Peer Health hosts successful forum focusing on drug use
By Ellie Gavin || Assistant Campus Life Editor This past Tuesday, F&M Peer Health Educators hosted a drug forum during the Uncommon Hour. Members of the F&M community were invited…
Fight ISIS with ideas, not weapons
Nicholas Riebel || Staff Writer Scary things seem to be happening. ISIS (the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria) once seemed poised to take over Iraq, Syria, and overrun the…
Common Hour: Claire Potter on feminism and pornography
By Samantha Greenfield || Senior Staff Writer At last Thursday’s Common Hour, Professor Claire Potter gave a talk entitled “Beyond the Sex Wars: Histories of Anti-Pornography Feminism.” A professor of…
Clarkson’s subtle infusion of country, R&B adds flavor to new pop album
Julia Chirls || Staff Writer Pop-rock singer songwriter Kelly Clarkson put together a new, carefully constructed album appropriately titled Piece by Piece. Clarkson’s new material will definitely please her fans.…
Bizarre mix of violence, humor leaves lasting impression on Kingsman viewers
Livia Meneghin || Senior Staff Writer I recently took a trip to the local Regal Cinema to watch Kingsman: The Secret Service with my roommate Alex. Alex was familiar with…
Anxiously awaited season of House of Cards met with mixed reactions
Noah Sunshine || Senior Staff Writer What happened to House of Cards? It’s not the same series anymore. Once upon a time, Francis Underwood was a murderous and bi-curious hick-turned-antihero…
Masthead: Leadership at F&M
As the devoted Netflix users that you are, dear readers, you’ve probably heard that the third season of House of Cards premiered this week, prompting many a binge of the…
Filmmaker John Fiege offers insight, advice to future filmmakers
By Ellie Gavin || Layout Assistant On Tuesday, F&M students had the opportunity to attend an intimate lunch in the New College House meeting room and have a conversation with…
Common Hour speaker Alexander shared research on trauma
By Samantha Greenfield || Senior Staff Writer This week’s Common Hour speaker, Jeffrey Alexander, titled his speech “Cultural Trauma, Social Solidarity, and Moral Responsibility: Reactions to the Holocaust and Other…
Numbers installed on buildings for use by first-responders in case of emergency
By Wyatt Behringer || Contributing Writer Over the past month, F&M’s Facilities and Operations (F&O) and a local contractor took on the task of labeling the buildings on campus with…
Diplomatic Congress reviews forums on mental health, plans upcoming events
By Jack Kupsky || Contributing Writer The Diplomatic Congress (DipCon) began its last meeting by debriefing on the recent forum on mental health, wellness, and stress, and using member and…
College, alumni aim to help Zeta Beta Tau Fraternity recolonize F&M chapter
By Shira Kipnees || Senior Staff Writer Zeta Beta Tau (ZBT) Fraternity, a historically Jewish fraternity, is working towards recolonizing its Alpha Tau Chapter at F&M. According to Stuart Umberger,…
Gibraltar converted for student use, future home of College’s health services
By Noah Sunshine || Senior Staff Writer Early last week, the student body received an email from Margaret Hazlett, dean of the College, about a change in health services coming…