Search for extraterrestrial life proves to be worthwhile endeavor
BY SEAN SIMONEAU ’13 Staff Writer As a fan of the movie Contact and a general enthusiast for anything space-related, I was especially excited to hear Jill Tarter speak at…
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BY SEAN SIMONEAU ’13 Staff Writer As a fan of the movie Contact and a general enthusiast for anything space-related, I was especially excited to hear Jill Tarter speak at…
BY GRACE MEREDITH ’16 Staff Writer The other day, my mother drove from Philadelphia to Lancaster so the two of us could do a much-needed shopping trip. It was a…
BY SARA BLANK ’14 Opinion & Editorial Editor F&M, here’s the deal. If we’re all going to be upset that we have a reputation in the community and in the…
BY CONNOR BURNS ’13 Senior Staff After the tragedy in Newtown, CT, America struggled with a series of definitions. We still do. What, exactly, constitutes an assault rifle? How many…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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.…
BY GRACE MEREDITH’16Contributing Writer I was recently scrolling through my Facebook newsfeed when I noticed an unusual news headline my friend shared. The headline, from “SmartPlanet,” a news site sponsored…
BY SEAN SIMONEAU ‘13 Contributing Writer Since the early 1980’s, the Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) and resulting Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS) have run rampant all over the planet, spreading…
BY LAUREN BEJZAK ’13 Senior Staff Sitting in my dorm room in Buchanan Hall three-and-a-half-years ago, I was 18, unsure of my place in the college ecosystem and feeling okay…
To the Editor: I would like to formally thank Kappa Delta Sorority for its outstanding support of Lancaster Girl Scout troops. So far this school year, the sorority has held…