Impact of Hurricane Laura
By You (Elena) Wu || Contributing Writer Hurricane Laura came ashore around 2:00 AM EDT on August 27 near Cameron, Louisiana as a Category 4 hurricane. It made its landfall…
Trump Delivers Acceptance Speech at Republican National Convention
By Evan Madden|| Contributing Writer On Thursday, a maskless crowd stood on the South Lawn of the White House chanting “four more years,” as incumbent President Donald Trump stepped up…
Off-Campus Housing Increasingly Emerges as F&M’s Biggest Risk for the Fall
By Daniel Robillard || Investigative Reporter Several weeks before Franklin & Marshall College announced its decision to move online for the entirety of the spring 2020 semester, hundreds of students…
Dean Hazlett to Take Leave of Absence, President Altmann Talks to The College Reporter About Interim Replacement
By TCR Staff In an email message about engagement opportunities sent to Franklin & Marshall College students on Friday, Vice President and Dean of Student Affairs Margaret Hazlett surprised many…
Is F&M’s Testing Plan Enough to Mitigate the Risk of a COVID-19 Outbreak on Campus This Fall?
By Daniel Robillard || Investigative Reporter Since the outbreak of COVID-19, health experts and government officials have repeatedly emphasized the importance of aggressive testing and screening in order to begin…
F&M Abruptly Announces Major Fall Decision—Sophomores Required to Study Remotely, First-years Will not Return in the Spring
By Daniel Robillard || Investigative Reporter & Ruby Van Dyk || Editor-in-Chief On Monday night, the F&M Leadership Team released the most major update yet to the College’s fall reopening…
As Move-in Nears, F&M Seems Increasingly Unprepared, Frustrating Many Students
By Daniel Robillard || Investigative Reporter During the Franklin & Marshall Town Hall for Students and Parents held on July 28, President Barbara Altmann addressed the recent decisions by Lafayette…
F&M Students Remember Beloved Professor David Schuyler
By Anna Goorevich ’21 & and Elisabeth Rohde ’21 Goorevich and Rohde are two of Professor Schuyler’s many mentees during his tenure at F&M. Both worked with him as research…
COVID on Campus? Pennsylvania, Lancaster Still Struggle to Contain Virus as Details About Upcoming Fall Move-in are Announced
By Daniel Robillard || Investigative Reporter As students’ return to Franklin & Marshall College nears, COVID-19 cases across the U.S., Pennsylvania, and Lancaster continue to rise. The recent spike in…
35% of Courses Online this Fall, Varies Significantly by Department
By Daniel Robillard || Investigative Reporter As colleges and universities across the country have announced their plans to return to campus for the fall semester, many professors have said they…
TCR Sits Down with Dr. Gretchel Hathaway, New VP of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
By Anna Synakh and Isabel Paris || Copy Editor and Managing Editor In an email sent out on July 9th, President Altmann introduced Dr. Gretchel Hathaway as Franklin & Marshall’s…
Further Impact of COVID-19, Now on International Students
By Ellyn Fritz || News Editor On July 6th, the Department of Homeland Security announced that international students on an F-1 or M-1 visa could not remain in the United…
Polls Leading Up to the 2020 Election
By Jeremy Mauser || Staff Writer In any election cycle, there’s only one poll that truly matters: the one that takes place at the voting booths on election day. But…
A Semester of Unknowns—Financial Crises, Admissions Troubles, and Skyrocketing Coronavirus Cases Puts F&M in a Bind for the Fall
By Daniel Robillard || Investigative Reporter This past Wednesday, Franklin & Marshall President Barbara K. Altmann announced the administration’s decision to return to campus for the fall semester. The College…
Centennial Conference Suspends Fall Sports, Plans to Reassess in September
By Ellyn Fritz & Jamie Belfer || News & Sports Editors After the Presidents of all Centennial Conference schools met on the morning of Tuesday, July 7, a decision was…