Stepping on stage (and out of my comfort zone)

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With the commencement of a new year and semester, I formed a set of goals and resolutions in hopes to improve myself.  Some of the objectives were small: Make sure to call my mom once a week. Some were larger: Begin exercising again. One of the more interesting resolutions consisted of a personal challenge: Do […]

Faculty & Staff Talent Show to benefit students

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It’s an impulse that’s as old as Sophocles (or at least the Little Rascals): Let’s put on a show. And when that show is a benefit for a group of Gannon University students who are traveling to Scotland this summer to, essentially, put on a show that makes this event unusually compelling. It’s the talent […]

Look into the Past: Hanging out on the Schuster steps

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Look into the Past takes old photos from Gannon’s archives and revisits their present-day locations. Feel free to visit the original post for more information. The steps of the Schuster Theatre are a common hang out for members of the theatre or communication arts program. This photograph commemorates when the Schuster became a part of Gannon in […]

Fortunate Victory at the Blasco Library

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“Don’t give up the ship!” Did you know these words were not originally uttered by Oliver Hazard Perry? How about the controversy surrounding the Flagship Niagara, or Commander James Elliot? In addition to Erie’s Perry 200 Celebration and the Tall Ships Festival, attendees of the original play “Fortunate Victory” were treated to a historical re-enactment […]

The British are coming (to Gannon)!

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If you walk into Schuster Theatre this week, you are bound to hear someone shout something along the lines of “The British are coming!” No, it’s not just a Paul Revere joke. They are referring to CAST, The Cambridge American Stage Tour, which is making its return to Erie Sept. 21. CAST is coming to […]

Preview GU Schedule: Tuesday, August 27

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Tuesday, August 27 8 a.m. – 9:45 a.m. | Breakfast – Beyer Hall Cafeteria/Club LaRiccia 9:45 a.m. – 11 a.m. | Student Success Center (SCS)/Mission & Ministry | REQUIRED Last NameA – M | Yehl Alumni Room Last NameN- Z | Zurn 104 Worried about succeeding in your college courses? Want to learn how to […]

Preview GU Schedule: Monday, August 26

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Monday, August 26 8 a.m. – 10 a.m. | Breakfast | Beyer Hall Cafeteria/Club LaRiccia 9:30 a.m. – 5 p.m. | New Student Orientation Make Up | Waldron Campus Center, Room 219 As a new college student you will experience many changes in your life and this orientation will help answer your initial questions and concerns. […]

Preview GU Schedule: Sunday, August 25

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Sunday, August 25 11:30 a.m. – 1:30 p.m.|Brunch | Beyer Hall Cafeteria/Club LaRiccia 12 p.m. – 5 p.m. | engage U Introduction Meetings | Zurn 130 or Palumbo 2023 Engage U is your platform to centralize, organize and increase your student involvement opportunities at Gannon University based on your personal interests. Learn how to browse […]

Dramashop: Theater in process

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This excerpt was from an article by former Edge contributor Alex Bieler, ’11, originally published in the Erie Reader on Apr. 1, 2013. It’s a chilly Tuesday night, one of those unsurprising Erie evenings when the weather doesn’t seem to want to cooperate with the average person’s wishes. Luckily, I’m indoors, where the room is warm and the […]