The independent student newspaper of Franklin & Marshall College
By Steven Viera || Senior Editor With reporting by Julia Cinquegrani || Editor-in-Chief College campuses have a long tradition of pushing boundaries and shaping the direction of American culture, both…
By Erin Moyer || Senior Editor Last Tuesday, Sep. 21st, the College hosted a Student Sexual Misconduct Forum in Stager Hall’s Stahr Auditorium to discuss changes in F&M’s sexual misconduct…
By Steven Viera || Senior Editor On Tuesdays and Thursdays since the beginning of the semester, representatives of the College and Lancaster General Health (LGH) have hosted open informational sessions…
By Steven Viera || Senior Editor Last Thursday, Sep. 16, Donald Trump permitted a questioner at a town hall event to make perjorative comments about Muslims and President Obama. Following…
By Steven Viera || Senior Editor In response to unprecedented waves of refugees seeking shelter in Europe, Germany will introduce temporary controls on its border with Austria to stem the…
By Garret Largoza || News Editor Richard W. Moog, Professor of Chemistry, will receive the prestigious 2016 George C. Pimentel Award, co-sponsored by Cengage Learning and the American Chemical Society’s…
By Renee Xiaoyu Wang || Contributing Writer F&M recently received a $1 million gift from Dr. Eric C. Rackow ’67 and his wife, Dr. Sari J. Kaminsky. This gift will…
By Catalina Salazar || Contributing Writer Last week, Donald Trump signed a loyalty pledge to the Republican Party that will effectively rule out the possibility of him running as a…
By Xinyu Zong || Contributing Writer On Wednesday, August 12, two massive explosions occurred just seconds apart from each other at a container storage station in Tianjin, North China. The…
By Lin Phyu Sin || Contributing Writer The numerous renovation projects conducted at F&M over this past summer can be found all over campus. There are many new and remodeled…
By Renee Xiaoyu Wang || Contributing Writer Scott Brewer, Associate Professor of Chemistry, was recently named a Henry Dreyfus Scholar-Teacher for his research project, “Exploring Protein Structure and Hydration with…
Steven Viera || Managing Editor Recently, the College announced that it will bestow honorary degrees on two distinguished scholars: Robert Kwesi Koomson ’97 and Sherry Turkle. Dan Porterfield, president of…
Shira Kipnees || Senior Staff Writer On Thursday, March 19, the College became aware of a data breach of two files containing personal information of approximately 356 students that were…
Steven Viera || Managing Editor Last Friday, April 17, the College hosted A Closer Look, its annual accepted students’ day. More than 500 prospective students from the Class of 2019…