New restaurant opens, focuses on sustainability, freshness
BY CATHY BROWN ’14 Staff Writer F&M has a new neighbor: Fresh Farms Café. The café, which has been under construction throughout the beginning of the semester, is located in…
China must intervene as tensions increase on Korean Peninsula
BY KYLE GRACZYK ‘16 Contributing Writer For the past month, the Democratic People’s Republic of North Korea (DPRK) has increasingly made the international community nervous with the expansion of their…
New BRAIN Initiative to provide insight into human mind
BY SEAN SIMONEAU ‘13 Contributing Writer This past Tuesday, President Obama presented his plans for a new scientific research project to develop the technology for mapping the human brain. The…
Becoming more honest about gender rights
BY GRACE MEREDITH ‘16 Contributing Writer Two weeks ago, I was scrolling through my Facebook on a Tuesday afternoon when I found my newsfeed alive with scarlet banners of friends…
Mapping the brain harkens economic revitalization
BY CONNOR BURNS ‘13 Senior Staff President Obama successfully passed comprehensive reform of healthcare finance, and, to a lesser extent, taxes. Now the president is setting his sight on an…
Month of themed activities celebrates Asian culture, heritage
BY SHUNQI GAO ’16 Staff Writer This year’s Asian Awareness Month is being held March 25 to April 13 and features a variety of events hosted by the Asian Cultural…
College fights back against cancer in annual Relay for Life
BY JUSTIN KOZLOSKI ’14 Editor-in-Chief All Friday night, students could be seen walking the track at the College’s seventh annual Relay for Life. Relay for Life began in 1985 when…
Orlando theatrically explores themes of identity, love
BY ERIN MOYER ’16 Assistant Opinion & Editorial Editor F&M’s theatre, dance, and film department (TDF) presented Virginia Woolf’s Orlando, adapted for the stage by playwright Sarah Ruhl, this weekend.…
Fresh Farms flops, features underwhelming food, atmosphere
BY ELIZABETH MCMAHON ’13 Senior Staff Writer From my perspective… — Elizabeth McMahon Fresh Farms Café is the newest addition to the shops at College Row. My anticipation for the opening…
Matt & Kim, The White Panda take campus by confetti storm
BY JULIA CINQUEGRANI ’16 Campus Life Editor Saturday night’s Spring concert at the ASFC saw the culmination of more than six months of planning, as Matt & Kim and The…
“De-extinction” could revive long-lost species
BY SEAN SIMONEAU ‘13 Contributing Writer Imagine passenger pigeons and Carolina parakeets flying the skies over the United States. See Tasmanian tigers running through the Australian outback, Caribbean monk seals…
FandM Confessions demands focus on LGBTA community
BY MOLLY SULDS ‘14 Contributing Writer It’s time we get real. And by real I don’t just mean posting problems to FandM Confessions. No, it’s time we get real about…
New gay marriage rhetoric may sway conservatives
BY CONNOR BURNS ‘13 Senior Staff The tides of history favor progress — some kinds more slowly than others. When considering the gay rights movement, which began only about 40 years ago,…
Stop looking to Washington to revive economy
BY MIKE KRAUSS ’71 Alumnus Writer The United States remains trapped in a slow moving social catastrophe. Millions of unemployed, late-middle-aged Americans will never again have full-time, well- paying jobs.…
Miami Heat fall after legendary winning streak, continue success
BY THOMAS ROSS ’14 Staff Writer There are very few records held in such high regard as that of the 1971-72 Los Angeles Lakers. The Miami Heat’s 27-game winning streak…