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[pullquote3 quotes=”true” align=”center”]Play Review[/pullquote3] BY ELIZABETH MCMAHON ’13 Staff Writer “I wanted to write the type of show with all strong female characters, where no actress would feel shunted or…
BY SHIRA KIPNEES ’15 Staff Writer The College was recently thrown into the national spotlight when former Republican presidential candidate hopeful and former Pennsylvania Senator Rick Santorum discussed an F&M…
BY LILA EPSTEIN ’14 News Editor Students elected a new executive board for the Diplomatic Congress. Elections were held Tuesday April 13 in Steinman College Center from 9 a.m. to…
BY MARK ROSSMAN ’14 Layout Assistant The men’s tennis team is off to a solid start with a 4-2 Centennial Conference record, and overall are 5-7. It is difficult to…
BY JON PRESSMAN ’14 Sports Editor It’s pretty well-known that the women’s lacrosse team is a force to be reckoned with, and has been for many years. You might have…
BY KAZI HASSAN ’15 Staff Writer “Let destiny determine our fate,” said Todd Cavallaro, men’s lacrosse head coach, as he was making his playoff prediction. Coming off a win against…
BY JON PRESSMAN ’14 Sports Editor This past Saturday, Greg Duckloe ’13 broke a major milestone in the 5-kilometer run at the Bison Outdoor Classic, hosted by Bucknell University. Duckloe…
BY ZACH SCHREIBER ’13 Staff WriterDon’t worry, it’s not a chick flick. Ok, it’s a little bit of a chick flick, but you’ll like it — trust me. It’s a…
[pullquote3 quotes=”true” align=”center”]Play Review[/pullquote3] BY EMILY HOULIHAN Alumna, Contributing Writer Those of you who are not well- versed in the language of trucks may think a “sleeper” is a person…
[pullquote3 quotes=”true” align=”center”]Movie Review[/pullquote3] BY LAUREN BEJZAK ’13 Editor-in-Chief Finally: a new idea. This multi-layered, provocative gore-fest leaves a philosophical taste in my mouth. Listed as a “horror-comedy” by such…
BY JUSTIN KOZLOSKI ’14 Senior Editor with reporting by JOHN ARNOLD ’14 Contributing Writer Simon LeVay, author of Gay, Straight, and the Reason Why, was the speaker at Thursday’s Common…
BY Mélanie Terrasse ’14 Staff Writer Jill Lepore, David Woods Kemper ’41 professor of American history at Harvard University, came to F&M to give a lecture as a part of…
BY ALANNA KOEHLER ’15 Campus Life Editor Sexual Assault Violence Education (SAVE) and the Alice Drum Women’s Center presented the 16th annual Take Back the Night in the Steinman College…
BY JUSTIN KOZLOSKI ’14 Senior Editor “Did you get all your classes?” “Yeah, but they’re all in Keiper.” “Oh, that’s awful. I’m sorry to hear that.” Conversations of this nature…
BY CONNOR BURNS ’13 Senior Staff Writer [divider] The Republican primaries are over. We have seven months until Nov 6. The jobs report showed about half the gains of previous…