Inaugurating the coolest president once again
BY CONNOR BURNS ‘13 Senior Staff Four years ago, I stood waiting in an endless line for access to the Capital to witness Barack Obama’s inauguration. Thanks to bungled logistical…
Deliciousness sure to ensue
BY SARA BLANK ‘14 Opinion & Editorial Editor I have to say I am truly impressed. After visiting my friend at Middlebury, I was prepared to come back from Winter…
Holidays Rule proves why Christmas is “Most Wonderful Time of Year”
Unique Christmas compilation challenges uninteresting renditions of Christmas albums past BY SCOTT THOMPSON ’16 Layout Assistant With the holiday season arriving, various artists will inevitably churn out Christmas albums, most…
McCain, Republicans terrorist attacks to play politics
BY CONNOR BURNS ’13 Senior Staff Writer The tides of history often go unseen until they crash upon the shore. The Internet, for example, remained the obscure luxury of technocrats…
Messy kitchen speaks to student disrepect of shared area
BY SHUNQI GAO ’16 Contributing WriterOn Nov. 29, Dean Richter sent a picture to all the members of New College House. It was a picture of the house kitchen: nicely…
Christy Wampole thinks you’re reading this ironically
BY ERIN MOYER ’16 Layout Assistant At this point, the New York Times editorial I’m writing about is probably so obscure it might just attract the very people it so…
Toiling away off campus
BY KRISSY MONTVILLE ’14 Layout Assistant It wasn’t long ago that juniors and seniors found themselves entering the world of off-campus living for the 2012-2013 school year. As we all…
Course registration creates moral questions, quagmires
BY NATHAN MCCLELLAN ’16 Layout Assistant On Tuesday I woke up at four in the morning and trudged over to Steinman College Center to stand in line for the designated…
First-year pre-medical woes would get anyone down before Thanksgiving
BY BRIONA PRICE ’16 Staff Writer I’m not pre-med anymore. Well that’s not exactly true, but it’s what I was thinking last week when I was pulling my third all-nighter of…
While Fiscal Cliff approaches, Republicans forced to change stances
BY CONNOR BURNS ’13 Senior Staff Writer Friday, President Obama and leading Republicans in Congress met to discuss the Fiscal Cliff. Many things hang in the balance of these negotiations,…
Letter to the Editor
Letter to the Editor To the Editor: First of all, I want to make clear that I am not trying to offend anyone, but solely trying to get answers and…
Letter to the Editor
Letter to the Editor To the Editor: The editorial “Survivor shame vs. support” that ran in the Oct. 29 edition of The College Reporter encouraged the College’s administration to share…
Rove, Republicans shocked after failure to use data
BY CONNOR BURNS ’13 Senior Staff Writer Tuesday night went badly for Karl Rove. FOX News called Ohio, and the entire election, for Barack Obama. Rove insisted FOX had made…
Rigid Republican platform alienates potential supporters
BY NATHAN MCCLELLAN ’16 Contributing Writer Oh to have been a fly on the wall inside Romney headquarters on the night of the election. Indeed, the prospects of Tuesday evening…
Misinformed POSSE attack highlights larger on-campus issue
BY ALANNA KOEHLER ’15 Campus Life Editor I knew the article was coming before the general College community did. While working in The College Reporter office I caught wind of…