I can’t imagine a world in which $75 is a “hike” in tuition. If only they knew.
A little over 60 years ago today, Forrer was nearing completion of some new lounges for each floor. We all know how this story ends.
This is the part where I comment on how good our cartoons used to be. If you want to do cartoons for us please contact us. We’ll pay you. (That’s not a joke. We’ll actually pay you.)
Hey Y’all!
We made it through another week which means it’s time for more music videos and events! I’ve compiled four videos that are either currently trending on YouTube or are still favorites even though they’re from the later part of 2018. As always, email song or music video suggestions for next week’s blog to tmahlinger20@transy.edu!
This music video was filmed in a rather unique way, without all of the glitz and glamour, because it captures each artist’s story about where they grew up and their first loves by displaying short, narrative lines and descriptions across the video. This is benny blanco’s first time coming out from behind the scenes as an award-winning songwriter, making this his debut single as an artist! The “Eastside” music video was originally released in July of 2018 on the same day that the song was released which created a lot of buzz, especially on Twitter among some of blanco’s famous friends.
This beautiful ballad has a music video that’s just as deep as the song’s lyrics. The young singer-songwriter Billie Eilish collaborated with another young artist, Khalid, to release this tune in April of 2018, which was featured in the first season of the popular Netflix show, 13 Reasons Why. The music video gained 13 million views in less than a month with its stunning cinematography and powerful message. Although this video might put you deep in your feels, it’s definitely worth the watch at least once.
Here’s the music video for Post Malone’s latest smash hit, “Sunflower.” It was originally released in October of 2018 as a single and as part of the soundtrack for “Spide-Man: Into the Spider-Verse.” The music video for the song consists of clips from the movie that came out in December. As someone who hasn’t seen the movie, I actually really liked this music video because as the lead character bounces around the screen, Post Malone and Swae Lee’s lyrics appear on buildings and in corners, so it’s almost like a fun game of iSpy.
This retro music video featuring Gucci Mane, Bruno Mars, and Kodak Black takes swag to the next level. The hit “Wake up in the sky” was released in September 2018 and has been streamed over 180 million times on Spotify alone. The music video is mostly the three of them hitting smooth moves and serenading you in sparkling suits with enough shimmer to blind viewers. Need I list any more reasons for you to watch this video?
Take it easy,
Taylor
As for arts events this week, we have a few!
Friday, January 18th @5pm, Downtown Lexington
It’s time for the Lexington Gallery Hop! This hop is a free, fun way to visit all of the art galleries and artist studios downtown and surround yourself with local artwork! Transy’s Morlan Gallery located in the Mitchell Fine Arts building is participating in the hop from 5pm-8pm with its latest exhibit, Data, Mine! You can find a full map of the participating art galleries here!
Monday, January 21 @9:15am, Campus Center Lobby
While these aren’t really considered arts events, the Martin Luther King Jr. events are important to Transy as a campus community. There will be a campus meetup for the Lexington March at 9:15am in the Campus Center lobby! This is the only event on the actual holiday, but you can find the full list of events that span the entire week here.
Thursday, January 24th @6pm, MFA’s Morlan Gallery
There will be an art talk with renowned data visualization artists Laurie Frick and Hasan Elahi who are the renowned artists of the brand new exhibit, Data, Mine. This exhibit is inspired by artistic takes on the data that computers gather on us and how it is used. The exhibit is part of the New Frontiers series here at Transy and supported by the new Digital Liberal Arts initiative.
Still nervous about your first trip to the Raf-Caf? Rafeteria? Cafeteria in the Raf?
With scary stories circling campus about the never ending lines and lack of forks, it can be hard to work up the courage and patience to embark on your quest to quell your hunger problem. These pictures show the Raf-Caf for what it is, a friendly place with all of the same food from the Caf, just in a new location. While some may dislike the fact that food is no longer a few steps from the dorms, having a place to eat so close to classes (with more food options than the Raf had) is becoming ever-more convenient. Plus, if things seem to crowded during that peak lunch hour, there are additional seating rooms down the hall, which are pictured here.
Not to mention how nice it is to feel no apprehension in spending all your dining dollars at Jazzman’s, instead of saving them for The Raf and late-night Caf.
Dear Rambler Sports readers,
With myself recently being named our new Sports Editor, we feel it would be appropriate to offer some insight as to what direction and overall vision I have for your Sports section.
To put it simply we want to emphasize the human element of sports and offer further knowledge about the game than just game summaries and statistics. Transylvania has its own website dedicated to summarizing the events and providing statistics on our athletic programs. Instead of duplicating the website, we want to explain what happened and offer a few important statistics, but go much more in depth as to what these mean and how they affect the grand scheme of our program.
