Most college professors merely talk schoolwork and due dates with students. But professor Jim Baumann, communication professor at St. Ambrose University, can talk your ear off about something much cooler – “The Ultimate Driving Machine.” Baumann’s passion for BMW’s performance and style began while he was growing up in Dubuque, Iowa. “My father is a […]
Deborah Sanborne says a “UFO” has nothing to do with flying saucers. To her, it stands for an “un-finished object.” And that object is knitting. Knitting wasn’t exactly a tradition passed down to Sanborne through the women in her family. In fact, none of her family or friends knit. What first piqued her interest was […]
You could be sitting next to a published poet or artist in one of your classes. Quercus, is a creative arts journal at St. Ambrose that publishes Ambrosians’ writing, artwork, and photography. “Quercus is meaningful—necessary—to the Ambrose culture because it’s a process of organization and cooperation for the sake of the arts,” Holly Norton, the […]
The walls are splattered with paint. Hidden among the marks of brushes are messages to decipher. “Study the mystery you embody.” A simple “Gah,” describes the frustrations that come with the long, dedicated hours. Incubus songs blare nonstop through the speakers. Who is the artist behind these walls? SAU senior and double major in English […]
Would you rather go an entire day without shoes or walk a mile in stilettos? Students at St. Ambrose could do both on April 16 and 17. Tuesday, April 16 was “One Day Without Shoes,” sponsored by the TOMS Club. Students could choose to go barefoot for the day and then go to a concert […]
A popular topic among St. Ambrose students over the past week has been the possibility of reforming the alcohol policy for future school years, a decision that doesn’t come easy according to Dean of Students Tim Phillips. The possible reform of the policy would be to start introducing fines to students who violate the drug […]
Before the familiar voice of Alan Sivell at the iWireless Center there as the husky voice of Don Moeller reading the names of graduates one by one as they took those careful, deserved steps across the lawn and under the oaks. “The oaks symbolize the strength of the institution,” Moeller said. Those sturdy trees we […]
