Alumni Board hosts lunch to meet students, build presence
By Steven Viera ’16 Layout Assistant The Franklin & Marshall College Alumni Association Board held a luncheon on campus to provide an opportunity for alumni and students to meet, interact,…
MyDiplomat replaced by Inside F&M as new web portal, part of Project BOOST
BY Shira Kipnees ’16 Staff writer F&M launched Inside F&M in December. Inside F&M is a web portal that replaces MyDiplomat for managing student and academic information, along with human…
Women’s basketball heats up in close match against McDaniel
BY MARK ROSSMAN ’14 Sports Editor At home in Mayser Center, F&M women’s basketball fell to McDaniel College by a mere three points Saturday 60-57. This will mark the team’s…
NHL, NHLPA reach agreement, allow hockey season to begin
BY ALANNA KOEHLER ’15 Campus Life Editor The morning of Sunday, Jan. 6, a ripple of excitement ran through the hockey community. “Hockey is back!” proclaimed many sources, including sports…
Sports for Dummies: learning ins, outs, intricacies of playing squash
BY LAUREN BEJZAK ’13 Editor-in-ChiefSports in general are difficult for me to understand. I sometimes have to remind myself how American football works while the tiny men are running around.…
Changes to food options on campus reflect student interests
BY ABIGAIL QUINT ’15 News Editor Barry Bosley, associate vice president of administration, and Kevin Dean, general manager of dining services, applied the results of student feedback to select the…
Deliciousness sure to ensue
BY SARA BLANK ‘14 Opinion & Editorial Editor I have to say I am truly impressed. After visiting my friend at Middlebury, I was prepared to come back from Winter…
The new, gluten-free My Zone – Photo Gallery
My Zone is a new, gluten-free option in D-Hall located where the cereal used to be. Photos by Caroline Hirsh ’16 .
Fresh American Idol face offers alternative to radio pop, rap
Evocative of ’90s jam band superstars, Phillips pulls off solo-guitarist sound BY CHARLOTTE HUGHES ’16 Staff Writer American Idol has done it again with its newest winner, Phillip Phillips, who…
Furino’s holiday style survival guide
BY ELIZABETH FURINO ’16Staff Writer As the holiday season approaches, filled with fancy dinners and festive parties with friends and family, it’s the perfect time to embrace the joy of…
Holidays Rule proves why Christmas is “Most Wonderful Time of Year”
Unique Christmas compilation challenges uninteresting renditions of Christmas albums past BY SCOTT THOMPSON ’16 Layout Assistant With the holiday season arriving, various artists will inevitably churn out Christmas albums, most…
Life of Pi film adaptation does surprising justice to novel
Tear-jerking production successfully illustrates profound discussions BY LAUREN BEJZAK ’13 Editor-in-Chief Succinctly put, Life of Pi captures the essence of its source material and provides more to chew on than…
McCain, Republicans terrorist attacks to play politics
BY CONNOR BURNS ’13 Senior Staff Writer The tides of history often go unseen until they crash upon the shore. The Internet, for example, remained the obscure luxury of technocrats…
Messy kitchen speaks to student disrepect of shared area
BY SHUNQI GAO ’16 Contributing WriterOn Nov. 29, Dean Richter sent a picture to all the members of New College House. It was a picture of the house kitchen: nicely…
Christy Wampole thinks you’re reading this ironically
BY ERIN MOYER ’16 Layout Assistant At this point, the New York Times editorial I’m writing about is probably so obscure it might just attract the very people it so…