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BY ELIZABETH MCMAHON ’13 Senior Staff Writer In honor of Valentine’s Day, Common Hour featured “Taste of Lancaster: Chocolate and The Jesters.” This particular Common Hour was organized and run…
BY GEORGIANNA PISANO-GOETZ ’15 Contributing WriterOn the evening of Feb. 12, F&M welcomed back Jeffrey M. Lacker ’77 to speak to students regarding the 2007 financial crisis. While at F&M,…
BY ALANNA KOEHLER ’15 Campus Life Editor Imam Yayha Hendi, Muslim chaplaincy director at Georgetown University, helped celebrate Multi-Faith Week at F&M with his Common Hour presentation entitled “More in…
BY LAUREN BEJZAK ’13 Editor-in-Chief The Student Health Advisory Community (SHAC) held its first-annual Health Trivia Night in Steinman College Center at 7 p.m. Friday. Five teams of 10 students…
BY ELIZABETH MCMAHON ’13 Senior Staff Writer From Jan. 30 until April 7, the Phillips Museum of Art is hosting a special exhibit, On the Observing of the Observer of…
BY SHUNQI GAO ’16 Staff Writer On Jan. 31, the Kosher Cooking Club met in the Chabad Jewish Enrichment Center and prepared food for the Super Bowl Shabbat that was…
BY ERIN MOYER ’16 Assistant Opinion & Editorial Editor Sherri Goodman, director of the Center for Naval Analyses’ (CNA) Military Advisory Board, gave a presentation entitled “U.S. Military’s Approach to…
BY ELIZABETH MCMAHON ’13 Senior Staff Writer Jan. 30 was a big day for seniors at F&M as it marked the beginning of the countdown to graduation. With only 100…
BY JULIA CINQUEGRANI ’16 Assistant Campus Life Editor While each Common Hour may only last one hour, it takes months of planning, the work of countless faculty, staff, students, and…
BY SARAH SCHAEFFER ’16 Contributing Writer Isaac’s Downtown and Pickle Bar sits off the street almost immediately after passing Lancaster’s main downtown square on Queen St. While finding parking along…
BY SCOTT ONIGMAN ’15 Photography Editor Location given by its name, Café One Eight sits at 18 W. Orange St. in Lancaster. Very close to Prince Street, it has a…
BY ERIN MOYER ’16 Assistant Opinion & Editorial Editor Scholar E. Patrick Johnson performed a portion of Pouring Tea: Black Gay Men of the South Tell Their Tales during Common…
BY JULIA CINQUEGRANI ’16 Assistant Campus Life Editor Louis Clark, president of the Government Accountability Project (GAP), moderated a Common Hour presentation in which two whistleblowers shared their experiences. Kenneth…
BY CAROLINE PITKIN ’16 Staff Writer At the close of Winter vacation, students returned to campus for a new semester. Between new schedules to learn, new classes to attend, new…
BY SHUNQI GAO ’16 Staff Writer The Senior Class Caucus and the Office of Student and Post-Graduate Development (OSPGD) collaborated to organize the first Senior Class Boot Camp, held on…