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Evocative of ’90s jam band superstars, Phillips pulls off solo-guitarist sound BY CHARLOTTE HUGHES ’16 Staff Writer American Idol has done it again with its newest winner, Phillip Phillips, who…
BY ELIZABETH FURINO ’16Staff Writer As the holiday season approaches, filled with fancy dinners and festive parties with friends and family, it’s the perfect time to embrace the joy of…
Unique Christmas compilation challenges uninteresting renditions of Christmas albums past BY SCOTT THOMPSON ’16 Layout Assistant With the holiday season arriving, various artists will inevitably churn out Christmas albums, most…
Tear-jerking production successfully illustrates profound discussions BY LAUREN BEJZAK ’13 Editor-in-Chief Succinctly put, Life of Pi captures the essence of its source material and provides more to chew on than…
BY CONNOR BURNS ’13 Senior Staff Writer The tides of history often go unseen until they crash upon the shore. The Internet, for example, remained the obscure luxury of technocrats…
BY SHUNQI GAO ’16 Contributing WriterOn Nov. 29, Dean Richter sent a picture to all the members of New College House. It was a picture of the house kitchen: nicely…
BY ERIN MOYER ’16 Layout Assistant At this point, the New York Times editorial I’m writing about is probably so obscure it might just attract the very people it so…
BY KRISSY MONTVILLE ’14 Layout Assistant It wasn’t long ago that juniors and seniors found themselves entering the world of off-campus living for the 2012-2013 school year. As we all…
BY NATHAN MCCLELLAN ’16 Layout Assistant On Tuesday I woke up at four in the morning and trudged over to Steinman College Center to stand in line for the designated…
BY ABIGAIL QUINT ’15 Associate News EditorThe Office of Student and Post-Graduate Development (OSPGD) will be sponsoring the third annual Franklin Innovation Challenge along with the Entrepreneurship Club. The goal…
BY STEVEN VIERA ’16 Layout Assistant Mike Sturla, a member of Pennsylvania’s House of Representatives, was recently re-elected to another term in office. Sturla has served in PA’s House of…
BY JULIA CINQUEGRANI ’16 Layout Assistant In late December, 15 Jewish F&M students will travel approximately 5,000 miles to embark on a journey more than 300,000 people from almost 60…
BY SHUNQI GAO ’16 Contributing Writer The Workers’ Advocacy Group (WAG) held a reception luncheon for outsourced workers on campus Nov. 20 the Tuesday before Thanksgiving Break. Currently the College…
BY CAROLINE PITKIN ’16 Staff Writer Thursday’s Common Hour addressed the under-recognized, heinous crime of sex trafficking. The talk featured Morgan Perry, executive producer of the documentary film Sex+Money: A…
BY JONATHAN PRESSMAN ’14 Senior Staff Writer On the street, first-year Chuckie Kerkesner’s size is enough to turn heads and intimidate nearly anyone. On the mat, he is the smallest…