OP-ED: I DON’T LIKE HALLOWEEN AND HERE’S WHY
By Diana Lichtenstein || Onion Dip Columnist To those who enjoy Halloween, read no further. Covid-19 has sadly taken many things away, but one thing that is not upsetting me…
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By Diana Lichtenstein || Onion Dip Columnist To those who enjoy Halloween, read no further. Covid-19 has sadly taken many things away, but one thing that is not upsetting me…
By Ellyn Fritz || News Editor On October 8th, F&M’s Pandemic Operations Response Team (PORT) shared the revised COVID-19 testing plan for Module 2 with Franklin & Marshall’s student body.…
By Ally Carey || Contributing Writer Throughout my life, I have always coped with symptoms of anxiety, and growing up those symptoms presented themselves in a variety of ways. My…
By Alison Waller || Contributing Writer In COVID-19 era, it is extremely difficult to replicate our prior sense of normalcy. Specifically, it is a challenge for our extracurricular activities to…
By Darij Kulchyckyj || Contributing Writer Clearly, nothing has been the same since the WHO announced the severity of the COVID-19 pandemic. Music, something that we like to turn to…
By Ellyn Fritz || News Editor Did anybody else feel socially awkward when arriving back to school? After close to six months of (almost) house arrest, transitioning to life around…
By Emily Briggs || Contributing Writer Films have been missed the last six months since COVID-19 hit the United States and closed theatres nationwide. As someone who loves to go…
By Daniel Robillard || Investigative Reporter During the Franklin & Marshall Town Hall for Students and Parents held on July 28, President Barbara Altmann addressed the recent decisions by Lafayette…
By Daniel Robillard || Investigative Reporter As students’ return to Franklin & Marshall College nears, COVID-19 cases across the U.S., Pennsylvania, and Lancaster continue to rise. The recent spike in…
By Ellyn Fritz || News Editor On July 6th, the Department of Homeland Security announced that international students on an F-1 or M-1 visa could not remain in the United…
By Daniel Robillard || Investigative Reporter This past Wednesday, Franklin & Marshall President Barbara K. Altmann announced the administration’s decision to return to campus for the fall semester. The College…
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…
By Danielle Rice || Arts & Leisure Editor The COVID-19 pandemic has had disastrous effects on the U.S. economy. Many businesses, from movie theaters to clothing stores, have been affected…
By Samantha Milowitz ||Staff Writer Photo Courtesy of Lancasteronline.com I want to start this off by saying that I love college. When I was looking at colleges, Franklin & Marshall…
By Alison Waller || Contributing Writer As a 2020 high school graduate, I essentially lost everything that I was looking forward to: not only my entire high school career, but…