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The Comenian

The student news site of Moravian University

The Comenian

The student news site of Moravian University

The Comenian

Dietlinde Heilmayr, working at home on Zoom

Students React to Zoom After Half a Semester

Christine Wieder, Copy Editor April 23, 2020

With the College fully operating online now, students and professors alike have been thrust into an unpredictable situation. We now must rely on Zoom to attend class and schedule meetings.  Zoom hasn’t...

Updating your Zoom application often is the best way to prevent security and privacy risks.

Controversy Over Zoom’s Poor Security and Privacy Safeguards

Elizabeth Horn, Editor-In-Chief April 16, 2020

Zoom has become one of the main ways that students at Moravian connect with peers and professors.  However, its parent company, Zoom Video Communications, Inc., has been in hot water lately. After...

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Eight Questions for Officer Joe

Gabby Roe, Guest Reporter April 9, 2020

If you have ever been on Moravian’s South Campus, chances are you’ve bumped into or at least heard of Joe Perno.  A police officer at Moravian College since 2011, “Officer Joe,” as students...

The cover of Hernándezs book, A Cup of Water Under My Bed; Photo Courtesy of: daisyhernandez.com

Memoirist Hernández on Finding Community through Writing

Yessica Gomez, Guest Reporter April 2, 2020

On March 26, award-winning author Daisy Hernández spoke to an online audience of some 50 students, professors, writers, and activists from across the Lehigh Valley as part of Moravian’s biannual Writers'...

The email from President Grigsby confirming the first student COVID-19 case.

Coronavirus Confirmed at Moravian; Governor Issues Stay-At-Home Order

Elizabeth Horn, Editor-In-Chief March 25, 2020

Edited April 1 at 2:31 p.m.: The most up-to-date information now on Moravian's coronavirus cases is now two confirmed cases, one presumed positive case, three cases still awaiting results, and seven negative...

Part one of the email from President Bryon Grigsby closing Moravian College Campus and announcing the rest of the semester online.

Moravian College Campus Closes and Moves Online For the Rest of Semester

Elizabeth Horn, Editor-In-Chief March 20, 2020

After weeks of doubt, guessing, and confusion, Moravian College finally closed yesterday at 7:59 p.m. An email announcement from President Bryon Grigsby, who has been updating the students with...

Students abroad faced a series of unique challenges with the outbreak of COVID-19.

COVID-19: An Opportunity for Gratitude

Grace Gilbert, Guest Reporter March 15, 2020

COVID-19 has spread rapidly through the world, also spreading fear, confusion, and even anger as governments and institutions take precautionary measures.  For most healthy adults, the risk of getting...

Loving the Film “Hair Love”

Loving the Film “Hair Love”

Taylor Porter, Guest Reporter February 27, 2020

“Hair Love” is the touching, Oscar-winning animated film by Matthew A. Cherry about an African American father struggling to do his young daughter’s natural hair for the first time.  The...

”Roses“ by Christopher Bulle, CC BY 2.0

Remembering Dr. John Reynolds

Brandon Faust, Reporter February 7, 2020

When Dr. John Reynolds passed away two weeks ago at the age of 68, Moravian College lost one of its most influential and beloved professors.  Dr. Reynolds had been teaching political science at...

The front of William Penn Elementary School, where students go to volunteer; Photo Courtesy of: basdwpweb.beth.k12.pa.us

MoCo Students Mentor Young Learners at William Penn Elementary

Elizabeth Schwartz, Reporter January 30, 2020

Since 2014, Moravian has offered a mentoring program that pairs college students with pupils at William Penn Elementary School. William Penn is located right down the street from Moravian. The school educates...

A student-submitted poem written by Emma Hutchman

Moravian College Students Visit Prison for Writing as Activism Class

Elizabeth Horn, Editor-In-Chief December 5, 2019

It’s not every day that you hear a college student say they spent the evening in prison. But for the students in Dr. Joyce Hinnefeld’s Writing as Activism course, that has been the norm.  Hinnefeld,...

a screenshot of the email promoting Bartleby, reading, Your 24/7 stress-free virtual writing center: transform your okay papers into stellar ones!

Rant of the Week: BartleBYE

Gabrielle Stanley, Guest Reporter November 21, 2019

As the student assistant for the Writing at Moravian program, I spend a lot of time in the Writing Center. I sit at my desk for hours on end, watching as students file in and out for their appointments...

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