Healthcare Affordability and Access are Crucial to Mitigating the Health Impacts of Environmental Degradation
By Florian Direny || Contributing Writer Anyone even remotely familiar with American political discourse likely knows that healthcare access continues to be at the center of mainstream debates, and for…
Fires of Controversy Following Amazon’s “Rings of Power”
By Jonah Fisher || Contributing Writer With the release of the new “Rings of Power” TV show on Amazon Prime, the global corporate giant leaped out of the frying pan…
Kiwibots: The Food-Delivery Robots We Didn’t Ask For
By Lily Vining | Campus Life Editor Students returning to campus this fall would likely have noticed the cute, Wall-E-esque robots stationed outside the dining facilities. These 12 bots, produced…
No More Ben and John? Reckoning with our Namesake’s Ugly History and Reshaping Our Future
By Lily Vining || Campus Life Editor Ben and John, F&M’s mascots since 2007, have taken a hiatus from the spotlight in recent years. Image courtesy of Franklin & Marshall…
You Are Not Alone: A Closeted History of Franklin & Marshall College Documentary Review, with PJ Howard
By Sarah Nicell || News Editor After one and a half years of research, interviewing, filming, editing, and digging through decades of archives, PJ Howard ‘21 finally released the largest…
Op-Ed: How to Be More Socially Adept- What I’ve Learned
By Florian Direny || Contributing Writer In an increasingly virtual world and with the rapid rise of online communication, people are becoming less and less engaged in in-person interactions. A…
Op-Ed: Learning to Say Goodbye
By Samantha Griffith || Contributing Writer Goodbye. It’s one word, two syllables, yet carries so much weight. One word that serves as a full sentence and can change everything. There…
Is Tik-Tok Ruining Our Attention Spans?
By Emily Hanson || Layout Assistant In the beginning of March I decided I’d had enough of my addiction to my phone. There was so much time that I could…
Op-Ed: F&M is Making Changes
By Tira Mercadante || Layout Assistant Some of you may have heard rumors about F&M cutting certain language programs and professors being laid off or not having their contracts renewed.…
The Best Way to Judge a Person, Based On Me
By Darij Kulchyckyj | | Contributing Writer Many people like to choose a judgment of character and personality via spending time with others, music taste, favorite food, favorite color, nut…
Franklin the Turtle: A True Diplomat
By Carolyn South || Contributing Writer We all are acutely, painfully aware of the fact that Franklin & Marshall College was named for Benjamin Franklin and John Marshall. I believe…
What Came First, the Bag or the Egg?
By Akil Smart | | Contributing Writer Eggs. They come in all shapes and sizes. And occasionally bags. If you are a frequent diner at Dhall you may or may…
Give My Money to My Professors
I went to Franklin & Marshall on a promise from the Financial Aid office. They dangled in front of me the possibility of attending a private liberal arts college at…
The War Between Censorship and Free Press: Russia’s Final Independent Newspaper Shut Down
By Sarah Nicell || News Editor As Vladimir Putin’s invasion on Ukraine continues, a simultaneous war on free press intensifies. Under the state’s guidance, Roskomnadzor—Russia’s Federal Service for Supervision of…
Bullying is Good
By Rohail Spear | Managing Editor You may be wondering about this title. Surely, I can’t be advocating for bullying people. Well, I am. So.. It is true that most…