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By Sarah Nicell || Layout Assistant For many this election season, choosing a candidate has been a struggle beyond compare. Deciding between two rich white men with problematic histories seems…
By Sarah Nicell || Contributing Writer Because the United States is a representative democracy, the people we elect to serve as officials embody American ideals. Who we choose to run…
By Ellyn Fritz || Staff Writer The first nominating contest of the 2020 election cycle began this past week on Monday, February 3rd with the Iowa Caucuses. Iowa’s caucus night…
By Anna Synakh || Contributing Writer All across the country Democratic Debate viewers like me were awaiting the fight of the year on our televisions, as Sanders, Warren and Biden,…
By Jeremy Mauser || Staff Writer A little over two years into Donald Trump’s time as President of the United States, several politicians and public figures-both Democrats and Republicans alike-are…
By Kimberly Givant || Editor-in-Chief On Friday, November 11, the Government Department at Franklin & Marshall College held a post-election discussion featuring Professors Stephen Medvic, David Ciuk, Elspeth Wilson, and…
By Hannah LaChance || Contributing Writer In recent years, it seems like there has been an increasing amount of support for the feminist movement. The word is more widely used,…
By Nick Riebel || Staff Writer I’m not quite sure what to say. Donald Trump will be our next president. Hillary Clinton may see a special prosecutor send her to…
By Alex Pinsk || Layout Assistant You are a Democrat or you are a Republican. You are liberal or you are conservative. You believe in climate change or you do…
By Joe Yamulla || Opinion & Editorial Editor It happened. It’s difficult to articulate or summarize the election in any more detail than that. The fear of millions of American…
By David Martin || Satirical Columnist LANCASTER, PA— Crying profusely on the way to his first class on Wednesday morning, the guilt of jokingly voting for President-elect Donald Trump finally…
By Marcella Labellarte || Contributing Writer This Monday, The College Reporter released an anonymous letter written by an F&M student who had been sexually assaulted. The writer eloquently and bravely recalled…
By Nick Riebel || Staff Writer Each election, as it comes up, becomes the most important election ever. Usually, elections, although it can be said that they are important, are…
By Nick Riebel || Staff Writer The point of this article is not to discuss Trump. His pitiful, awful, and (fortunately) incompetent campaign have already been defeated, in large part…
By Nick Riebel || Staff Writer I don’t think I have to tell you how serious it is to be the President of the United States. It is the ultimate…