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…
Dear Elle: New advice column Q&A
Q: Why an advice column? A: Because quarantine is boring as shit, and I know you all have questions but can’t muster up the courage to ask them publicly (says…
Quarantine Slump: How Quarantine Has Affected Student Motivation
By Sarah Nicell || Layout Assistant The United States has officially surmounted 400,000 total deaths from COVID-19, a figure so devastating that it becomes impossible to visualize. Approaching ten months…
…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…
A Different Kind of Inauguration Brings Americans Needed Hope
By Samantha Milowitz || Op-Eds Editor A typical American inauguration is usually pretty extra: There are parades, grand balls, luncheons, thousands of people lining down the Mall of Washington D.C.…
Anonymous F&M Student Shares Opinion on Human Rights Violations in China
The following comes from an anonymous author; due to the current political climate in China, it can be dangerous to speak out against the government. Whether it’s jailing civilians for…
What to Know About the COVID-19 Vaccines
By Samantha Milowitz || Op-Eds Editor With the COVID vaccine becoming readily available to people across the United States, it’s important to know the facts. While I am not a…
Fall, winter sports canceled, spring sports awaiting Centennial Conference decision
By Jamie Belfer || Sports Editor The persistent spread of COVID-19 has created much uncertainty regarding F&M athletics in the 2020-2021 school year, seriously affecting the likelihood of having a…
Op-Ed: The Insatiability of Whiteness
By Jonny Teklit || Contributing Writer and Alum ‘20 Hello, everyone. Jonny here with another installment of me whittling down my rage into something that resembles language so I can…
The Day Our Democracy was Threatened: Previous Co- President of BSU & College Democrats Rachel St Louis, Remarks on the Events of January 6th
By Rachel St Louis || Contributing Writer As it stands, January 6th could be marked as the day our democracy was threatened. I think about the scenes we all have…
Ken Mehlman ’88: What I Learned From Stan Michalak
By Ken Mehlman ’88 || F&M Alumnus and Trustee Professor Stanley Michalak was the best professor I ever had. While I was fortunate to learn from many wonderful teachers at…
Poem: “Ode to the Strangers who Smiled”
By Olivia Lockey || Contributing Writer Ode to the strangers who smiled I want to love the strangers who smiled and waved; the steady speed walker, with hairs graying at…
Contributing Writer Shares Photos and Reflects on 2020
By William Li || Contributing Writer After an exhausting afternoon packing up and moving downstairs from Ware College House in May, I arrived at a little wooden farmhouse in the…
“An Elegy”
By Tristan Steffe || Contributing Writer ‘I pace upon the battlements and stare / On the foundations of a house, or where / Tree, like a sooty finger, starts…
Vice President of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Reflects on 2020 at F&M
By Gretchel Hathaway || Vice President of Diversity Equity and Inclusion As one of the newest members of the F&Mily, I wish to thank everyone – students, faculty, and professional…