Students should be able to AU home to one of the larg- Goodbye Ben, hello Brandon: use meal swipes off campus est studies in psychology A new Haraway hits the court PAGE 2 PAGE 4 PAGE 6 the volume 99, issue 7 Collegian November 22, 2019 Ashland University www.AU-Live.com Loudonville Campo and Miller lead community discussion High School AVAERIE FITZGERALD student AU-Live Managing Editor “We rise and fall together,” May- creates app or of Ashland Matt Miller said to the crowd of community mem- GRACE SCARBERRY bers and campus leaders that were Reporter gathering at Uniontown Brewery in Downtown Ashland. Since he was 5 years old, Christo- The Ashland Source hosted an pher Paterson, a Loudonville High event featuring Miller and Presi- School freshman, has been helping dent of AU, Dr. Carlos Campo on his family start a local non-profit Wednesday, Nov. 13. The discus- business called MUGS. sion focused on the relationship He has recently created a free app between both the community and that will help aid his family and the campus life. community with their fundraising Campo spoke about the strategic in order to jumpstart the company. plan and highlighted on the things “The app, ‘DRIPS’, is a coffee- that “make Ashland, Ashland.” AVAERIE FITZGERALD based phone game that requires He announced the latest tuition Left to right: Ashland Mayor Matt Miller, Ashland Source reporter Tracy Leturgey and AU President Carlos Campo have the player to fill drink orders to ad- update, a tuition-freeze for fresh- a discussion with community members at Uniontown Brewery on Nov. 13. vance levels,” Paterson said. “The man students who may not be able way they do that is by moving a to afford the cost of college right in bettering AU. The main focal involved. correctional education and adult mug on a tray back and forth to away. point of the talk was on the inter- Along with the help of AU help- and online studies. This sets the catch drips falling from the top of There was also money given to action between the campus and ing to make the city shine, Miller university apart from the sur- the screen.” AU by donors for a scholarship community. coined one of the phrases of the rounding colleges by allowing op- The app works with the phone’s which education majors who apply AU has put in money toward the night regarding how he wants to portunities for more than just the gyroscope, so the player tilts the for a pell grant will be able to have downtown buildings of Ashland make Ashland “sparkle”. Miller traditional student seeking a four phone to move the mug. Paterson tuition free school. already, with the adult and online spoke about the possibility of more year degree. is constantly working to add more Campo and Miller spoke on the studies and correctional education apartments in Ashland and a push “After 140 years, those traditions levels and features to keep players importance of integrating the stu- buildings that are under the pro- to clean up the old Pumphouse [of the university] determine who interested and having fun. dents into the community and on cess of remodeling. building that is a mess in the eyes we are. We are an educational in- Paterson decided to create the the progress the school has made The buildings are bringing more of the city. stitution first,” Campo said. app when his family brainstormed introducing the different campus jobs to people and are restoring the “We are striving to make [AU] The free, but ticketed event ran ideas to raise money to help start a organizations to the community two old town buildings that were and Ashland better,” Campo said. until around 7 p.m. and was at- local coffee shop. during holiday events and commu- crumbling before the investment. “Better at writing and better at tended by roughly 80 community nity service opportunities. Miller said that the school was preparing students for their fu- members. Miller commented on how he ad- slowly helping to change the city ture.” mires Campo for all of his efforts of Ashland for the better by getting AU is making investments like Veterans for program hosted at AU MASON JONES . experience that he/she witnessed, Reporter The event included Veterans for with many interpersonal feelings Peace members Mary Renolds and thoughts as they witnessed the On the eleventh hour of the elev- Powell, who served in the Vietnam true cruelty of mankind. enth day of the eleventh month in , and Ian Y. Yee, who served in Before each veteran spoke, they 1918, the war known as the Great the Middle East and took part in read through letters and thoughts War was put to a halt. An armistice Operation Desert Shield/Storm. written by people from the was signed bringing all global con- “The Ashland Center for Non- has been involved flict involved in the war to an end. violence started in 2004, when the with in the past: the Civil War, It has been 101 years since the