Why Mergers are Shrinking Consumer Value
On Dec. 5, Netflix announced that it would acquire Warner Bros. Discovery’s film and streaming assets in a deal worth $72 billion. Paramount Skydance continues its struggle to compete in…
Holiday Spending Up Despite High Prices
When consumers think of Holiday gift spending, they might think of traditionally common purchases for family members and friends: apparel, toys, home goods, technology, etc. While most of these categories…
Manning Fireworks: A Fire Album Album By MJ Lenderman
MJ Lenderman, Wednesday band member, released the album “Manning Fireworks” a little over a year ago. Incredible lyricism is its center of attention. Beyond the beautiful attention to detail in…
Timothée Chalamet Reigns (Marty) Supreme
Timothée Chalamet’s newest film, “Marty Supreme,” premiered on Christmas Day and is one of his wildest yet. Directed by Josh Safdie, the film very loosely tells the real-life story of…
Are We In An AI Bubble?
For the last few years, the word “AI” has been inescapable. Ever since the successful launch of ChatGPT by OpenAI in late 2022, it seems like every tech company is…
Shattering The Red Zone: One Table at a Time
The Red Zone Campaign on Franklin & Marshall’s (F&M) campus has concluded, but the fight to spread awareness and the efforts to engage students in violence prevention never stops. The…
The Red Zone is Rusted, so Why Hasn’t F&M Caught Up?
Every day, I walk into the College Center to get my sandwich from Handcrafted. On my way there, I pass maybe three or more signs that remind me, “We are…
What’s Fizzin’
In the Orwellian world of 1984, if one were to do anything, they would know that Big Brother is watching. At Franklin and Marshall College, when a nonchalant Diplomat trips…
Senior Reflection
I and many others on campus are on the dark side of the moon. Graduation looms ahead for those who will walk across the stage in either December or May,…
The Importance of Higher Learning and Education
There is a gap between the growing desire to attend college and the shrinking ability to afford it, and it isn’t just theoretical. It’s becoming the central issue in the…
Nintendo Switch 2 and Why $80 Games Aren’t Justified
If you have not been keeping up with news revolving technology and the gaming industry, Nintendo’s newly revealed console, the Nintendo Switch 2, has gotten a lot of backlash recently.…
AI Jobs: Is It Taking Over?
As a rising senior here at F&M, I have been considering which kinds of jobs I would like to apply to in the future. This means I have been mainly…
Lights, Camera…Live Action?
Like many of us, I was excited when Disney remade some of their most iconic animated films in the 2010s. I was there in the theater for “Cinderella” and “Beauty…
Where Have All the Clubs Gone?
I was drawn to F&M not only by its academic reputation, but also by its welcoming community. Before I even enrolled, I was so excited to see the wide variety…
The Orange Elephant: Political Exhaustion in the Classroom
Politics belong in the classroom. But recently these spaces don’t cater to discourse, just exhaustion. I have perfected the art of doom-scrolling, kept track of every executive order I’d like…