The Jambar : March 23, 2023

Abstract

YSU encourages and looks for roles in its Athletic Department to be led by women, given that it's a male-dominated industry. With a $50,000 grant from the Horizon League, the YSU Athletic Department is adding resources for student-athletes to address mental health and wellness. The board of the Thomas Colloquium on Free Enterprise, a business lecture series hosted by YSU and the Williamson College of Business Administration, hopes to attract larger audiences with diverse speakers. Campaign season begins for Student Government. Loren Lease, associate professor and acting chair of humanities and social sciences at YSU, uses her skills in anthropology to examine skeletal remains found during police investigations such as missing persons cases. Some YSU students give plasma to make money while attending college. YSUnity and the Melnick Medical Museum sponsored a presentation March 21 about Dr. Richard Murray, a local plastic surgeon who provided gender-affirming surgeries in the '70s. YSU students taking the Fashion Show Production and Promotion course are preparing for the 2023 EveryBODY fashion Show. A history of Tradition Rock at YSU is given. Westside Bowl is celebrating its fifth anniversary with West Fest on March 25. YSU hosts its 28th annual Flute Festival with guest Soo-Kyung Park. Guinathon, an organization at YSU focused on raising money for Akron Children's Hospital of Mahoning Valley, will hold its seventh-annual dance marathon April 1, where it will unveil its total donations for the year. The YSU men's basketball team finished its historic season with a heartbreaking loss to Oklahoma State University in the National Invitational Tournament on March 15. The YSU bowling team finished out its regular season on a positive note. YSU's baseball team is gearing up to take on some bigger universities this season. The YSU women's softball team opened up Horizon League play at home for the first time this season. The Youngstown Phantoms hockey team participates in outreach projects in the community to attract people to attend games.