U.S. was threatening war with World War I and II and Vietnam. armistice was signed, which was in 2003, and many faculty and staff Each letter contained strong emo- SUBMITTED BY CHRISTOPHER PATERSON called Armistice Day for years protested the war before it started tions tied to it as each writer had Paterson playing the game ‘DRIPS’ until 1954 when the latter was which united people together in seen true evil unleashed in front that he created. changed to Veterans Day. order to create this program,” Dr. of them with remarks to the inju- Many soldiers sacrificed their Craig Hovey said. ries suffered, the heartbreaking “I first got the idea for the game lives in order to protect those they Hovey, who is the director for the screams and the everlasting pain of when I was talking with my mom loved from the country they loved, Ashland Center for Nonviolence, ASHLAND.EDU not knowing when the last breath about her non-profit organization, and this day is made to honor those has been directing the program for Mary Powell served in the Vietnam will be inhaled. MUGS,” Paterson said. “Her team who have fallen and those who six years as he tries to create a dif- War as a Nurse for internal medicine When the last of the letters havd- from 1967-1971. needed a considerable amount of have fought and braved the horrors ferent type of event every year for been read aloud, the veterans money to finish the renovations of war. the program. veterans who have been stricken by themselves stood up to speak about on their building, and I thought a To honor those who have fallen “This is actually the first time we war and are opposed to war as war their experiences in war. phone game might help.” and address the problems war can have had Veterans for Peace here affects everyone differently.” The game is free to download, so bring to people, Ashland Univer- as we wanted to coincide it with Powell and Yee, have seen their Continue on A3 the money they make comes from sity held an event on Nov. 13 spon- Veterans Day,” Hovey said. “We fair share of war as each veteran the ads a player watches and any sored by the Ashland Center for wanted for a long time to hear from had something to say about the in-app purchases they make. In December 2014, Paterson’s Art exhibition showcases Kid Kulture and the Tr!o mother, Bethany, and her team were given a building in downtown one senior’s relationship host concert at AU Chapel Loudonville to start this non-profit company with a goal to help better with health CHANTE RUTHERFORD (Kid Kulture), Andrew (clarinet the community. KATIE HARRIGAN as all artwork usually is,” Ziegler Reporter and E-Reed), Aaron (drums), Ad- The MUGS’ team knew going Reporter said. “I am someone who deals ien (trumpet) and Ariane (flute)- in that to create the kind of atmo- with multiple chronic illnesses Students, faculty and commu- brought a jazz and hip-hop mix to sphere they needed, it could not be From Nov. 21 to Dec. 14, Ash- that have greatly impacted my nity members filled Jack and Deb the stage. just a community center. It had to land University’s Coburn Art Gal- life, and this work is my self-ther- Miller Chapel on Nov. 12 to watch “Alex, our other brother, was the be a coffeehouse, too. lery will display several pieces for apy for dealing with the emotional a new and upcoming music group, one who gave us the idea to have Raising the money is very impor- its senior exhibition. The art fea- byproduct from those chronic ill- Kid Kulture and the Tr!o. the benefit concert,” Ariane said. tant to Paterson and he hopes to tured this semester is created by nesses.” The concert was hosted by the “The Tr!o came together in 2016 get the word out to as many people commercial art and fine arts ma- Because Ziegler is so connected Fellowship of Christian Athletes even though we have been doing as he can as soon as possible. jor, Kiana Ziegler. to the story behind her art, she said who invited the group to AU to this since we were small,” Aaron “The great thing about ‘DRIPS’ The theme of her exhibit is en- she hopes the audience will also be host a concert as a fundraiser for said. is with every download and share, titled “Meditation on the Flesh.” able to experience their own emo- their Dominican Republic Sports Kid Kulture has released some of you’re helping a non-profit,” Pater- Ziegler said the art focuses on tional journey upon viewing her & Services Mission Trip in May. his own work as well. In 2018, he son said. health, well-being and her own pieces. The group, coming out of Man- released his album called “Black experience of living with chronic sfield, are siblings who have been Suburbia.” Read the rest on AU-Live.com illness. Continue on A3 making music since they were very “The theme is a personal theme, young. All five Hill siblings- Alan Read the rest on AU-Live.com

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