Fresh Farms Café to open under College Row
BY HANNAH NALLO ’15 Contributing Writer This November, a new coffee and sandwich shop, Fresh Farms Café, will fill the vacancy under College Row across from CVS Pharmacy. “We are…
Field hockey avenges last year’s championship loss
BY JONATHAN PRESSMAN ’14 Copy Editor After being edged in last year’s Centennial Conference Championship game by Ursinus College, the members of the F&M women’s field hockey team provided themselves…
Football defeats Juniata in tough offensive showdown
BY JONATHAN PRESSMAN ’14 Copy Editor Only four games into the 2012 season F&M football recorded its third win, matching the total number of wins last season. The Diplomats squeaked…
Volleyball fights hard in competitive Juniata Invitational
BY MARK ROSSMAN ’14 Sports Editor The women’s volleyball team seems to always be on the court, playing in 17 matches thus far this season. This week was especially busy…
Hockey fans anxiously awaiting the return of pro hockey
BY ALANNA KOEHLER ’15 Campus Life Editor Avid hockey fans were counting down the seconds to midnight last Sunday and the dreaded beginning of the fourth National Hockey League (NHL)…
More like NY Technology week
BY ELIZABETH FURINO ’16 Contributing Writer From Sept. 6-13, the Lincoln Center in New York hosted Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week, filling tents with fabulous clothes and people alike. The week-long clothing…
Kanye declares himself Second Coming on Cruel Summer
BY CHARLOTTE HUGHES ’16 Staff Writer A single synthesized beat reverberates and then transitions into an up tempo. As tension builds, R. Kelly’s warped voice commands listeners to flip off…
Anti-climactic Battle Born lacks come-back attitude
BY SCOTT THOMPSON ’16 Contributing Writer In 2010 The Killers announced they would be entering an extended hiatus, a time that front man, Brandon Flowers, and drummer, Mark Stoermer, would…
Annie Bailey’s hosts second Senior Night of year
BY ELIZABETH MCMAHON ’13 Staff Writer The second senior night of the year, for seniors 21 and older, took place Saturday night at Annie Bailey’s Irish Pub and Restaurant downtown.…
Women’s Center debates sex numbers, statistics
BY CAROLINE PITKIN ’16 Staff Writer For nearly two decades, the Alice Drum Women’s Center of the College has held informal Friday discussions on a variety of gender and social…
Lanier fears societal implications of technology
BY RYAN THOMAS ’14 Contributing Writer Jaron Lanier visited campus for three different events Thursday: a Common Hour lecture, a Q&A with students, and a panel discussion. These talks provided…
Why Romney is mistaken about the 47 percent
BY DYLAN JENNINGS ’14 Contributing Writer If you have been paying any attention whatsoever to the news — if not, seeing as there’s a presidential election on the horizon, you’d better start — then…
Unjust, unnecessary voter ID laws are a step backward for democracy
BY JULIA CINQUEGRANI ’16 Contributing Writer I have always been proud of the United States as a place of equality and opportunity. It is therefore extremely troubling to me that…
Considering the anatomy of a bandwagon sports fan
BY NATHAN MCCLELLAN ’16 Staff Writer There may be no species more fascinating in this world than the “bandwagon fan.” They enthrall us, confuse us, and often anger us with…
iPhone cult gains another victim
BY SOPHIE AFDHAL ’15 Contributing Writer Last week, in a disappointing turn of events, my Blackberry began to die. Waterlogged and aging, it is slowly falling apart. Faced with its…