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BY STEVEN VIERA ’16 Contributing Writer The Urban History Association (UHA) recently named F&M’s Jerome Hodos, department chair and associate professor of sociology, winner of the 2011 Kenneth Jackson Best…
BY SHIRA KIPNEES ’15 Staff Writer The C-SPAN Campaign 2012 bus will be visiting F&M as a stop along its Road to the White House tour Wednesday, Oct. 24. According…
BY CATHERINE BROWN ’14 Staff Writer Last semester, a group of students founded the Workers Advocacy Group to show their appreciation and concern for a crucial group of the F&M…
BY SHIRA KIPNEES ’15 Staff Writer Students for Educational Reform (SFER) hosted an event on Hartman Green to help promote awareness of educational inequality Oct. 3. “We wanted to create…
BY SHIRA KIPNEES ’15 Staff Writer F&M votes is a non-partisan coalition of F&M students, faculty, and professional staff, working to ensure every eligible F&M student can vote by helping…
BY JULIA CINQUEGRANI ’16 Contributing Writer In an ongoing effort to fully comply with requirements set forth by Title IX, F&M’s Sexual Misconduct Committee and the College’s Title IX Coordinator…
BY STEVEN VIERA ’16 Contributing WriterLast weekend, an email was sent out to all F&M students by a small group of students at the College. School officials say this was…
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…
BY ALEXANDRA GLENGES ’16 Contributing Writer Phi Sigma Pi (PSP), F&M’s co-ed National Honors Fraternity, held a fall recruitment and added 13 individuals to the Epsilon Class on Sept. 15.…
BY TREVOR RAK ’14 Contributing Writer The Diplomatic Congress (DipCon) has created a Sustainability Committee in the spirit of F&M’s commitment to green initiatives. Sean Tippen ’14, who was chosen…
BY STEVEN VIERA ’16 Staff Writer The Phillips Museum of Art is hosting a new exhibition, “Uncommon Denominator,” featuring the work of acclaimed sculptor and performance artist James Nestor and…
BY SHIRA KIPNEES ’15 Staff Writer This past May Jack Madden ’14 discovered a pulsar (portmanteau of pulsating star), which is a large, dense neutron star that has a very…
BY LAUREN MULIAWAN ’16 Staff Writer F&M welcomed William McHale as Director of Public Safety as he took over for Mike Rossano on Sept. 10. McHale’s daily tasks will include…
BY BRIANNA ROBINSON ’16 Contributing Writer The College’s Emergency Medical Services (EMS), a Quick Response Service licensed by the Pennsylvania Department of Health, is undergoing two major changes. One major…
BY STEVEN VIERA ’16 Contributing Writer New measures taken by the College and fraternities to reduce alcohol-related incidents, including an earlier start time for fraternity parties, were enacted for the…