England’s Premier soccer preview
BY NATE MCCLELLAN ’16 Early Edition Contributing Writer Lines on the fields are being painted, boots are being laced and players are donning their uniforms. After a grueling summer that…
Preseason football gets tough
BY MARK ROSSMAN ’14 Sports Editor A day in the life of a football player during preseason is brutal, but it will all be worth it come playoff time. The…
Men’s soccer ready for new season
BY JOSH LEVINE ’16 Early Edition Contributing Writer The soccer season unofficially began with the team’s first scrimmage against Lebanon Valley College Thursday. Ben Beaver ’14, one of the star…
Meet Coach of women’s lacrosse Mike Faith
BY JON PRESSMAN ’14 Copy Editor Following a disappointing conclusion to its 2012 season due to a hazing incident that resulted in the removal of the team’s head coach and…
Michael Dohrmann ’12 overcomes hurdles
BY JON PRESSMAN ’14 Sports Editor Track isn’t a contact sport… right? Well, it depends who you ask. This year, en route to his goal of qualifying for the NCAA…
F&M Crew ready for the next level
BY JON PRESSMAN ’14 Sports Editor In the mid-1980s, a new club sport was introduced at Franklin & Marshall College: crew. Just five years ago, rowing became a varsity-level program,…
Softball doubleheader with Dickinson
BY MARK ROSSMAN ’14 Layout Assistant The women’s softball team has had a solid season this year; they currently have a 5-9 conference record, with two conference games remaining this…
Dear F&M: elections require reform
BY LISA YOSEVITZ ’12 Contributing Writer Dear F&M Student Body, This is a call to action. Over the past year we’ve become out-right disgusted by the lack of responsibility, credibility,…
Women’s lacrosse hazing investigation
BY LILA EPSTEIN ’14 News Editor The campus community was notified about the College’s investigation into a lacrosse hazing incident in an email sent from Kent Trachte, dean of the…
Spring Arts captures Woodstock spirit
BY JUSTIN KOZLOSKI ’14 Senior Editor The College Entertainment Committee’s (CEC) annual Spring Arts, entitled “Fummstock” as a reference to the famous music festival Woodstock, was held Saturday. As always,…
Warriors makes gangs look fun
BY ZACH SCHREIBER ’13 Staff Writer“Warriors, come out to pl-ay-eeyay!” This is a personal favorite of mine, a classic action film that leaves out the blood and gore and focuses…
Farewell to an excellent year
Blank Verse BY SARA BLANK ’14 Opinion & Editorial Editor As the school year comes to a close, we can look back over the course of the year and be…
Nickelodeon > real world: let’s improve
BY CONNOR BURNS ’13 Senior Staff Writer Scandal happens. It happens in Columbia when Secret Service agents just can’t agree about the price of the sexual act with some prostitutes,…
First annual Declaration Dinner
BY LILA EPSTEIN ’14 News Editor On April 20 the College hosted the first annual Declaration Dinner. Sophomores dined with faculty and alumni of their recently declared major. The event…
On graduation: a former editor’s reflection
Jackson of All Trades BY TIM JACKSON ’12 Former Editor-in-Chief When asked to compose a farewell piece for The College Reporter, I was at first a little wary of the…