The Bloomsburg Mini Maker Faire needs your help on Saturday, April 22, 2023. If you need volunteer hours or would like to be a part of this event, here is your chance! The Bloomsburg Children’s Museum is asking for volunteers at this year’s Mini Maker Faire event held...
BU Players & BTE Stage Six Characters in Search of an Author
This spring, student, faculty, and staff theatre artists from the BU Players, a proud Resident Producer of Arts in Bloom, have teamed up with the professionals at Bloomsburg Theatre Ensemble to create and stage a new adaptation of the Luigi Pirandello play Six...
We Need Your Help!
BloomCON Hak4Kidz needs volunteers on March 25, 2023. If you need volunteer hours or would like to be a part of this event, here is your chance! This event is held on the campus of Bloomsburg University at the Kehr Union Center. Volunteers are needed for the event 10...
Super Bowl Sunday Rundown
Just like that, Super Bowl Sunday is upon us airing on Fox on February 12th! This time, it will take place in the State Farm Stadium in Glendale, Arizona, where it will be nice and toasty even during this time of the year. The two valiant contenders this year are the...
Tips on how to see the “Green Comet” at Cherry Springs State Park
A green comet? You heard right. February 1st was the best day to go out and witness the green glow from the comet in the Northern Hemisphere. Did you miss the chance to see the comet? Well, you're in luck. Keep an eye open for the Red Planet because Comet C/2022 E3...
BUSTED Celebrates 25 Years
A large part of the college experience for most people is extracurricular activities. For some, this may be a sport or a club. However, there are quite a few lesser-known clubs on campus. One of them is a small improv group that does 2 shows a semester. The name of...
BU Be A Quitter Day 2022
BU Healthy and Husky Paws brings to campus, Be A Quitter Day 2022. This event will be occurring Thursday, November 17th, 2022 within the Husky Lounge on-campus from 12-2p.m. This event promotes quitting tobacco products and habits such as vaping, smoking cigarettes,...
The 10th Annual BU Drag Show Happened This Past Weekend
The Bloomsburg University Equality Alliance and the LGBTQ+ Resource Center hosted their 10th annual drag show on November 5th, 2022 at 7pm in the Kehr Union Ballroom. Every year in the fall, during the Mid-Atlantic Conference, this takes place. Trixy Valentine served...
Facing Suicide Screening & Panel Discussion
On Thursday, November 10th at 7pm, there will be a Facing Suicide Screening & Panel Discussion in the Kehr Union Building Room 230 (Multicultural Center). Every year, thousands of Americans attempt suicide. We lose so many loved ones and continue to lose them each...
Bloomsburg Fair Discounted Student Tickets
“SPECIAL BLOOMSBURG UNIVERSITY STUDENT DISCOUNT!”-BU Students List An opportunity was emailed through the BU Students List this morning, students have access to discounted Bloomsburg Fair tickets. Use this discount any day! Scan QR code, purchase online, and show...
Joan Jett and The Blackhearts Rockin’ & Rollin’ at The Bloomsburg Fair
BLOOMSBURG, PA- This year at the 167th annual Bloomsburg Fair, Joan Jett is setting the stage with a strong heart and a "bad reputation" for rock' n' roll as she continues to defy the odds. Jett was raised in an era when women were excluded from participating in rock...
BU president thanks students for cooperation at ‘Block Party’
"Block Party" returned to Fetterman Avenue this past Saturday, April 23. Opposed to what is normally a weekend full of citations, arrests and trash, this year's event was relatively tame. Bloomsburg University President Dr. Bashar Hanna sent students an email Monday...
Janine Penman announces candidacy for State Representative
*Editor's note: This is a press release furnished by the candidate's office. Seeks to be First Female Representative of the 109th District BLOOMSBURG – Columbia County native Janine Penman announced that she is seeking the Republican nomination for the 109th State...
BUnow: Still Revolutionary on Its 14th B-Day!
Fourteen years ago this week in 2008, BUnow’s first Editor-in-Chief Shannon Hoffman published its very first story, Revolutionary! In it she promised, “BUnow will develop into an outstanding publication that you can resort to for hard hitting news,...
Students raise nearly $2,500 for the Greg Anstine Scholarship at ‘Pie a Professor’ event
*Note: Eva Wozniak contributed to this article. On Wednesday afternoon, students and supporters gathered on the Lycoming Lawn to raise money in memory of a fellow student who died in February. The main event? Pie. Business students and friends organized a "Pie a...
BTE to donate Friday’s ‘Witch’ ticket sales to Ukraine
The Bloomsburg Theatre Ensemble is holding a benefit for Ukraine this Friday, April 8. BTE is currently in the second week of its three-week run of "Witch," a dramatic comedy. All of the ticket sales for this Friday's performance — yes, 100% of sales — will be used to...
PRSSA Lights up Campus for Lymphoma
Bloomsburg University's Public Relations Student Society of America is participating in the Bateman Case Study Competition, a national competition that challenges PRSSA chapters to research, plan, implement and evaluate a full-scale public relations campaign. This...
The NE Integration Livestream: A Conversation About University Mergers
Credit: Kira Loomis Faculty, Staff, Administrators, State Representatives, and Students Discuss the Integration of Bloomsburg, Mansfield, and Lock Haven Universities Bloomsburg, PA---On Nov. 18, 2021, student media from Bloomsburg, Mansfield, and Lock Haven...
BU to hold student remembrance service tonight, April 19
BLOOMSBURG, Pa. — Bloomsburg University will hold a remembrance service for five students who have passed away between January 2020 and January 2021. Beginning at 5:30 p.m., the memorial event is open to any member of the BU community, as well as loved ones of the...
Brick’s Body: A Journey for Healing from Gender Dysphoria—and How We Can Help
“[I] felt like my body never belonged to me.” Brick Boccuti is one of many who are speaking up about the hardships that come with living with gender dysphoria. Through the power of openness and vulnerability, Boccuti has shed some light on social media about the...
WATCH: Trump rally in downtown Bloomsburg
Watch a video report on the Trump rally in downtown Bloomsburg n November 14th.
Pro-Trump protest this Saturday to fight voter fraud
Bloomsburg students received emails around noon today labeled “Community Event Alert” warning of a potential protest this Saturday. While avoiding details, it did brief students on the importance of free speech while instructing to respect COVID-19 precautions. However, the protest is one tackling an especially controversial topic in America right now — voter fraud.
Projections show Joe Biden could flip Pennsylvania blue
Democratic nominee and former Vice President Joe Biden is catching up to incumbent President Donald Trump in the polls in Pennsylvania, which could seal his victory to the White House.
Trump’s lawyer caught with hand in his pants
Trump’s personal attorney and former mayor of New York, Rudy Guiliani, was just caught reaching his hand into his pants to supposedly fondle his own genitals in the presence of whom he believed to be a 15 year old girl.
Vice presidential debate — a run-through
Tuesday night marked the first and only vice presidential debate of 2020, setting Vice President Mike Pence against Senator Kamala Harris. The University of Utah in Salt Lake City hosted the debate, moderated by Susan Page.