Writing Center hosts inaugural Story Slam event with ‘food’ theme
By Shira Gould || Staff Writer This past Friday, September 30, at 7 p.m., the Writing Center and the Writers House co-hosted their first Story Slam, held at the Writing…
Dr. Karen Tice talks gender and race in beauty pageants, higher education
By Christa Rodriguez || Campus Life Editor On Wednesday, Dr. Karen Tice gave a talk titled, “Gender and Race Politics of Beauty Pageants and Student Bodies in Higher Education.” Tice…
Panhellenic Council hosts National Hazing Prevention Week film event, Haze
By Shira Gould || Contributing Writer This past week was National Hazing Prevention week. As such, The Panhellenic Council sponsored a viewing of the movie Haze: A Greek Tragedy. The…
Common Hour speaker Sally Haslanger discusses modern racism, how to end it
By Sarah Frazer || Contributing Writer In this week’s Common Hour, entitled “Racial Ideology and Racist Practices: Moving Beyond Critique?,” Sally Haslanger presented to the F&M community the different ways…
Frank Warren presents PostSecret Project, raises mental health awareness
By Shira Gould || Contributing Writer This week’s Common Hour speaker was “the world’s most trusted stranger,” Frank Warren, creator of the Postsecret project. In 2004, Warren printed 3,000 self-addressed…
Director of Health Professions Advising Kirsten Kirby talks Pre-Health
By Chase Kovalcheck || Contributing Writer This week, I spoke with Kirsten Kirby, the Director of Health Professions Advising here at F&M. I asked her to answer a few general…
Environmental Action Alliance hosts annual Sustainability Week
By Sarah Frazer || Contributing Writer As the first full week of classes began again at F&M, coming on the heels of record-breaking temperatures this summer, the Environmental Action Alliance…
Dr. Jane Kani Edward talks gender issues in South Sudan
Izzy Schellenger II Staff Writer On Wednesday, April 13, the Africana Studies department, the Women’s, Gender and Sexuality Studies department, Weis College House, and the Sudan Institute for Research and…
Robert Shibley addresses students’ First Amendment rights in higher education
Christa Rodriguez II Campus Life Editor The last Common Hour of the semester was held this past Thursday, with Robert Shibley’s talk “Liberty in Peril: The Free Speech Climate in…
College Entertainment Committe hosts annual Spring Arts festival despite snow
By Izzy Schellenger || Staff Writer On Saturday, April 9, from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m., the College Entertainment Committee (the CEC) hosted F&M’s annual Spring Arts, a day that…
English Department organizes annual Emerging Writers Festival
By Christa Rodriguez || Assistant Campus Life Editor The F&M English department held its annual Emerging Writers Festival (EWF) this week, hosting events April 6th-8th at either the Green Room…
David Embrick, Ph.D, talks the meaning of the word diversity in “color-blind” world
By Christa Rodriguez || Assistant Campus Life Editor This week’s Common Hour featured David G. Embrick, Ph. D, associate professor of sociology at Loyola University in Chicago. His presentation, “What…
History, government professors hold panel, attempt to unravel “Trump Phenomenon”
By Ellie Gavin || Campus Life Editor This Wednesday, professors from the Government and History departments hosted a panel discussing what they deemed “the Trump phenomenon”– that is, presidential candidate…
Colleges Against Cancer hosts Relay for Life to benefit American Cancer Society
By Izzy Schellenger || Staff Writer On Friday, April 1, F&M’s Colleges Against Cancer held the annual, internationally known event, Relay for Life. The purpose of this event is to…
As Pennsylvania primary approaches, F&M Votes promotes civic engagement
Ellie Gavin || Campus Life Editor With the Pennsylvania primaries quickly approaching and an important presidential election underway, F&M Votes has been working hard to promote voter registration and education…