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BY JULIA CINQUEGRANI ’16 Contributing Writer This summer, F&M’s Office of College Communications welcomed Eric Quiñones and Julia Ferrante to act as the new associate vice president for communications and…
BY STEVEN VIERA ’16 Contributing Writer Jazzman’s Café, the small café located underneath the College bookstore, has been replaced by ZeBi (Zest Bistro), a restaurant which features fresh and healthy…
BY STEVEN VIERA ’16 Contributing Writer This past weekend fraternity parties began at 9:00 p.m. instead of the typical 11:00 p.m. The change comes as part of an initiative by…
BY LILA EPSTEIN ’14 News Editor The campus community was notified about the College’s investigation into a lacrosse hazing incident in an email sent from Kent Trachte, dean of the…
BY LILA EPSTEIN ’14 News Editor On April 20 the College hosted the first annual Declaration Dinner. Sophomores dined with faculty and alumni of their recently declared major. The event…
BY SHIRA KIPNEES ’15 Staff Writer Members of the classes of 2013, 2014, and 2015 elected their class presidents for the upcoming 2012-2013 school year in the Steinman College Center…
BY CATHERINE BROWN ’14 Staff WriterDavid Stameshkin, associate dean and prefect of Bonchek College House, is retiring after 34 years at F&M. He has held a variety of administrative positions…
BY SHIRA KIPNEES ’15 Staff Writer The College was recently thrown into the national spotlight when former Republican presidential candidate hopeful and former Pennsylvania Senator Rick Santorum discussed an F&M…
BY LILA EPSTEIN ’14 News Editor Students elected a new executive board for the Diplomatic Congress. Elections were held Tuesday April 13 in Steinman College Center from 9 a.m. to…
BY ABBY QUINT ’15 Layout Assistant Sean Flaherty ’73, professor of economics, will succeed current Faculty Don Kathleen Triman as the next don of Weis College House. Triman served a…
BY CATHERINE BROWN ’14 Staff WriterAkbar Hossain ’13 received the Harry S. Truman Scholarship, becoming the first student from F&M to win this prestigious award. Hossain, a government major, is…
BY ALANNA KOEHLER ’15 Campus Life Editor This weekend instrumental music at F&M celebrated two major milestones: the 75th anniversary of the Band and Symphonic Wind Ensemble and the 25th…
BY ALANNA KOEHLER ’15 Campus Life Editor with reporting by SHIRA KIPNEES ’15 Staff Writer Robert Jinks, associate professor of biology, and the students involved in his lab have collaborated…
BY CATHERINE BROWN ’14 Staff Writer The College played host to approximately 200 people from a variety of organizations at the “It Takes a Community” conference Friday. The goal of…
BY SHIRA KIPNEES ’15 Staff Writer The Italian apparel manufacturer, Franklin & Marshall s.r.l. Clothing Company, staged a photo shoot between March 17 and March 20 that used various locations…