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BY JONATHAN PRESSMAN ’14 Copy Editor After being edged in last year’s Centennial Conference Championship game by Ursinus College, the members of the F&M women’s field hockey team provided themselves…
BY JONATHAN PRESSMAN ’14 Copy Editor Only four games into the 2012 season F&M football recorded its third win, matching the total number of wins last season. The Diplomats squeaked…
BY MARK ROSSMAN ’14 Sports Editor The women’s volleyball team seems to always be on the court, playing in 17 matches thus far this season. This week was especially busy…
BY ALANNA KOEHLER ’15 Campus Life Editor Avid hockey fans were counting down the seconds to midnight last Sunday and the dreaded beginning of the fourth National Hockey League (NHL)…
BY ELIZABETH FURINO ’16 Contributing Writer From Sept. 6-13, the Lincoln Center in New York hosted Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week, filling tents with fabulous clothes and people alike. The week-long clothing…
BY CHARLOTTE HUGHES ’16 Staff Writer A single synthesized beat reverberates and then transitions into an up tempo. As tension builds, R. Kelly’s warped voice commands listeners to flip off…
BY SCOTT THOMPSON ’16 Contributing Writer In 2010 The Killers announced they would be entering an extended hiatus, a time that front man, Brandon Flowers, and drummer, Mark Stoermer, would…
BY ELIZABETH MCMAHON ’13 Staff Writer The second senior night of the year, for seniors 21 and older, took place Saturday night at Annie Bailey’s Irish Pub and Restaurant downtown.…
BY CAROLINE PITKIN ’16 Staff Writer For nearly two decades, the Alice Drum Women’s Center of the College has held informal Friday discussions on a variety of gender and social…
BY RYAN THOMAS ’14 Contributing Writer Jaron Lanier visited campus for three different events Thursday: a Common Hour lecture, a Q&A with students, and a panel discussion. These talks provided…
BY DYLAN JENNINGS ’14 Contributing Writer If you have been paying any attention whatsoever to the news — if not, seeing as there’s a presidential election on the horizon, you’d better start — then…
BY JULIA CINQUEGRANI ’16 Contributing Writer I have always been proud of the United States as a place of equality and opportunity. It is therefore extremely troubling to me that…
BY NATHAN MCCLELLAN ’16 Staff Writer There may be no species more fascinating in this world than the “bandwagon fan.” They enthrall us, confuse us, and often anger us with…
BY SOPHIE AFDHAL ’15 Contributing Writer Last week, in a disappointing turn of events, my Blackberry began to die. Waterlogged and aging, it is slowly falling apart. Faced with its…
BY CONNOR BURNS ’13 Senior Staff Writer Many people say that voting is the act of choosing between lesser evils. It’s hip to be cynical about the current political system…