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By Clarissa Grunwald, Staff Writer || F&M’s Panhellenic Council plans to invite a new sorority to come to campus through a process known as extension. Possible sororities eligible for invitation…
According to a recent press release from F&M’s Panhellenic Council, Alpha Xi Delta (AXD) sorority has been invited to start a colony at the College starting in Fall 2014, with…
By Steven Viera, News Editor || On Friday, March 28, the College held the fourth-annual Franklin Innovation Challenge (FIC) in the Alumni Sports & Fitness Center (ASFC). In the past,…
By Steven Viera, News Editor || The College announced last week that Joel Martin, vice provost for academic personnel and dean of the faculty at University of Massachusetts, Amherst, will…
By Shira Kipnees, Staff Writer || Last Thursday, March 20, F&M’s Concert Committee announced pop duo Karmin as the performing artist for this year’s Spring concert, which will take place…
By Lila Epstein, Senior Staff || The organization formerly known as 1 in 4, a men’s group dedicated to preventing sexual assault on campus, has changed its name to Men…
By Shira Kipnees, staff writer || Project BOOST (Building On Opportunities for Streamlined Technology), which was launched in January 2012 to upgrade the College’s software systems, has now moved into…
The Concert Committee is excited to announce it has invited Karmin, pop duo, to perform at this year’s Spring concert, which will take place on Saturday, April 5, during Spring…
By Steven Viera, News Editor || Last Monday, the College announced that George Stephanopoulos, host of “This Week with George Stephanopoulos” and anchor of “Good Morning America” for ABC Television,…
By Steven Viera, News Editor The College recently announced changes to its curriculum that would replace Foundations courses and first-year seminars with Connections. The courses, which have been in development…
By Clarissa Grunwald, Staff Writer John Hanger, a Democratic gubernatorial candidate, hosted a meet-and-greet with students, faculty, and professional staff in New College House (NCH) Wednesday. The event, which was…
By Eric Acre, staff writer Michael Eric Dyson, an author, radio host, and professor of sociology at Georgetown University, spoke at Thursday’s Common Hour as part of F&M’s second annual…
By Sloane Markley, co- Editor-in-Chief The Franklin Innovation Challenge (FIC), an annual entrepreneurial competition at F&M that began in 2010, is entering its fourth-year of competition with a revamped format.…
By Shira, Kipnees, Staff Writer F&M hosted a screening of the award-winning documentary, War/Dance, featuring Dominic Akena ’16, last Thursday night. Both War/Dance and Innocente, another documentary, are the work…
Margaret Hazlett, dean of the College, informed the campus of a case of active tuberculosis (TB) on F&M’s campus through an email sent Friday, Feb. 21. The ill person is…