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by ADITYA RAMACHANDRAN ’17, Staff Writer (aramacha@fandm.edu) Dubai’s extravagant New Year’s display of fireworks has been confirmed a Guinness World Record, with a staggering 479,651 shells successfully released in a…
by GRACE MEREDITH ’15, Staff Writer (gmeredit@fandm.edu) January is one of my favorite times of year. Like many others, I enjoy the New Year as a time of reflection for…
by Nicholas Riebel ’17, Contributing Writer (nriebel@fandm.edu) Let me start off by saying that I’ve personally never liked Chris Christie. Not merely for political or ideological reasons, but for personal…
by Douglas Adair ’16, Staff Writer (dadair@fandm.edu) Last semester, and even more so over Winter break, I’ve been embroiled in an internal debate over what courses to choose this semester…
by EMILIE WOODS, Contributing Writer (ewoods@fandm.edu) Something bothered me last weekend. Something that I have been accepting for quite some time, but that I don’t want to accept anymore. Something…
by Zach Adams, Contributing Writer (zadams@fandm.edu) By the end of February Franklin & Marshall will come to the decision of whether or not to arm its Public Safety officers. Either…
by Aditya Ramachandran, Staff Writer (aramacha@fandm.edu) “In one generation we’ve gone from riding camels to riding Cadillacs. The way we are wasting money, I fear the next generation will be…
By Chan Tov, Contributing Writer (cmcnamar@fandm.edu) Realize that Alpha Male is back. I, for one, find it almost hypocritical that on a campus with such distinct feminist voices crying out…
By HEATHER NONNEMACHER ’17, Contributing Writer (hnonnema@fandm.edu) It was unnerving walking into an empty room in the College Center to get a flu shot — and not just because I was seconds…
By EMILIE WOODS, Contributing Writer (ewoods@fandm.edu) There are people who jam to party music seven nights a week on my floor. No matter the day, I can always count on…
By ADITYA Ramachandran ’17, Staff Writer (@aramacha@fandm.edu) At the close of the 19th century, there were few unaware of the “Scramble for Africa.” Effectively, a collection of imperialist robber-barons carved…
By DYLAN JENNINGS ’17, Staff Writer The victory of Bill DeBlasio in the most recent mayoral election in New York City has the political world abuzz. After Mayor Bloomberg’s long…
By Julia Scavicchio ‘14 For many of us the Internet is simply the Internet. We don’t think of where it comes from or who gives it to us. This may…
By Aditya Ramachandran ’17 Just one day after the U.N elected the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia to a special seat on the Security Council, the country’s rulers refused to accept…
By Chan Tov Dear ladies, if you’re promoting bathroom discrimination — urine trouble. Pardon the bad pun, but I really feel the need to address issues found in an article a…