Scotland Will Be Independent Some Day
By Nicholas Riebel, Contributing Writer || During the time that this was being written, it appeared that the Scottish people had chosen to remain part of the United Kingdom. The referendum,…
Historical Perspective on Failure
By Patrick Huang, Contributing Writer || Starting from the late 18th century, many historians have associated the word modernity with civilization, especially emphasizing the role of modernization in the making of…
Waging War on Ebola
By Aditya Ramachandran, Staff Writer || Recently, in a riveting New York Times editorial, Michael Osterholm, of the Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy at the University of Minnesota, wrote,…
Enlightening 9/11 generation
By Stephen Wiederhorn, Contributing Writer || Sept. 11th is a day everyone should remember. It has come to symbolize an international day of remembrance and mourning, during which citizens of the…
How to stay healthy and safe on campus
By Marcella Labellarte, Contributing Writer || As a student here at F&M, I am not only focusing on my grades, my social life, and my family, but also on my health.…
A critique on Socrates
By Patrick Huang, Contributing Writer || It is without a doubt that philosophy owes its origin to Socratic thinking and Socrates’ methods of seeking the truth. The term philosophy is a…
Say no to Cuomo
By Nicholas Riebel, Contributing Writer || Governor Andrew Cuomo, who runs the state of New York, is not going to be president any time soon. Setting aside the fact that Hillary…
Alpha Xi Delta begins colonization efforts on campus, reaches out to students, clubs
By Briana Ferguson, Contributing Writer || F&M welcomes Alpha Xi Delta, a new sorority, to campus this year. Alpha Xi Delta was invited to found a chapter at the College last…
Why I can no longer live in the F&M bubble
By Amy Schulman, Opinion & Editorial Editor || I’ve never not felt safe at F&M. I’ve walked back to my dorm from the library in the early hours of the morning,…
Sodexo should take hairnet regulations seriously
By Brianna Robinson, Contributing Writer || I must admit, the fact that the majority of Sodexo workers on campus do not wear hairnets never really bothered me — that is, until I noticed…
Keeping an eye on Asia, Putin key in Ukraine
By Nicholas Reibel, Staff Writer || There is a great, possibly momentous event happening in Ukraine: the former member of the Soviet Union, and longtime part of Russia, only recently independent…
Thanks for the memories: A note from the staff to our graduating seniors
Full Staff Opinion || It has been five incredibly long and arduous weeks since The College Reporter overthrew its leaders (held Spring elections) and began a new regime under a…
Tracking F&M’s compost: Local Terra-Gro facilities convert our waste into compost
Spencer Johnson, Contributing Writer || Five miles from Franklin & Marshall’s campus, down a dirt road marked by a dairy sign, lies the Terra-Gro composting facility. A partnership with Oregon…
Blanco’s poem stands as homage to American mediocrity
By Alan Nitchman, Contributing Writer || ‘One Today’ casts shadows on the status quo of our country and fails to illuminate a hope for change in myself as a reader and…