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By Steven Viera, News Editor || F&M’s Department of Public Safety (DPS) recently received re-accreditation from the Pennsylvania Law Enforcement Accreditation Commission (PLEAC) of the Pennsylvania Chiefs of Police Association.…
By Clarissa Grunwald, Staff Writer || In cooperation with TED (Technology, Entertainment, Design), F&M’s Black Pyramid Society will be presenting a TEDx event on April 23 in the Green Room…
By Shira Kipnees, Staff Writer || According to a recent poll conducted by F&M’s Center for Politics and Public Affairs, Tom Wolf, York businessman, has a strong lead over his…
By Clarissa Grunwald, Staff Writer || The Philadelphia Alumni Writers House hosted its annual Emerging Writers Festival (EWF), which invites five writers to campus who are on their way to…
By Steven Viera, News Editor || The College recently extended invitations to Alpha Xi Delta and Phi Mu women’s fraternities to colonize and establish chapters on campus in 2014 and…
By Steven Viera, News Editor || Last Tuesday, April 8, the Diplomatic Congress (DipCon) held class elections in order to vote in new leaders of the rising senior, junior, and…
By Lila Epstein, Senior Staff || Last Tuesday, April 1, the Diplomatic Congress (DipCon) held elections for its new executive board. Mark T. Harmon-Vaught ’15 was elected president, Scott Onigman…
By Shira Kipnees, Staff Writer || The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation recently awarded a $700,000 grant to F&M in order to provide operating support for the College’s new Faculty Center…
By Clarissa Grunwald, Staff Writer || F&M’s Panhellenic Council plans to invite a new sorority to come to campus through a process known as extension. Possible sororities eligible for invitation…
According to a recent press release from F&M’s Panhellenic Council, Alpha Xi Delta (AXD) sorority has been invited to start a colony at the College starting in Fall 2014, with…
By Steven Viera, News Editor || On Friday, March 28, the College held the fourth-annual Franklin Innovation Challenge (FIC) in the Alumni Sports & Fitness Center (ASFC). In the past,…
By Steven Viera, News Editor || The College announced last week that Joel Martin, vice provost for academic personnel and dean of the faculty at University of Massachusetts, Amherst, will…
By Shira Kipnees, Staff Writer || Last Thursday, March 20, F&M’s Concert Committee announced pop duo Karmin as the performing artist for this year’s Spring concert, which will take place…
By Lila Epstein, Senior Staff || The organization formerly known as 1 in 4, a men’s group dedicated to preventing sexual assault on campus, has changed its name to Men…