The Return of Common Hour Encourages Racial Reckoning for F&M
By Anika Willander | Contributing Writer On Thursday, January 26th, 2023, Franklin and Marshall College hosted its first in-person Common…
Using Language to Mediate Conflict, Foster Understanding with Padraig O Tuama
By Lily Vining || Staff Writer Franklin & Marshall College was delighted to welcome Padraig O Tuama, poet, theologian, and…
Professor Julie Smith informs students about misinformation in media
By Nina Kegelman|| Staff Writer This week’s common hour speaker was Professor Julie Smith, MS of Webster University School of…
Common Hour Speaker Ann D. Gordon on women’s suffrage in US.
By Nina Kegelman|| Staff Writer This week’s Common Hour speaker was Ann D. Gordon, a Research Professor Emerita at Rutgers…
Dr.Yusef Salam spoke about criminal justice system, major impact on his life
By Nina Kegelman || Staff Writer “Yusef Salaam, do you have anything to say before we sentence you?” Dr. Yusef…
Common Hour speaker advocates for multilingualism in education systems.
By Nina Kegelman || Contributing Writer This week’s Common Hour speaker was Dr. Kimberly Potowski, a Professor of Spanish Linguistics…
Nature Author David Quammen Expresses Concerns for National Park Habitats
By Nina Kegelman || Contributing Writer This Thursday’s Common Hour speaker was science and nature author David Quammen, whose work…
Writer Amani Dobson shares first experience at Writer’s House Thanksgiving
By Amani Dobson || Layout Assistant Shivering, I ripped the door to the Writer’s House open, and there it was.…
Common Hour panel discusses future implications of 2020 impeachment trials
By Isabel Paris || Campus Life Editor This week’s Common Hour featured a panel of government professors discussing the history…
Sandra Cisneros shares stories of those calling for immigration reform
By Ellyn Fritz || Contributing Writer This past Thursday, novelist, short story writer, poet, essayist, and activist, Sandra Cisneros spoke…
Historian Joan Wallach Scott speaks to the importance of academic freedom
By Katherine Coble || News Editor On Thursday, November 7, Franklin & Marshall’s campus played host to one of the…
NCAA Researcher Lydia Bell discusses implications of stress on student-athletes
By Isabel Paris || Campus Life Editor This week’s common hour discussed the importance and the unspoken aspects of mental…
Common Hour speakers combat college hazing norms in Greek organizations
By Samantha Milowitz || Staff Writer This week’s common hour featured the Gruver family: parents, Rae Anne Gruver and Stephen Gruver,…
Photo Story: Eddie S. Glaude Jr. discusses racial politics at Common Hour
Photos by Mira Lerner || Photographer and Contributing Writer Blurb by Isabel Paris || Campus Life Editor Eddie S. Glaude…
Writer details the unique life of former French spy Marthe Cohn
By Hannah Berman ||Contributing Writer This past week’s Common Hour held in the Alumni Sports and Fitness Center on September…