On The Edge News

By Alese Steinhardt The Edgewood College women’s basketball team made school history this 2019-20 season, winning the Northern Athletics Collegiate Conference (NACC) tournament in their game against Benedictine University on March 1. It was the first time the Eagles made it to the NACC Tournament since their 2014-15 season. Their historic season came to an end in the National Collegiate Athletic Association tournament after a […]

By Hayley Nau  Edgewood College spent $27,450 more on men’s sports teams than women’s teams in 2019, the first time since 2016 that the college spent more on men’s team sports than women’s teams.   Al Brisack, Edgewood College athletic director and head baseball coach, said it is common for athletic spending to fluctuate from year to […]

By Maria Chacin The Edgewood College Theatre Department’s showings of ‘columbinus’ did not edit out the use of the n-word, a racial slur, in the script.  Jeanne Leep, head of the acting and directing program and theatre producer at Edgewood College, said that the department was not legally allowed to change the words of the play because the script is a transcript of what actually happened during the Columbine shooting. More than a dramatization, Leep said ‘columbinus’ is […]

By Kenzie Carlson Edgewood College held their first ever Community Partner Internship Fair on March 3 in the Washburn Heritage Room. The Community Partner Internship Fair was open to all Edgewood College students to help them connect with organizations and alumni, grow their professional network, and get a professional headshot for free. A large portion […]

By Lexi DeMinter and Santi Elbow  Edgewood College enrollment is 89% ahead on confirmed freshmen students as of March 15.  In March 2019, there were 132 confirmed first-year students as opposed to this March when there are 250 confirmed first-year students for the fall.   Confirmation process  This is in part because Amber Schultz, vice president for enrollment management, has worked to make the confirmation process easier […]

By Anna Hansen  An email with the subject line “A Healthy Competition,” sent to 180 Edgewood College community members on Feb. 28, has stirred confusion and criticism.    The email, sent by Chase Crull, vice president of Edgewood’s Student Veterans Association (SVA), encouraged participation in a weight loss competition modeled after the controversial reality TV show “The Biggest […]

By Rachel Gomoll  Edgewood College Student Senate and SAFE, the LGBTQ+ advocacy group on campus, came together March 3 to have a town hall where they discussed how Student Senate could help SAFE, as well as promote next year’s MBLGTACC, the Midwest Bisexual Lesbian Gay Transgender Asexual College Conference. Campus requests  SAFE President Sean O’Brien asked whether students could […]

By Alyssa Allemand   Appointments will not be renewed for a number of Edgewood College faculty after this spring semester. Vice President for Academic Affairs Margaret Noreuil told faculty in a Feb. 28 letter.  Shad Wenzlaff, director of student research and senior lecturer of Art History, said there are 10 faculty in this group of cuts, though Noreuil has […]

By Alyssa Allemand Faculty Association will vote on a design minor on March 30. Faculty presented the proposal at the Feb. 24 Faculty Association meeting. The minor is a collaboration across the theatre, art, physics and computer science departments, said Shad Wenzlaff, senior lecturer of Art History. Wenzlaff is responsible for “launching and maintaining” the minor, according […]

By Alyssa Allemand The president’s leadership team will discuss whether to switch to a pass/fail grading scale in a meeting tomorrow (March 25). In an email, Edgewood College Interim President Sister Mary Ellen Gevelinger said this decision would also require input from faculty. This email was sent to Edgewood sophomore Marie Ruth Treleven, the student […]