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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…
BY DOUG ADAIR ’16 Staff Writer While I’ve been trying to keep up with all the news coming out of Washington lately, I’ve been especially keen on keeping track of…
BY GRACE MEREDITH ’16 Contributing Writer Every year, magazine devotees, film trivia addicts, and the average American film attendee unite and wait patiently for the annual Oscars. Sure enough, a…
BY SEAN SIMONEAU ’13 Contributing Writer While I wasn’t expecting the same turnout as last week’s Cornel West Common Hour, I was still a bit disheartened by the dramatic drop…
BY KYLE GRACZYK ’16 Contributing Writer For the first time in over 600 years, the head of the Catholic Church, the Pope, has voluntarily ceded power before death. Pope Benedict…
BY CONNOR BURNS ’13 Senior Staff During the 1980s, the American people came to regard the Democratic Party as the establishment of amnesty, abortion, and acid. They valued ideology over…
BY BRIONA PRICE ’16 Staff Writer I worry way too much. For example, I should be used to lab by now, but I still get extremely anxious each Friday before…
BY PATRICK HUGHES ’15 Contributing Writer “Oh ye that would have the cocoanut wrong side outwards.” Linguistic relativity proposes that the properties of a culture’s language — its syntax, semantics and vernacular — shape…
BY DYLAN JENNINGS ’14 Contributing Writer So, I recently had to visit the emergency room at Lancaster Regional. Don’t worry, unlike most college students, it wasn’t because of intoxication (not…
BY GRACE MEREDITH ’16 Contributing Writer In America, it seems there is always a new cause emerging either from social media, the social charity scene, or college campuses. Sometimes it…
Letter to the Editor It was obvious to anyone who met Eric that he was a warm and compassionate person. However, as his professor, I had the pleasure of discussing…