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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…
BY SHIRA KIPNEES ’15 Staff Writer Teach for America (TFA) recently added F&M to its top contributors list, a list of colleges whose students work for TFA, for the first…
BY JAMES BOLAND ’15 Contributing Writer At the end of the current academic year Kent Trachte, dean of the College, will adopt a new position within the administration. He will…
BY SHIRA KIPNEES ’15 Staff Writer Again demonstrating a commitment to the Greater Lancaster community, the College was recognized in the 2012 edition of the President’s Higher Education Community Service…
BY BRIANNA ROBINSON ’16 Contributing Writer F&M Works, a pilot program run by the Ware Institute for Civic Engagement, kicks off this year. Students chosen to participate in this program…
BY NICOLE MAURICI ’16 Contributing Writer WFNM, the student-run, college-owned radio station, which features a variety of music, is changing its website in order to make streaming and listening to…