Students “Take Back the Night” in a Fight Against Sexual Violence
On Thursday night, all were welcome to attend an eye-opening open mic experience held in Founders. This event, tagged “Take Back the Night,” provided a […]
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SAAC Tries to Break the Stigma around Mental Health
On Thursday, Oct. 3, the Student Athletic Advisory Committee (SAAC) of Wittenberg University brought in a guest speaker to talk about arguably one of the […]
Education Department hosts Art Therapists
What is art therapy? What does an art therapist do? Some may view art therapy as glorified coloring, but art therapy is so much more […]
Seniors attend Wine and Cheese Event
On Saturday afternoon, the Alumni Relations hosted their annual Senior Wine and Cheese from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. The event was originally supposed to […]
Communication Colloquium: How Stories Affect Empathy
The Communication department hosted its Fall 2019 Colloquium on Sept. 16, “The Stories Behind the Numbers: The Role of Narrative in Evoking Empathy Toward Stigmatized […]
Question, Persuade, Refer: How to Prevent Suicide
Suicide: the act or an instance of taking one’s own life voluntarily and intentionally. This is the Merriam-Webster definition of suicide. It is an end […]
A Taste of Witt Returns
On Friday Sept. 13, no bad luck was in sight as A Taste of Witt kicked off on Alumni Way. Run by the business department, […]
World Suicide Prevention Day Table
With September being Suicide Prevention Month and Sept. 10 being World Suicide Prevention Day, the Tiger Counseling Center presented a table in front of the […]
Paige Lloyd: Research Shows Race’s Affects on Lie Detection
Paige Lloyd (‘13), visited her Alma Mater this past Thursday to share her compelling research about racial bias and how it influences our views of […]
Provost Michelle Mattson is Settling into her New Role
Michelle Mattson has entered her first academic year as Wittenberg’s new Provost. She was appointed in February, after multiple on-campus interviews over the course of […]
New Provost Gives Opening Convocation Speech
Wittenberg University’s new Provost Michelle Mattson gave her “The Roads Home” speech at the opening convocation on Tuesday morning. Mattson began her role as new […]
Letter to the Editor
To all of Wittenberg: The reason for this message is to provide a paraphrase of what I sent to the faculty, staff and administrators. I […]
Letter to the Editor: Shifter Code of Conduct
Dear Wittenberg Community, In light of recent events, we feel that in order to make sure that all feel comfortable within our Community, we must […]
Letter to the Editor
To Wittenberg – On Thursday, April 21, a member of the Wittenberg community had their office broken into with the intent to violate and intimidate, […]
Tunnel of Oppression Educates on Microaggressions
This past week Union Board partnered with members of Residence Housing Association (RHA), Gender and Sexuality Diversity Alliance (GSDA), Shades of Pearl, Concerned Black Students […]
Seniors of Wittmen Crew Celebrate their Last Concert
For the senior class of The Wittmen Crew — Alex Hallauer, Eli Runk, Garrett Stout and Nick Wanamaker — Saturday evening’s concert brought lots of […]
Farewell from the Editor-In-Chief
I told myself that I wasn’t going to cry until the Monday of grad week. If you know me, even on the smallest of scales, […]
Pot Your Plants with Green Club
It’s close to the end of the semester, and students are desperately searching for something to soothe their frazzled minds as they finish final projects […]
Alive! Mental Health Fair a Success
April is National Stress Awareness Month, and to honor that, the Wittenberg Counseling Services hosted the Alive! Mental Health Fair to bring awareness to the […]
On Being Nice
No. A simple two letter word. One that so many people let flow from their lips with ease. I have not been so lucky to […]
Just Eve’s Spring Concert Doesn’t Disappoint
Just Eve, Wittenberg’s premier all-female a capella group, held their spring concert on April 6 at 2 p.m. and 7 p.m. and April 7 at […]
Stolperstein Talk from Lutherstadt Germany
Mario Dittrich and Reinhard Pester spoke on their “Stolpersteine Project,” or stumbling stones, from Lutherstadt Wittenberg Wednesday, April 3 in Shouvlin 105. “One stone, one […]
The Sport of Life
As a child, my parents encouraged me to play multiple sports so I could explore and see which ones I liked the best. Like many, […]
Heather Roberts: The Importance of inHERitance
Alpha Kappa Delta hosted Chicago native and slam poet Heather “Byrd” Roberts this past Friday to talk about her poetry. Roberts’ poetry focuses on being […]
SOP’s Symposium Gives a Voice to Women of Color
Shades of Pearl, a student organization that celebrates young minority women, hosted their spring symposium on Race, Class, Gender and Sexuality, “Speak Your Truth Sis!: […]
Pup of the Woof: Thea, Witt’s New Presidential Pup
There’s a lot of excitement over one of Witt’s most recent arrivals: Thea, a 14-week-old golden retriever, born Dec. 23, last year. Thea is the […]
Ain’t Ain’t A Word: A Senior’s Reflections
In the moment I read an email signed by the president of the Peace Corps that I had been accepted to teach English in China […]
Residence Life Puts On a Sex Education Program
On Saturday, March 23, Wittenberg’s Office Of Residence Life and TJ Mele, ’20, a Resident Advisor, put on a sex education program that was opened […]
Pup of the Woof: Roadster, the Lab
Introducing the fearless, crazy, stubborn, sweet Roadster. This six-month-old yellow lab and golden retriever mix is from the Studebaker liter. Roadster’s three moms: Madeleine van Overbeek, […]
Elizabeth Fenn Speaks on Sacagawea
“A Native American woman living beside the upper Missouri River among the Hidatsa people joined the Lewis and Clark exposition across the American West,” William […]