Along with that, we want to provide more knowledge about the athletes and this semester are looking into providing interviews with coaches and players so we here in the “Transy bubble” will know the athletes as more than just what they do in action.
We also wish to offer more of an unfiltered vibe than you can get from other sites who simply follow games. We will not sacrifice integrity, but I feel there is no issue in bringing attention to a controversial call or questionable situation surrounding the event as long as we have some basis and it has considerable impact on the game.
The sports section will attempt to get at least one story on all of our programs, but will choose to offer more stories based on our readers opinions, popularity of the sport, and current success of the program.
Overall, your section will include a combination of previews, explainers, and in-house knowledge you can only get from students on campus.
As always, your feedback is always appreciated to us at the Rambler sports section.
Aaron Bell
This article is republished from The Conversation under a Creative Commons license. Read the original article. The original article was written by Eric J. Barron, President, Pennsylvania State University.
Today’s college students – dubbed Generation Z – are beginning to make their mark on the workplace with a distinctly unconventional and often irreverent approach to problem-solving. In my day-to-day interactions with our students, I find that this group doesn’t only ask “Why?” they ask “How can I fix that?” And their curiosity, independence, energy and assertiveness are transforming the entrepreneurial space.
These post-millennials are less like the bumbling geeks from the cast of the HBO comedy “Silicon Valley” and more in the spirit of a focused problem-solver like a young MacGyver, who would rather invent and innovate as a means to learning and discovery.
What’s energizing to a university president like me is watching this transformation take place as more and more undergraduates are partnering with public institutions and fueling the next wave of ingenuity.
A 2011 survey by Gallup found 77 percent of students in grades 5 through 12 said they want to be their own boss and 45 percent planned to start their own business. Today, many of those students are now in college.
For example, when I first met Hunter Swisher as an undergraduate plant pathology student at Penn State, he was busy turning scientific turfgrass research that he learned about in class into a commercial product and startup company.
Swisher saw commercial potential in his professor’s research and worked closely with him to transfer that knowledge into a possible viable product. Swisher connected with the university’s startup incubator and vast alumni network, put in the work, and became a CEO of his own small business before he walked across the stage at commencement in 2016. Today, his company Phospholutions has five employees and counting and their treatment is being used on more than 50 golf courses in 10 states.
Swisher is not alone in pursuing his entrepreneurial dreams while still in college. He is just one of many entrepreneurs starting their own companies by leveraging resources at their colleges and universities.
Penn State, Indiana University, University of North Carolina, Georgia Tech, University of Michigan, Ohio State and other leading public institutions all have thriving entrepreneurial centers that are available to all students, as well as community members and businesses. Penn State alone has opened 21 entrepreneurial spaces across Pennsylvania, and in just two years, we’ve engaged with more than 4,500 students.
Moving scientific discoveries into a breakthrough business opportunity is powering economic growth and creating jobs. Consider that nationally – in 2017 alone – the Association of University Technology Managers reported:
Traditionally, higher education has focused their investment on faculty entrepreneurs, hoping to find a breakthrough like the next Gatorade (University of Florida) or Lyrica (Northwestern University). Since universities don’t own the rights to undergraduate intellectual property, there has been less incentive to support these efforts.
Until now.
While we universities are taking a risk on students without a guaranteed immediate return on investment, we think the potential outcomes – for example in alumni support and building our local economies – are worth it.
With their minds set on this entrepreneurial future, a common narrative has emerged that students are skipping college to start their own businesses. In reality, 8 in 10 students believe college is important to achieving their career goals. Sixty-three percent of those same students – all between the ages of 16 and 19 – said they want to learn about entrepreneurship in college, including how to start a business. However, others would disagree and recommend starting a business and learning from the mistakes. Sometimes, there are invaluable lessons to be learnt from other people too. For example, young entrepreneurs that are looking to start their own business might want to consider getting some help from Dustin Dimisa, or someone similar, who has proven experience in starting businesses and making them successful. That sort of knowledge can’t be taught in college classrooms.
Land-grant and public institutions are contributing the practical education that can contribute to economic growth and development. Indeed, generally speaking talent-driven innovation was identified as the most important factor by the Deloitte-U.S. Council on Competitiveness.
Through skills training and engaged entrepreneurial experiences, students are realizing the profound impact they can have by solving a problem as well as overcoming obstacles, failures and flops – all under the umbrella of university guidance and resource support.
