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BY JULIA CINQUEGRANI ’16 Campus Life Editor Pulitzer-Prize-winning playwright Lynn Nottage spoke at Common Hour Thursday and shared writing from unpublished autobiographical pieces. Until now, Nottage has written fictitious plays,…
BY ERIN MOYER ’16 Associate Opinion & Editorial Editor More than 60 F&M Players took to the stage of the Green Room Theatre to perform What Would We Do Without…
BY ELIZABETH MCMAHON ’13 Senior Staff Writer The Chinese department sponsored its first ever Chinese Cooking Show, Wednesday. This event was held in the Bonchek College House kitchen and was…
BY STEELE SCHAUER ’15 Greek Life Ambassador From my perspective… Body image: two words that strike fear into the hearts of most girls — and more guys than one would expect. During…
BY JULIA CINQUEGRANI ’16 Assistant Campus Life EditorThe work of Manuela Veloso, Herbert Simon professor of computer science at Carnegie Mellon University and president of the Association for the Advancement…
BY ERIN MOYER ’16 Assistant Opinion & Editorial Editor Acclaimed intellectual, author, and activist Cornel West delivered a talk entitled “The Struggle Continues” as part of Civil Rights Week during…
BY JULIA CINQUEGRANI ’16 Assistant Campus Life Editor The Vagina Monologues, performed twice in the Green Room Theatre Friday, succeeded in doing what few shows can — it blended humor,…
BY ERIN MOYER ’16 Assistant Opinion and Editorial Editor This weekend, the department of theatre, dance, and film (TDF) presented Sam Shepard’s A Lie of the Mind at the Green…
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…