Sobbing. That’s what came from Nara Almutairi’s mother when Nara told her she was coming to America to pursue an education with her husband and her children. Nara tells me this now as we sit in the...

During the week of Nov. 12, five Collegian reporters set out to cover the campus way. Chronicling snapshots of college events, these vignettes represent Ashland University in five days—detailing academic...

This happens everywhere she goes.She drives on the highway and passes another car, whose driver turns to view her vehicle passing and drops his jaw, star-ing as she drives by. She doesn’t know whether...

High school theatre students came to Ashland University’s studio theatre on Nov. 3 to have their performances workshopped by AU senior Emily Plank. As Plank’s senior project, a requirement for her...

Act I. “Lights up,” Emily Plank said into the microphone bud on her headset.  The audience is quiet. The lights fade on to reveal character Grace, played by Johanna Regan, trying to call out on a...

When stuck in an elevator, some people think about nothing because they are unconscious. Racheal Breeden was stuck in an elevator for five minutes when she was 13 years old, and she passed out.Others’...

On a Saturday last October, my friend Crystal and I saw a squirrel with a huge nut in his mouth and, feeling the laziness and delirium of all the studying that awaited us in our rooms on a beautiful day,...

When Casey Vocaire heard about the free laundry services at Ashland University, she said she jumped up and down, telling everyone she saw that day but not all students reacted the same way as she did....

Ashland University is considering reducing the number of credit hours needed to graduate in light of a dismal four-year graduation rate. Currently AU students need to complete 128 hours to graduate, more...

The man playing a piano solo with his butt on Saturday night used to be a graphic design artist. AU students watched Landon Rocks and Brandon Kent perform for a Dueling Pianos CAB event last Saturday in...

The availability of a gender studies minor was just one benefit of hiring full-time English professor Dr. Sharleen Mondal. Mondal applied at AU because she specializes in post-colonial literature, gender...

Imagine sipping a virgin margarita, pinky up, in Redwood, partaking in mingle splendor with over 100 other AU undergraduates.Now add a wave of competitive musical vehemence, mind blowing piano skills,...