Research and education have always opened doors that benefit the nation we serve. Today, public colleges and universities are well-positioned to transform our economy and infuse it with innovation and energy. As chair of the Association of Public & Land-grant Universities (APLU) newly formed Commission on Economic and Community Engagement (CECE), I’m working with universities and our government partners to identify key areas crucial to maximizing the impact of public research universities.
By the end of this year, tens of millions of Generation Zers will enter the workforce. The challenge for higher education will be how to help the world of business to better harness the many talents, energy, and inquisitiveness that Generation Zers bring to the table. The many partnerships that universities have formed with entrepreneurial students serve as an important first step toward this goal. With most business online nowadays, more and more software is coming out for it to be more secure for businesses and customers. FastSpring can help with setting up recurring payments if the business is a distribution company, utilizing software like this will ease the starting up and continuation of their businesses.
Startups will benefit from implementing effective customer service solutions as soon as they can. Small businesses can use something like help desk software from Salesforce to better connect with their customers and establish a line of communication that can be invaluable to a business.
Editor’s note: this piece has been updated to reflect accurately Phospholutions’ current commercial agreements.
Dear readers,
The news section of The Rambler is dedicated to informing students of Transylvania University and the people of Lexington, on all matters big and small. Whether looking for campus news or news on a broader spectrum, The Rambler has it all. With the new semester beginning be sure to keep an eye out for news on the construction of the campus center and student’s feelings on everything pertaining to it. However, what else is in store for this semester can’t possibly be predicted. Events on and off campus are constantly occurring and The Rambler’s team of news reporters are never far behind. The Rambler news section will be consistently putting out new content and giving more in depth details on subjects important to the people of Transy.
Also in store for this semester is a long term multiple story project involving the way students really feel about the campus community as a whole. This relates to whether there are enough places on campus to hang out or do homework. Also, if students feel welcome on such a small campus. This story is so important because it will relate to virtually every student’s feelings somehow. The Rambler is dedicated to making sure that students feel like they have a voice in some capacity. Whether it’s through interviews on aspects of campus or profiles on students who are dedicated to their commitments of sports, theater, or music.
The Rambler news section has stories that everyone would enjoy. Now’s the time to browse through and get caught up on the happenings on and around campus.
Allison Spivey
Hi Folks,
As the term starts back up, we at The Rambler think it’s important to keep our audience updated on all the new developments and projects that we’ll be working on this semester. We’ve got some really fantastic new projects coming up, and I hope you’ll find them vital parts of your media habits.
First, I want to introduce three new members of our editorial team. I’m incredibly excited that I’ll be able to share all the wonderful work that they’re going to do with The Rambler this year, and for years to come. Our News Editor is Allison Spivey, our Sports & Health Editor is Aaron Bell, and our Arts & Culture Editor is Grace Morrison. All three of them are tremendously talented first year students, and I can tell you that The Rambler will be in excellent hands for the foreseeable future.
In our News section, we’re going to be building up a data journalism operation that will allow us to tell big stories about campus life and culture. This is a project that News Editor Allison Spivey has been working on for several months, and we’re in the last phase of data-gathering for it. The results, while not yet conclusive, promise to be illuminating.
In our Sports & Health section, Editor Aaron Bell is aiming to develop an holistic view of Transy sports programs, with an emphasis on the human element. Sports journalism is often dominated by recitations of statistics and arguments over obscure rule changes, and so we want to offer something different—and something, we think, that’s more in keeping with the deals of a liberal arts institution.
In our Arts & Culture section, Editor Grace Morrison will be bringing a robust staff and developed critical eye to all parts of the artistic life of campus. The Arts & Culture section will serve as a place for student perspectives on art, entertainment, and cultural activities of all kinds to be heard and respected.
All of our editors have written their own letters, which you can read on this site that will tell you more about their plans for the semester. Suffice it for me to say that each of them bring extraordinary vision and commitment to The Rambler.
Finally, the big ticket item. Because we believe that The Rambler should be a platform for all different kinds of student discussion and student culture, we’re launching The Rambler Gallery. This will be a fully online, multimedia platform for student art here at Transy, and we couldn’t be more excited to share it with you. We’re launching the Gallery this week with half a dozen works of visual art by student artists, including our new Arts & Culture Editor, the magnificent Grace Morrison. As the Gallery expands, we plan to include poetry, fiction, music, video and audio art, and multimedia projects that speak directly to the tremendous pool of artistic talent and inspiration that Transy student express every day.
We’re going to do some incredible things this semester. I hope you’ll be as excited as I am when you see them.
Tristan Reynolds
While most of the Transylvania community took the break to rest and recharge in preparation for the second semester, our Men’s and Women’s Basketball teams were not afforded that same luxury with their competitive schedules. Our Pioneers stayed busy throughout the course of the break.
