Why Being “That Girl” Isn’t All That
By Erin Maxwell || Editor in Chief You’ve seen her on your explore page. Flashing her perfect stomach to the camera, she twists to the side against a soft white…
First Year Spotlight: Amaya McIntyre-Taylor
By Erin Maxwell || News Editor “School shut down on my birthday,” says Amaya McIntyre-Taylor, a first-year student from the Bronx, New York. “Two weeks had turned into eighteen months.…
Students, Involved: Franklin and Marshall’s Club Fair Brings Campus to Life
By Erin Maxwell || News Editor For the first time in a year, brightly colored signs studded Hartman Green, each representing a unique student-run organization. The excitement was palpable before…
Life After the Vaccine: New Moderna Study Measures Transmission of Vaccinated College Students
By Erin Maxwell || News Editor On Friday, Mar. 26, the COVID-19 Prevention Network (CoVPN) announced to the public a new nationwide Moderna study among college students, appropriately named “Prevent…
Spike or Surge? PORT Announcement Reflects Concerning National Trend
By Erin Maxwell || News Editor The subject line, “URGENT- Please read” sent shockwaves through campus this Thursday, Mar. 25, as the Student Wellness Center revealed a disturbing wave of…
A Third Vaccine Enters the Ring: Johnson & Johnson Approved for Emergency Use
By Erin Maxwell || News Editor On Saturday, February 27th, the Federal Food, and Drug Administration officially approved Johnson & Johnson’s COVID-19 vaccine for immediate emergency use, with promises to…
Anti-Asian American Hate Crime at Blue Line: A Disturbing Trend in Discrimination Rears its Head on F&M’s Campus
By Erin Maxwell || News Editor At 5:30 p.m. on Saturday, February 6th, two Lancaster residents entered Franklin and Marshall’s Blue Line location, where they proceeded to harass an employee…
“It’s Life and Death”: Texans Freeze as Power Outages Continue
By Erin Maxwell || News Editor Freezing temperatures hitting below 0℉ hit Texas this week as winter storm system Uri coated over 71% of the United States in snow. As…
Biden Calls School Closures a “National Emergency”: Health Experts Balance the Needs of Students and Public Safety
By Erin Maxwell || News Editor In a primetime interview preceding last week’s Super Bowl, President Biden restated his campaign promise of re-opening the majority of public schools by his…
Trump Refuses to Show Face at Senate Conviction Trial: Claims of Unconstitutionality Threaten the Life of the Case
By Erin Maxwell || News Editor Early in the day on January 6th, shouts of “fight like hell!” echoed across the National Mall, as domestic terrorists staged an insurrection at…
New COVID-19 Variants Threaten Increased Transmissibility
By Erin Maxwell || Layout Assistant As an RNA virus, mutations leading to new variants of the coronavirus tend to appear once or twice a month, usually without a major…
…And All I Got Was This Lousy Keychain
By Erin Maxwell || Staff Writer If you’re still able to access your pre-COVID memories, you’ll remember that F&M’s 2020 commencement had already been steeped in controversy before the pandemic…
OP-ED: WHY TRUMP’S CLAIMS WEAKEN DEMOCRACY, TRUMP’S ACCUSATIONS OF FRAUD UNDERMINES ELECTORAL LEGITAMACY
By Erin Maxwell || Layout Assistant On January 20, 2021, President-Elect Joe Biden will be sworn into the highest office, following what may be the most divisive and aggressive election…
Iowa Continues to Grapple with August Derecho Destruction
By Erin Maxwell || Layout Assistant In the apocalyptic context of a global pandemic, raging forest fires, and a tenuous election cycle, the record-breaking destruction of this August’s derecho failed…
Trump associate, personal friend Roger Stone sentenced to three years in prison
By Erin Maxwell || Staff Writer This past Thursday, Donald Trump’s longtime political confidant Roger Stone was sentenced to over three years in federal prison for obstruction of Congress, witness…