The Uncertain State of Myanmar’s Democracy
By Lily Vining || Staff Writer An attack on democracy has rattled Myanmar as a military coup disrupted the first convention of the elected governing body since November, following an…
TCR’S WEEKLY WRAP-UP: The Headlines You Need to Know & What To Look For Next Week
Monday, November 2nd States Brace for Unprecedented Coronavirus Wave https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/covid-19-cases-deaths-rising-rapid-rate-ahead-election-day-n1245780 Hurricane Eta Threatens Central America https://www.wsj.com/articles/hurricane-eta-bears-down-on-central-america-11604348278 Johnny Depp Loses Libel Cases Against Amber Heard https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-54779430 Tuesday, November 3rd An Anticlimactic…
Department of Public Safety: Their Presence and History on F&M’s Campus
By Ellyn Fritz || News Editor & Sarah Nicell || Layout Assistant The Department of Public Safety, commonly referred to as P-Safe or DPS at Franklin & Marshall College, often…
TCR’S WEEKLY WRAP-UP: The Headlines You Need to Know & What To Look For Next Week
Monday, October 26th Mike Pence’s Aides Test Positive for COVID-19: Pence Fails to Follow CDC Guidelines https://www.cnn.com/2020/10/24/politics/mac-short-coronavirus-positive-test/index.html Amy Coney Barrett is Confirmed to the Supreme Court https://www.npr.org/2020/10/26/927640619/senate-confirms-amy-coney-barrett-to-the-supreme-court Tuesday, October 27th…
Recap of 2020 Debate: College Edition
By Sarah Nicell || Layout Assistant Following the final debate of the presidential campaign season, Americans have temporarily escaped the verbal tensions between President Donald Trump and former Vice President…
Hollywood Is Suffering – How Coronavirus Has Impacted The Movie Industry
By Rohail Spear || Layout Assistant Wonder Woman 1984, delayed six months; The Batman, delayed nine months; Dune, delayed ten months; Avatar, Black Widow, No Time to Die (the latest…
Community Building Effort from F&M in College Hill Apartments
By Ellyn Fritz || News Editor Upon her arrival at Franklin & Marshall from Bowdoin College, one of the first programs that Dean Hazlett implemented at F&M was the network…
COVID on Campus? Pennsylvania, Lancaster Still Struggle to Contain Virus as Details About Upcoming Fall Move-in are Announced
By Daniel Robillard || Investigative Reporter As students’ return to Franklin & Marshall College nears, COVID-19 cases across the U.S., Pennsylvania, and Lancaster continue to rise. The recent spike in…
TCR Sits Down with Dr. Gretchel Hathaway, New VP of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
By Anna Synakh and Isabel Paris || Copy Editor and Managing Editor In an email sent out on July 9th, President Altmann introduced Dr. Gretchel Hathaway as Franklin & Marshall’s…
United States becomes leading country in COVID-19 cases, deaths
By Olivia Capasso || Junior Editor Since December 2019 the outbreak of the novel coronavirus COVID-19 has spread globally and rapidly from where it originated in Wuhan, China. As of…
F&M community work to maintain comradery during online-only semester
By Katherine Coble || News Editor With cases of COVID-19 surging across the country and Franklin & Marshall College moving to online-only instruction for the remainder of the semester, all…
Graduation rates: F&M lags behind liberal arts schools of similar size, caliber
By Alex Pinsk || Editor-in-chief The graduation rate for colleges and universities nationwide is less than 50% in six years, according to Dr. Alan S. Caniglia, F&M’s Vice President for…
Suebsaeng, Markay: “No greater premium on Investigative Journalism since Watergate”
By Gabby Goodwin, Ruby Van Dyk, Alex Pinsk || Managing Editor, Assistant Managing Editor, Editor- in- Chief Last Tuesday evening, February 25th, Asawin Suebsaeng ‘11 and Lachlan Markay, reporters for…
World Health Organization declares 2019 coronavirus a public health emergency
By Olivia Capasso || Junior Editor On February 1st, 2020, the World Health Organization declared the coronavirus outbreak a public health emergency due to its global reach and the fast-moving…
Senate votes against allowing witnesses in Trump’s impeachment trial
By Ruby Van Dyk || Assistant Managing Editor Last Friday a coalition of Republican senators voted to block new evidence and testimony to enter the impeachment hearings. The move makes…