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By Steven Viera II Senior Editor Last Tuesday, Dec. 1, the Diplomatic Congress (Dip Con) hosted a forum entitled “Beyond the Season: Serving and Giving Back to the Community.” The…
By Steven Viera || Senior Editor Last Wednesday, F&M’s Interfraternity Council (IFC) conducted elections for its eight executive board positions. The IFC functions as a judicial and advocacy group that…
By Steven Viera || Senior Editor Dan Porterfield, president of the College, hosted a forum for students, faculty, and professional staff last Tuesday, Nov. 17. The forum was originally set…
By Steven Viera || Senior Editor Last Tuesday, Nov. 3, F&M’s Diplomatic Congress (DipCon) hosted a forum in the Great Room of Bonchek College House entitled “Well Being of the…
By Steven Viera || Senior Editor Last Monday, Nov. 2, the College hosted a panel discussion to address the recent assaults on campus against students by non-students. The panel, which…
By Steven Viera || Senior Editor According to this article on F&M’s website, the College is retiring its 11-year old web-based software server by the end of the year. The…
By Steven Viera || Senior Editor Last Thursday, Paul Ryan (R-WI) was elected as Speaker of the House of Representatives. Ryan secured 236 votes to win the speakership, winning the…
By Steven Viera || Senior Editor Tom Wolf, governor of Pennsylvania, is beginning to lose support from his constituents as a result of the state’s inability to pass a budget…
By Steven Viera || Senior Editor Last week, representatives of the Zeta Beta Tau fraternity (ZBT) visited F&M to discuss their organization with interested students at information sessions and at…
By Steven Viera || Senior Editor Stemming from an epidemic of mass shootings, colleges and universities across the nation have been forced to establish plans and preparations for the possibility…
By Steven Viera || Senior Editor When Sue L. Washburn ’73 first arrived on F&M’s campus, she did so as a member of the first cohort of female students to…
By Steven Viera || Senior Editor Last Thursday, Oct. 15, Sue L. Washburn ’73 was elected by unanimous vote to serve as the new chair of F&M’s Board of Trustees.…
By Steven Viera || Senior Editor In a message to the F&M community, Mike Wetzel, associate vice president for facilities management and campus planning, announced the opening of West Liberty…
By Jinghzi Li || Contributing Writer With reporting by Steven Viera || Senior Editor Rather than warning of a plague of insects, “Locusts” is how many citizens of Hong Kong…
By Steven Viera || Senior Editor Pope Francis concluded a nine-day tour of Cuba and the United States, his first visit to both countries, on Sunday, September 27. Throughout his…