New Iowa Poll Shocks Nation: Could This Be A Sign Of An Unexpected Shift?
A brand new poll from Iowa released on November 2nd, 2024 from pollster Ann Selzer of the Des Moines Register showed that Harris was up by 3% in the previously…
Not Bad for a Football Coach: Tim Walz Takes the Stage in York, PA
Governor Tim Walz Takes the Stage at York Fairgrounds. All Photos Courtesy of Anna Chiaradonna On the cloudy afternoon of October 2nd, Tim Walz, the Democratic vice-presidential nominee, spoke to…
The First Harris-Trump Debate: Who Won and What Does This Mean?
On September 10, 2024, former President Donald Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris met in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania for their first, and possibly only, presidential debate. Over 67 million people watched…
Second Assassination Attempt on Donald Trump
Former President Donald Trump was subject to a second assassination attempt in 2024 on Sunday, September 16. The shooter, identified as 58-year-old Ryan Wesley Routh, hid in the bushes near…
Far Right Parties Take Over Europe
While the world is increasingly focused on American politics as national elections are approaching and a new event in the presidential race happens every day, the public eye has largely…
A Look at Biden’s Decision to Bow Out
On Sunday, July 21, President Joe Biden announced that he was no longer seeking reelection in the 2024 presidential race. In his statement posted on the social media platform X,…
The Greatest Computer Outage in History: The CrowdStrike Incident
On July 19, 2024, the cybersecurity platform CrowdStrike released an update for all Windows systems. This update, called the Falcon Sensor Update, was automatically downloaded on 8.5 million Windows systems…
The History and Future of the Benjamin Franklin and John Marshall Statues
(Benjamin Franklin Statue, Covered in Chocolate Syrup and Rainbow Feathers, credit to Martin College Library Archives) They’re easy to miss. If one was dashing to class, or frantically attempting to…
Farewell, Fowl Friends
Photo courtesy of Fizz Tragedy struck Franklin and Marshall College last week. After several days of intense rainfall flooded the campus, improper runoff channels culminated in the appearance of a…
Charm City Collapse
On Tuesday, March 26th, around 1:30 a.m, Baltimore made the news for another tragedy. In just twenty-four hours six men died, a cargo ship lost power, a bridge was destroyed,…
The United States vs. TikTok: TikTok “Ban” Bill Passes the House of Representatives
On March 13, 2024, the House of Representatives passed a bill that would require the Chinese technology giant ByteDance to sell the social media platform TikTok. If the bill becomes…
SpaceX Soars To The Skies
While F&M students were all on spring break, Elon Musk’s Space Exploration Technologies Corp. (SpaceX) was working hard to perform several successful launches. The first notable launch lifted off from…
France Becomes The First Country To Guarantee The Freedom Of Abortion Into Its Constitution
This decade, the world has witnessed many different takes on abortion like, for example, the reversing of Roe v Wade in the United States in 2022. On the contrary, France…
Trump v. Anderson and Its Implications
On March 4th, 2024, the Supreme Court decided unanimously in favor of Donald Trump in a case appealed from the State Supreme Court of Colorado. The Colorado Supreme Court had…
A Timeline of Kate Middleton’s Cancer Diagnosis and Public Disappearance
Catherine Middleton, Princess of Wales, announced her cancer diagnosis last week. After undergoing abdominal surgery, Kate explained in a publicized video that doctors discovered cancer and advised her to undergo…