Filmmaker John Fiege offers insight, advice to future filmmakers
By Ellie Gavin || Layout Assistant On Tuesday, F&M students had the opportunity to attend an intimate lunch in the New College House meeting room and have a conversation with…
Common Hour speaker Alexander shared research on trauma
By Samantha Greenfield || Senior Staff Writer This week’s Common Hour speaker, Jeffrey Alexander, titled his speech “Cultural Trauma, Social Solidarity, and Moral Responsibility: Reactions to the Holocaust and Other…
Older show “Three Sisters” conveys modern meaning
By Ellie Gavin || Layout Assistant This past weekend, F&M College Theatre delivered its production of Anton Chekhov’s 1900 play, “Three Sisters.” The show had four performances (February 19-22) at…
Schwartz details his publication on American rules, education
By Samantha Greenfield || Senior Staff Writer Dr. Barry Schwartz, a Psychologist and the Dorwin Cartwright Professor of Social Theory and Social Action at the department of Psychology at Swarthmore…
Christopher Bakken discusses craft, writing, publication
By Arielle Lipset II Campus Life Editor Christopher Bakken is a writer unafraid to explore different parts of the world in addition to different genres. His book, Honey, Olives, Octopus:…
Common Hour features author Bakken on writing in Greece
By Samantha Greenfield II Senior Staff Writer This past week, the Common Hour lecture was given by author and professor of English at Allegheny College in Pennsylvania, Christopher Bakken. Bakken…
Alumni Ganse opens specialty bookstore
By Abigail Quint II Editor in Chief When David Ganse ’86 saw the space in the basement of the Lancaster Seminary, he knew that his bookstore, Adamstown Books, had found…
Peter Rock talks craft at Philadelphia Alumni Writers House
By Brianne Simone II Contributing Writer Peter Rock, who was lucky enough to be born with a name already suited to an existence as a writer, visited F&M on the…
Common Hour with Robert Barnett explores Tibetan conflict
By Samantha Greenfield II Staff Writer Robert Barnett, Director of Modern Tibet Studies Program at Columbia University, spoke at this past week’s Common Hour about the conflict between the government…
McMasters shares memoir on hometown devastated by radiation, lab’s negligence
By Samantha Greenfield II This past Common Hour Kelly McMasters, visiting assistant professor of English, shared her story of survival and activism. McMasters told the audience the story of her…
Students organize “No Words” to continue discussion on racial divide
By Indira Rahman II Contributing Writer Last December, following the deaths of Michael Brown and Eric Garner, several students approached Marci Nelligan and Kelly McMasters, visiting assistant professors of English,upset…
College selects Hazlett as new dean, effective in July
BY JUSTIN KOZLOSKI ’13 Editor-In-ChiefThe College announced Monday that Margaret Hazlett, senior associate dean of student affairs at Bowdoin College, will be replacing Kent Trachte as dean of the College.…