Sanders, Trump win in New Hampshire, hope for successs in future primaries
By Nicholas Riebel || Staff Writer New Hampshire felt the Bern. He won by a large margin of over 20 percent. He won with almost every demographic group, including women.…
Reporter needs your voice: College’s newspaper does not represent diversity of College
Full Staff Opinion As you know, something very cool– and moreover, very crucial– is happening on our campus right now. We’re starting to come together to talk about race and…
Senior class president strives to make campus events more inclusive
By Anne Dolan || Contributing Writer Franklin & Marshall student organizations are always planning events. Mass Facebook invites, dormstorming, and social media pushes are the norm. We invite all of…
In Iowa’s wake, Sanders and Trump are heavy favorites for New Hampshire
By Nicholas Riebel || Staff Writer For the Democrats, Iowa was a tie. Senator Sanders, dependent on the results of an investigation, may have won the popular vote, but former…
F&M’s treatment of workers betrays King’s vision, liberal values
By Edwin Bogert || Contributing Writer In the immediate aftermath of this year’s celebration of Martin Luther King Jr.’s birthday, the usual stream of articles expressing regret over the loss…
Benefits of Greek Life should be acknowledged, as members strive for more inclusion
By Joe Yamulla || Sports Editor When looking at F&M and its social life, it is inevitable that the topic of Greek life is going to come into question. A…
Sanders better positioned to fix broken political system
By Nicholas Riebel || Staff Writer The Iowa Caucuses are rapidly approaching, and what will happen in Iowa on Monday is anyone’s guess. But the first day of February may…
Mark Zuckerberg’s charitable donation is something to praise
By Lauren Wachspress || Contributing Writer Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg recently launched a new philanthropic organization with his wife Priscilla Chan to donate 99 percent of his Facebook shares to…
Derailing conversations about privilege is counterproductive: Writer asks student body to cultivate empathy in order to combat intolerance on campus
By Chan Tov || Contributing Writer It’s inevitable. Like clockwork, every time a victim of discrimination shares his or her lived experience, a person of privilege will, without fail, seek…
U.S.’s constant gun violence is preventable with reasonable regulation
By Nicholas Riebel || Staff Writer There is plenty of debate over whether the attack on San Bernardino was an act of Islamic extremism or not. As of this typing,…
Attending events isn’t enough: Editor weaves a windy path about hate, tolerance, and greater understanding
By Erin Moyer || Senior Editor I always knew there were, say, some bigots in Kansas. I wasn’t ignorant to the fact that there were still some ignorant people bopping…
The United States cannot close its doors to Syrian refugees
By Gaby Joseph || Contributing Writer When my grandfather was eight years old, he, his mother, and his sister voyaged on the S.S. Saint Louis from Germany to Havana, Cuba.…
We need more than 217 students to attend Common Hour
By Anne Dolan || Contributing Writer This Thursday, Danielle McGuire gave a Common Hour titled “A Black Woman’s Body was Never Her Own: Sexual Violence and the Civil Rights Movement.”…
Writer attends Dip Con meeting, sees benefits in participating in student government
By Nicholas Riebel || Staff Writer During a dinner on Wednesday with Donnell Bailey ’17, president of the Diplomatic Congress, we discussed diversity issues on campus, and he invited me…
Recent crime, assaults make F&M students feel unsafe
By Lauren Wachspress || Contributing Writer In light of recent events, F&M’s campus safety has become a serious concern. The two most recent assaults happened right on campus. In the…