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By Tom Hague, Contributing Writer || Ever stop to wonder what happens to those quarters lost in the cresses of your car? According to Adam Minter, recent guest speaker at F&M…
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By Tom Hague, Contributing Writer || Ever stop to wonder what happens to those quarters lost in the cresses of your car? According to Adam Minter, recent guest speaker at F&M…
By Samantha Greenfield, Contributing Writer || The Rodale Institute is a nonprofit organization dedicated to spreading awareness about organic farming and research. Jeff Moyer is a farm manager at the Rodale…
From my perspective… — Amy Schulman Tucked away in an unassuming building on Queen Street in downtown Lancaster, Sa La Thai specializes in Thai fare, serving up everything from soups to…
By Danae Diaz, Contributing Writer || In June, F&M started a pilot program to use crowdfunding, or social media, to raise money online through public donations in order to bolster academic…
By Arielle Lipset, Campus Life Editor || This Fall, the Philadelphia Alumni Writers House will oversee a compelling internship opportunity for involved students at F&M. Roughly six to eight students will…
By Samantha Greenfield, Contributing Writer || Every year people come together to remember what happened on Sept. 11, 2001, and every year the emotions come back as if that dreaded day…
By Ellie Gavin, Contributing Writer || The 2014-2015 academic year at the College has been given the theme of remembering World War I in commemoration of its 100-year anniversary. This theme,…
By Kolade Bomodeoku, Contributing Writer || With over 500 first-year students in the Class of 2018, the Convocation ceremony brought forth the new class and officially welcomed the students into the…
By Ally Byrne, Contributing Writer || A new art exhibition, “Building Memory: Architecture and the Great War,” opened Sept. 4 in the Gibson Curriculum Gallery of The Phillips Museum of Art.…
By Alissa Portner, Contributing Writer || This week the F&M campus was delighted to have Staceyann Chin speak at the Take Back the Night celebration. Chin is a LGBT and feminist…
From my perspective… —Amy Schulman || The setting is typically faux-Asian, featuring watercolor paintings hanging above a long booth opposite colorful fish that deck the walls above an enormous sushi…
By Justin Kozloski, Senior Staff || What does it mean to be a person? This was the question this week’s Common Hour sought to answer with a talk by Bennett W.…
By Amy Schulman, Layout Assistant || The Emerging Writers Festival, a three-day celebration of the work of talented American writers on the cusp of national recognition, took place from April 9…
By Julia Cinquegrani, Managing Editor || Gerald Seib P’17, Washington bureau chief of the Wall Street Journal, came to F&M on Tuesday to give a talk entitled “Why Journalism Matters,” which…
By Eric Acre, Staff Writer || Attendees of Thursday’s Common Hour were treated to the thoughts and observations of Cynthia Enloe, a renowned feminist and research professor in the international development,…