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By Aditya Ramachandran, Contributing Writer The fact that we have been talking democratic free market values for decades and yet we can’t seem to govern ourselves has an impact. We…
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By Aditya Ramachandran, Contributing Writer The fact that we have been talking democratic free market values for decades and yet we can’t seem to govern ourselves has an impact. We…
By Max Pearlman, Staff Writer From the moment I got to campus — scratch that — from the moment I got into college, there has been a stigma associated with having a girlfriend. Before…
By Briona Price, Staff Writer Kimberly Hall, mother of teenage boys and owner of a blog geared towards mothers, has been under criticism for a few months now because of…
BY GRACE MEREDITH ‘16 Staff Writer From as early on as I can remember, my family was a veritable charm school. My grandfather would repeat, like a mantra, about elbows…
BY SEAN SIMONEAU ‘13 Staff Writer If you’ve followed any sort of news source over the past few months, you might expect that space is trying to destroy the planet.…
Seniors, Welcome to your new community: The Franklin & Marshall Alumni Association. On behalf of our more than 25,000 alumni, it is my pleasure to congratulate you on your impending…
BY BRIONA PRICE ’16 Staff Writer After making the daily rounds on AOL — a reliable news source regardless of what my friends say — I came across a rather strange article. “Orthodox Jew…
BY SEAN SIMONEAU ’13 Staff Writer As a fan of the movie Contact and a general enthusiast for anything space-related, I was especially excited to hear Jill Tarter speak at…
BY GRACE MEREDITH ’16 Staff Writer The other day, my mother drove from Philadelphia to Lancaster so the two of us could do a much-needed shopping trip. It was a…
BY SARA BLANK ’14 Opinion & Editorial Editor F&M, here’s the deal. If we’re all going to be upset that we have a reputation in the community and in the…
BY CONNOR BURNS ’13 Senior Staff After the tragedy in Newtown, CT, America struggled with a series of definitions. We still do. What, exactly, constitutes an assault rifle? How many…
BY KYLE GRACZYK ‘16 Contributing Writer For the past month, the Democratic People’s Republic of North Korea (DPRK) has increasingly made the international community nervous with the expansion of their…
BY SEAN SIMONEAU ‘13 Contributing Writer This past Tuesday, President Obama presented his plans for a new scientific research project to develop the technology for mapping the human brain. The…
BY GRACE MEREDITH ‘16 Contributing Writer Two weeks ago, I was scrolling through my Facebook on a Tuesday afternoon when I found my newsfeed alive with scarlet banners of friends…
BY CONNOR BURNS ‘13 Senior Staff President Obama successfully passed comprehensive reform of healthcare finance, and, to a lesser extent, taxes. Now the president is setting his sight on an…