Op-Ed: The Wage Discrimination In The US Must Stop
By Olivia Schmid || Staff Writer To eliminate wage discrimination, we need a stronger emphasis on equal pay for equal work because discrimination affects everyone, regardless of race and gender.…
Op-Ed: Dear First-Years, A Letter From A Nostalgic Senior In The Time Of COVID
By Samantha Milowitz|| Staff Writer When I arrived at Franklin & Marshall in 2017 for freshman year, I was petrified. I had never been on my own before; I had…
F&M Chemistry Professor Shares Thoughts on Potential Fall Scenarios, Op-Ed
By Dustin Covell ||Visiting Assistant Professor of Chemistry As we as a campus community prepare for the fall term, I find myself reflecting on my favorite part of teaching science…
Is Democracy in Myanmar’s Future?
By Sarah Buckingham || Contributing Writer The Southeast Asian country of Myanmar, also known as Burma, is rated a 3.01-4 on the Economist Intelligence Unit’s rankings, which falls under the…
Harsh consequences of F&M’s evictions for students with unsafe homes, Op-Ed
By Julia Kopala & Anonymous Co-Author || Contributing Writers In attempts to reduce the spread of COVID-19, universities across the US have been forced to end their operations. However, each…
Kavanaugh’s Judgement: Supreme Court Nominee needs to be held accountable for actions
By Grace Lewis || Contributing Writer In the wake of the #MeToo and Times Up initiatives, our world is slowly but surely becoming a place where sexual misconduct and assault…
First Year Comments on The Importance of Midterm Elections
By Jeremy Mauser || Contributing Writer Even if you don’t care about politics, you’ve probably heard about the “importance of the upcoming midterm elections” and an imminent “blue wave.” But…
Anonymous writer talks experience reporting assault, calls for more meaningful solutions
Due to the personal and private nature of this piece, the Editor of The College Reporter is protecting the author’s anonymity. Naming victims of sexual assault or publishing anything that…
Senior Class President offers opinion on third-party security, Alumus letter
By Danielle Sang || Contributing Writer Third-party security has been at the center of attention on our campus since the beginning of this 2017-2018 academic year. As a leader of…
Contributing writers discuss problematic speech from F&M-mandated security company, urge administration to respond to student feedback
By Lior Wolf ’19 & John Vallacchi ’18 || Contributing Writers People are entitled to share their opinions, and we are entitled to base our support (or lack thereof) of…
Op-Ed: Republicans go nuclear to disrupt Democrats’ attempt at filibuster
By Nick Riebel || Staff Writer In what should be a surprise to no one, Senate Republicans have done the unprecedented and used the “nuclear option” to eliminate the filibuster…
Op-Ed: Reading for pleasure, rather than binge-watching Netflix, beneficial in long run
By Alex Pinsk || Assistant Opinion & Editorial Editor We live in a society where binge-watching Netflix, worshiping cable, and connecting with others by bonding over TV are standard behaviors.…
Op-Ed: College ratings do not translate to quality of higher education
By Alex Pinsk || Assistant Opinion & Editorial Editor We rank schools. We discuss Harvard like it is the best of the best, as though if you end up there,…
Op-Ed: Trump’s decision not to attend Correspondents’ Dinner sends dangerous message
By Alex Pinsk || Assistant Opinion & Editorial Editor Recently, Donald Trump announced his decision not to attend the White House Correspondents’ Dinner which will be held on April 29.…
Op-Ed: Writer on Jeff Sessions’ links with Russia, American parties, tribalism
By Nick Riebel || Staff Writer Please keep in mind, that throughout my editorial-writing career at The College Reporter overall, and during the Trump era in particular, it seems that…