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By Vanessa Chen || Contributing Writer The TDF production of The Caucasian Chalk Circle doesn’t begin so much as it throws itself at the audience—bare and curtain-less—with the whole cast…
By Joe Yamulla || Opinion & Editorial Editor Around college campuses everywhere, Halloween is a pretty popular holiday. Halloween costumes are the perfect way for students to exercise their originality,…
By Juliana Piacentini || Contributing Writer With the approach of Halloween weekend, fondly known as “Halloweekend” to the average college student, comes the excitement of making plans with friends, gorging…
By Joe Yamulla || Opinion & Editorial Editor It’s the middle of the semester, and if you walk around campus you can see it in every student’s eyes. It’s inevitable…
By Alex Pinsk || Layout Assistant Competitive. Media-oriented. Variable. The world we live in today is nothing like it was a few decades ago. We are more material-based, less empathetic,…
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 Sarah Frazer || Staff Writer A panel discussion on drug addiction took place on Wednesday in the Alumni Sports and Fitness Center (ASFC) in honor of Red Ribbon Week…
By Bridget Johnston || News Editor This month, Franklin & Marshall’s Philadelphia Alumni Writers House welcomed its newest hire, Alex Faccibene ’16. She returns to the Writers House to work…
By Shira Gould || Staff Writer This week’s Common Hour was given by C. Brian Rose, a professor of Archaeology at the University of Pennsylvania. Rose has a passion for…
By Katherine Coble || Layout Assistant The Pennsylvania Environmental Resources Consortium recently acknowledged the Franklin & Marshall staff and student body for their commitment to sustainability at the consortium’s annual…
By Kyle Huntzberry || Satirical Columnist LANCASTER, PA— Matt Jones, a local Franklin & Marshall student, felt uncomfortable expressing his views at the campus’ recent Day of Dialogue. According to…
By David Martin || Satirical Columnist LANCASTER, PA — “I never imagined I’d run for office,” Bigley chuckled, “That all changed, though, on the evening of September 26, 2016 during…
By Gabby Goodwin || Layout Assistant F&M Women’s Volleyball had a great day on Wednesday when they defeated Gettysburg Bullets 3 sets to 1 to improve their record to 17-8…
By Joe Giordano || Sports Editor Through four games of the World Series, the Cleveland Indians and the Chicago Cubs have battled for the right to call themselves champions. Both…