Our Women’s Basketball team has been on fire since the break, having yet to lose a game since the break started. They are sitting at a 12-2 overall record and playing with a ton of confidence. Senior Celia Kline, who has had a remarkable career made some history over the break by setting the three point record at Transy as well as joining the 1000 point club.
The first two weeks of the break, the Women’s Basketball team was dominating their competition winning three consecutive games by an average margin of 38 points. Defensively, they were shutting down their opponents by not letting any of them score over 60 points and in they scored 101 over Methodist.
They followed up these impressive victories by hosting 11-ranked Trine and winning this game 62-53 with a balanced scoring attack from the Pioneers with 4 Pioneers with double digit point totals. Trine was the only ranked opponent Transy had faced this season and they responded to the challenge well.
They followed up this victory with three consecutive victories to kick off the new year. They defeated Earlham, Defiance, and routed Mount St. Joe’s by 30 on Wednesday night. Celia Kline led the charge against Earlham with 18 points, but against Defiance it was Zenoviah Walker who shot a scorching hot 8-11 from the field going 4-6 from three point range. Against Mount St. Joe’s it was Shelby Boyle to cross the 20 point mark in their victory over the Panthers. Another impressive performance from sophomore Zenoviah Walker attributed to the victory as well with 16 points and 9 rebounds as Transylvania set the record with three pointers made in a game with 17. They look forward to hosting Manchester on Saturday at 1:00pm here at the Beck Center.
The Men’s Basketball team also had an impressive break going 4-1 while school was not in session. They are currently sitting at an 8-6 record with a tough loss to Mount St. Jospeh’s last night. Transylvania kicked off the break with a beatdown over Anderson 93-56. Sophomore Michael Jefferson had an impressive 18 point performance without missing a shot, going 8-8 from the field.
Following this performance, they went 1-1 in the Don Lane Classic falling to a very tough University of Chicago team 86-72, but bounced back strongly against Thomas More, securing a 86-75 victory against one of Transy’s in-state rivals. They followed with a thriller against Earlham that finished 76-75 with 21 point performances from junior Gabe Schmitt and sophomore Michael Jefferson, whose three consecutive buckets at the end of the game sealed the deal for the Pioneers over their conference opponent.
The Saturday prior to students returning back to campus, the Pioneers traveled to Defiance to capture another victory 86-76. Junior Spencer McKinney had the hot hand this time out with an impressive 25 points going 8-12 from the field, leading the offensive charge with senior leader Cooper Theobald unable to play.
The Pioneers look to avenge their disappointing loss to Mount St. Joseph at home against Manchester on Saturday at 3:00pm, concluding the double-header taking place at the Beck Center. Both teams would appreciate a strong turnout from the Transylvania faithful as they look to defend their home court!
Hey Y’all!
Happy 2019 and congrats on surviving your first week back at Transy! I know it’s tough, but we’ll get through it together, and Spring Break will be here before you know it! I’ve decided to alter the blog and playlist to step up the look for 2019 by adding some music videos instead of a boring, one-dimensional playlist. Don’t forget, you can always send suggestions my way at tmahlinger20@transy.edu!
This music video is the latest smash hit by new artist, DaniLeigh! She’s a singer-songwriter from Miami with a talent for dancing too! This fun, upbeat song has a video that’s just as lively, and creates a good vibe for your week!
This song and video are by no means brand new, but I’m loving the vibe at the moment and figured it would be a good addition to the playlist since it’s such a good 2019 mood.
Here’s the latest from Kehlani with “Nights Like this” ft. Ty Dolla $ign. This video was just released yesterday and is currently #6 on YouTube’s trending music videos! This video has syfy movie vibes, so be sure to watch until the end!
There’s rumors Khalid might be dropping a new album soon which is something we all want since we’ve been teased with these chill singles like “Better” recently. This video has some interesting scenes, especially with Khalid standing and then sitting in the middle of cars that are driving around lots of different ways at high speeds. You’re slightly concerned about his safety for a good minute or so, but this video is definitely worth the watch.
Keep it real,
Taylor
Arts events are few and far between this week since everything’s just getting started for Winter Term 2019, but the few that we do have are exciting!
Tuesday, January 15th @7:30pm, MFA Carrick Theater
Join the music students from Fall Term 2018 as they perform in the Honors Recital!
Wednesday, January 16th @12pm, MFA Morlan Gallery
Data, Mine is the Morlan Gallery’s newest exhibit that features work by Laurie Frick and Hasan Elahi that focuses on the artists’ relationship with data.
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