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The College Reporter strives for editorial independence, and the views expressed in this piece are those of the author alone. The 2024 election delivered a profound and unsettling message to…
“I voted” stickers in English and Spanish, Virginia, USA, November 2014. Courtesy of OSCE In a recent analysis of the 2024 election dynamics, Sarah Niebler, Associate Professor of Political Science…
Governor Tim Walz Takes the Stage at York Fairgrounds. All Photos Courtesy of Anna Chiaradonna On the cloudy afternoon of October 2nd, Tim Walz, the Democratic vice-presidential nominee, spoke to…
Open discourse and disagreement are pillars of a liberal arts education; fostering critical thinking that shall hopefully lead students to comfortably challenge their own assumptions, arriving at a state of…
Yearbooks are vivid tapestries of shared experiences, a lasting illustration of a collective narrative that reveals the nature of human connection and experience. Each photograph and inscription weave together the…
Abraham Lincoln: The Nation’s Martyr. American Civil War 1861-1865. Courtesy of Picryl. “A more glorious morning never dawned” than that of February 22, 1861, recounted a writer from the Daily…
Photo Courtesy of Franklin & Marshall College Office of Communications “Journalism is a cornerstone of our Democracy,” remarked one Franklin & Marshall student while discussing the need to keep news…
All images are courtesy of Franklin & Marshall College Archives and Special Collections. Despite the college’s nearly 240-year prestigious history, women have only been enrolled at F&M for 55 years.…
Retired Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O’Connor, the first woman to serve on the court, has died at 93 years old after complications related to Alzheimer’s. Appointed to the court…
Photo Courtesy of Anna Chiaradonna If you have time to explore downtown Lancaster during the holiday season, you will find a 40-foot tree with dazzling lights in Penn Square, and…
All Images Courtesy of Franklin & Marshall College Library Diagnothian Hall Constructed in 1856, Diagnothian Hall was used as a hospital for wounded soldiers from the Battle of Gettysburg and…
Photos Courtesy of Olha Shapovalenko Life can be a dizzying maze of experiences, and you are not meant to handle all of its twists and turns alone. F&M has a…
The Onion Dip Column is the satire section. All articles are not to be taken seriously. Starting college is a stressful experience that introduces a new stage of life: adulthood.…
In the late hours of September 8th, an earthquake with a magnitude of at least 6.8 tore through the countryside near Marrakech, Morocco to a catastrophic degree. The quake demolished…
By Anna Chiaradonna || Staff Writer The first semester of college is a thrilling experience filled with budding friendships, boundless learning opportunities, and an expanded sense of individuality. What runs…