The Voice

Republicans, vote Joe this election

September 24, 2020

Voting for Joe Biden isn’t the “socialist, democracy-ruining agenda” you think it is. Conservatives and Republicans often look at Joe Biden as the face of the downfall of our nation when, in reality, the U.S. might as well...

BU Athletes Subjected to COVID-19 Ramifications

Emily Clauss, News Editor

September 21, 2020

Bloomsburg University made the questionable decision to have students return to campus this fall. Unfortunately, this choice led to several students contracting Covid-19, including me. Despite the social distancing and mask...

BloomU’s Plans for Future Integration

Matthew Poust

September 18, 2020

A campus wide email sent out by Dr. Hanna Wednesday morning entails that Bloomsburg has made a decision to integrate with Lock Haven and Mansfield University in the near future. These initial plans for integration were formed...

No Vaccine Yet

Steven Valanoski, Reporter

September 18, 2020

While most Americans sit around wearing their masks and try to social distance, their wait for a Covid19 vaccine may yet be a while, as it may look like we will not see one until sometime next year. During a Senate subco...

Essential workers should be treated essentially

Abigail Prichett, Assistant Growl Editor

September 15, 2020

During this worldwide pandemic, many people are staying inside and limiting their contact with others, but essential workers don’t have that option. They are the backbone of our society and this hellish year has only proven...

University Meets With County Commissioners to Discuss Ongoing COVID Crisis

Matthew Poust, Reporter

September 14, 2020

BLOOMSBURG - University board members met with Columbia County Commissioners in a 45-minute meeting on Friday to discuss the ongoing COVID-19 crisis. Columbia County Commission Chairman, Chris Young, who spoke out about...

Student Petition Calls for Hanna’s Resignation

Matthew Poust, Reporter

September 14, 2020

Taylor Baker, a junior at Bloomsburg University, says that this call for resignation is in response to Hanna’s past sexual harassment allegations, and his current “gross mishandling” of the COVID crisis. The sexual misconduct allegations against Hann...

Apple’s “Shot on iPhone” is the Future of Marketing

Sabin Laskoski, Op/Ed Columnist

September 11, 2020

Technology companies have long sought methods to showcase their products’ technology. Many of these companies rely on brief, intense advertisements that do nothing more than highlight the product’s designs and features. Apple,...

Healthy Living in 2020

Abigail Prichett, Assistant Growl Editor

September 1, 2020

To say that this year has been a crapshoot is definitely an understatement. With a worldwide pandemic, an upcoming election, the murders of numerous POC by the police, and the possible ends of both TikTok and the USPS at the hands...

Another One Bites the Dust: BloomU Cancels In-Person Classes After Coronavirus Spike

August 27, 2020

New Instagram Page Reveals Racism at BloomU

Sarah Erie, Co-Editor

July 1, 2020

Police confrontations, rebel flags, microaggression; these are experiences shared by a new Instagram page, BlackatBloom, a “safe space” for Black students to report acts of racism at BloomU, anonymously. The page, created and ...

Grads Furious Over Virtual Commencement Announcement

Cameron Heilman, Digital Managing Editor

June 17, 2020

Some recent Bloomsburg University grads are fuming that they won’t get the chance to cross the stage to collect their diplomas this summer, in wake of the announcement making the 2020 graduation ceremony virtual on August eigh...