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By Christa Rodriguez || Assistant Campus Life Editor On Tuesday, March 1, F&M’s Philadelphia Alumni Writers House hosted a reading with Meghan Kenny, author and seventh grade English teacher at…
Full Staff Opinion If you weren’t actually at Common Hour on Thursday, chances are you heard about it. This past week, the lecture series featured Steve Almond,…
By Betty Phyu Sin || Contributing Writer During this spring break at F&M, the Ware Institute initiated a Local Alternative Spring Break Program which integrated learning and community service components…
By Steven VIera || Senior Editor On Tuesday, Mar. 22, the Diplomatic Congress (DipCon) hosted its first-ever Student Leadership Fair to encourage students to run for positions on DipCon as well…
Christa Rodriguez || Campus Life Editor Author and journalist Steve Almond spoke at last Thursday’s Common Hour and gave a talk entitled “The Eager Violence of the Heart: Re-Imagining America’s…
Ellie Gavin || Campus Life Editor With the Pennsylvania primaries quickly approaching and an important presidential election underway, F&M Votes has been working hard to promote voter registration and education…
Tom Wolf, governor of Pennsylvania, will deliver the Commencement Address on Saturday, May 7 for members of F&M’s graduating class. By Steven Viera || Senior Editor Tom Wolf, the governor…
Izzy Schellenger || Staff Writer F&M’s Alice Drum Women’s Center and the Philadelphia Alumni Writers House hosted their annual event, Take Back the Night, on Thursday, March 24. This event…
By Tom Fogel-Burlan || Contributing Writer It should be obvious that Superman is a good character. He’s not motivated by fear, or sadness, or a past failure of any type.…
By Justin Hopkins ’07 || Contributing Writer As the curtain rises, revealing the thatched roofs of Tudor houses, a bard (not The Bard, not yet) strumshis lute and bids us,…
By Nicholas Riebel || Staff Writer In the wake of the tragic terrorist attack in Brussels, Belgium on March 22, which ISIS (or ISIL, or Daesh, or the Islamic State, or…
Joe Giordano || Assistant Sports Editor UFC star Conor McGregor is known for his brash predictions and smack talk. He has become a legend on the Internet for his barbs thrown at…
Full Staff Opinion We went to Saturday’s L.I.F.T. performance (well, okay, some of us did), and it was absolutely electrifying. We decided to highlight in a full staff opinion because…
By Steven Viera || Senior Editor The Fulbright Program—a competitive, merit-based scholarship that provides funds for scholars and teachers to live and work abroad—is seeking to expand the diversity of its…
By Steven Viera || Senior Editor Last Tuesday, F&M’s Debate Team hosted the Debate on Fraternities in Mayser Gymnasium during the Uncommon Hour. The event—which drew a crowd of hundreds…