Admissions Office adapts creatively amid COVID-19
By Jeremy Mauser || Staff Writer Facing unprecedented circumstances, every member of the Franklin & Marshall community has been expected to adapt in a remarkably short time frame. The Admissions…
Sanders concedes nomination to Biden, stage set for November election
By Ellyn Fritz || Staff Writer In the midst of the coronavirus pandemic, Bernie Sanders dropped out of his second run for President last week. After a series of losses…
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…
Faculty, students adjust to a new online-online course format
By Jeremy Mauser || Staff Writer When the semester began, few would have predicted how drastically the school’s academic and social landscape would change in a matter of weeks. Yet…
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…
New Grading Policy Proposals Under Debate, College Committed to Making a Change
By TCR Editing Staff || Alex Pinsk, Gabby Goodwin, Ruby Van Dyk, Katherine Coble Students and faculty are grappling with how to proceed academically as the College has made the…
Coronavirus’ impact on F&M community, steps taken
By TCR Editing Staff || Gabby Goodwin, Katherine Coble, Alex Pinsk, Ruby Van Dyk At 4:35 pm on Wednesday, March 11, President Barbara Altmann announced that Franklin & Marshall College…
Moderate Democrats drop out of primary race, narrowing field to Sanders versus Biden
By Ellyn Fritz ||Staff Writer Within the past week, the first openly gay presidential candidate, Pete Buttigieg, the two female front-runners, Elizabeth Warren and Amy Kloubacher, and Michael Bloomberg all…
Concerns over administration’s delayed response to coronavirus increase
By Jeremy Mauser || Staff Writer 95,000 infections worldwide. 3,300 deaths worldwide. More than 80 countries affected thus far. COVID-19, more commonly known as coronavirus, has caused mayhem across the…
Dozens dead after tornado hits central Tennessee, including Nashville area
By Patrick Culcasi || Layout Assistant At midnight on the 3rd of March, Davidson County in Tennessee was hit by extreme thunderstorms and a tornado that cut through Nashville and…
Anonymous student shares experience with recent coronavirus quarantine
By Mira Lerner || Copy Editor While the coronavirus itself has not yet reached F&M, it has already prompted dramatic action within our community. Certain students have faced and completed…
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…
Australian wildfires continue to rage on across country’s southeastern coast
By Patrick Culcasi || Layout Assistant Fires are still raging across the continent of Australia, especially in the southeastern quadrant of the country. The whole country has been ravaged by…
Trump associate, personal friend Roger Stone sentenced to three years in prison
By Erin Maxwell || Staff Writer This past Thursday, Donald Trump’s longtime political confidant Roger Stone was sentenced to over three years in federal prison for obstruction of Congress, witness…