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By Steven Viera || Senior Editor On Friday, Nov. 20, an African-American student at the College received two racially-motivated, threatening phone calls and later discovered his room had been ransacked. An…
By Steven Viera || Senior Editor Last week, the College released its annual report on sexual misconduct which describes the incidents of sexual assault reported to the administration as well as…
By Steven Viera II Senior Editor Last Tuesday, Dec. 1, the Diplomatic Congress (Dip Con) hosted a forum entitled “Beyond the Season: Serving and Giving Back to the Community.” The forum,…
By Christa Rodriguez || Layout Assistant This past Friday in the Steinman College Center Atrium, F&M’s spoken word and creative writing group, LIFT (Levitate, Inspire, Foresight, and Teach) hosted “Voices”,…
By Ellie Gavin || Campus Life Editor Last Thursday, F&M’s Interfaith Council hosted a dinner and discussion on religion and politics. Attendees enjoyed free dinner catered by Flora’s, were offered…
By Joe Yamulla || Sports Editor The F&M men’s basketball team is off to a hot start in the 2015-2016 season. The team is already 6-1, with a perfect 3-0…
By Joe Giordano || Staff Writer Two weeks ago, Dallas Cowboys fans were rejoicing at the news that their star quarterback Tony Romo was returning from his clavicle injury he…
By Preman Koshar || Arts & Entertainment Editor Zoolander is an unusual movie, to say the least. Directed by and starring Ben Stiller, it makes a mockery of the fashion…
By Erin Moyer || Senior Editor As Liz Lemon once told a pregnant teenager, “There are so many different things for men to ignore you on now.” The context of…
By Itihaas Singh || Contributing Writer Long, dreadful winters make for good writers but bad politicians. Take the Irish and the Russians, for example. Some of the best writers of the past…
By Lauren Wachspress || Contributing Writer Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg recently launched a new philanthropic organization with his wife Priscilla Chan to donate 99 percent of his Facebook shares to charity. They…
By Chan Tov || Contributing Writer It’s inevitable. Like clockwork, every time a victim of discrimination shares his or her lived experience, a person of privilege will, without fail, seek to derail…
By Nicholas Riebel || Staff Writer There is plenty of debate over whether the attack on San Bernardino was an act of Islamic extremism or not. As of this typing, it seems…