinion Editor April 7, 2023

To speak or not to speak, that is the question. For many prominent members of the Republican Party, the question has a simple answer: Speak if you will benefit, stay silent if you will not. Like a lot...

ASG holds JRB closed session, discusses finances

Sam Heilmann, Junior Opinion Editor March 31, 2023

The Allegheny Student Government held its weekly general assembly on March 28 to continue judicial proceedings, discuss finance issues and approve a new club. The final order of business for the GA was...

2023-24 Presidential Profile: Smith campaign

Sam Heilmann, Junior Opinion Editor February 22, 2023

Editor’s note: Allegheny Student Government announced late last night that Smith has officially been removed from the 2023-24 presidential race, citing a violation of Article 1, Section 6 of the ASG...

Waste-ing away Valentine’s Day

Sam Heilmann, Junior Opinion Editor February 16, 2023

Love is in the air. Or maybe it’s consumerism. Walking into any store in America in the weeks leading up to Valentine’s Day, it seems that love is not so much a feeling as it is a product. Massive...

Starting your hobby young can make it seem effortless in adulthood.

The ‘art’ of failure

Sam Heilmann, Junior Opinion Editor February 10, 2023
We live in a culture plagued by self-reliance attitude and self-improvement jargon, where failure is praised in theory but instantly rejected in practice.

The Oddfellows chimney swift dilemma

Sam Heilmann, Junior Opinion Editor February 2, 2023

If you pass by Oddfellows Hall on a summer day, you are likely to hear a distinct chatter from above. Look up, and you may catch a glimpse of a small, gray figure swooping through the sky. Those sights...

Generation Z: self-absorbed or just self-aware?

Sam Heilmann, Junior Opinion Editor January 27, 2023

When you think of Generation Z, what comes to mind? Depending on your age, you may think of your children, your peers or your students. Maybe a more abstract concept comes to mind — the future, open-mindedness...

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