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Campus Pastor Randy Heckert has been through a lot these past few months. After being diagnosed with 2A esophageal cancer, scheduling a surgery for September 7 and returning home after just eight days, Pastor Randy has been on a long journey already.   Since surgery, Pastor Randy has been at home “learning to manage pain [...]

“Same sex marriage, the constitution and the church,” the topic of this year’s Constitution Day, brought together a diverse panel of professors to discuss and debate the Church’s proper response to same-sex marriage. Chair of the history, philosophy and social sciences department Geoffrey Bowden, associate professor of sociology Malcolm Gold and associate professor of philosophy [...]

College students often don’t make money from their studies—not before graduation, at least. But for senior art major Heather Bullach, it pays to be an artist. Bullach recently received a scholarship award from the Ohio Watercolor Society for her painting, “Freedom and Fear.” The award totals $750 and includes an additional $200 for art supplies, [...]

WATCH: The Davenport Derby took place this thursday and was celebrated by a large crowd of students. Each dorm building particpated to win the coveted couches and to be named the champions.

Students and faculty may have noticed empty newsstands on campus replaced with red balloons and fliers about a website called www.theaviso.org. When some of you saw this you were probably disappointed to witness the absence of a printed newspaper or completely unfazed (what’s The Aviso anyway?) or you were curious enough to see what the [...]

Malone took their undefeated record of 13-0 to the Indiana Wesleyan Invitational on Friday Sept. 17 and Saturday Sept. 18 to take on Goshen (IN), Indiana Wesleyan Bethel (IN) and Trinity International (IL). The Pioneers won their first match up against Goshen (IN) and second match up against Indiana Wesleyan on Friday in five sets [...]

Tynae Wilson, junior cross country runner, recently led the Pioneers to a dual-meet win over Division I opponents Akron, Kent State and Youngstown State on Thursday Sept. 9. Wilson finished second overall among the 46 other runners in the race. She accomplished a cross- country personal best time of 18:27 in the 5k. She earned [...]

New York garage rock quintet The Walkmen have changed things up again with their latest offering, Lisbon. The Walkmen made their debut in 2002 with Everyone Who Pretended to Like Me Is Gone, which brought the band showers of critical acclaim with one notable exception—Village Voice music editor and critic, Robert Christgau. I have to [...]

Pioneers athletes and coaches were under the assumption that they’d have two years remaining in the NAIA playoffs before switching to NCAA. However, this assumption came before this year’s NAIA national convention where an amendment was passed limiting postseason play to one year for all NCAA applicants. Charlie Grimes, Pioneers Athletic Director, said he voted [...]

The lights were low, the music was loud and the students were excited for the first Friday Night Jam this past weekend, featuring student rapper Nate Deezy and opener Dane Mallernee. Friday Night Jam, hosted by Student Activities Council, was created to provide a stage for some of the many talented musicians on campus. “The [...]