Solving College Center caper
BY PATRICK HUGHES ’15 Contributing Writer Added to the great mysteries of Franklin & Marshall College — how many minutes of my life does each Salsa Rico burrito cost; why are all…
Hagel, record held up to harsh scrutiny in Confirmation hearings
BY DOUGLAS ADAIR ’16 Contributing Writer I don’t see eye-to-eye with many of the President’s decisions, but I do respect him, and I’m not too stubborn to admit when he’s…
Overview Effect brings to light humanity’s similarities
BY JULIA SCAVICCHIO ’14 Contributing Writer Imagine yourself in space, completely separate from everything around you, and looking down at Earth. The ability for a person to actually step back…
Zebi’s policies irreconcilable
BY GRACE MEREDITH ’16 Contributing Writer Sitting in Zest Bistro, also known as “Zebi,” I contemplate this little Sodexo branch over my third latté of the day and watch hundreds…
Lack of gun control leads to high rates of violence in the U.S.
BY DYLAN JENNINGS ‘14 Contributing Writer The tragedy that struck Newtown, CT over a month ago touched many of us more than most gun deaths in the United States. Seeing…
Facebook Graph Search hinting toward future of technology
BY SCOTT ONIGMAN ‘15 Photography Editor On Tuesday, Facebook did what it seems most enormous technology companies are doing these days: getting its leadership up on a stage in a…
Inaugurating the coolest president once again
BY CONNOR BURNS ‘13 Senior Staff Four years ago, I stood waiting in an endless line for access to the Capital to witness Barack Obama’s inauguration. Thanks to bungled logistical…
Deliciousness sure to ensue
BY SARA BLANK ‘14 Opinion & Editorial Editor I have to say I am truly impressed. After visiting my friend at Middlebury, I was prepared to come back from Winter…
Holidays Rule proves why Christmas is “Most Wonderful Time of Year”
Unique Christmas compilation challenges uninteresting renditions of Christmas albums past BY SCOTT THOMPSON ’16 Layout Assistant With the holiday season arriving, various artists will inevitably churn out Christmas albums, most…
McCain, Republicans terrorist attacks to play politics
BY CONNOR BURNS ’13 Senior Staff Writer The tides of history often go unseen until they crash upon the shore. The Internet, for example, remained the obscure luxury of technocrats…
Messy kitchen speaks to student disrepect of shared area
BY SHUNQI GAO ’16 Contributing WriterOn Nov. 29, Dean Richter sent a picture to all the members of New College House. It was a picture of the house kitchen: nicely…
Christy Wampole thinks you’re reading this ironically
BY ERIN MOYER ’16 Layout Assistant At this point, the New York Times editorial I’m writing about is probably so obscure it might just attract the very people it so…
Toiling away off campus
BY KRISSY MONTVILLE ’14 Layout Assistant It wasn’t long ago that juniors and seniors found themselves entering the world of off-campus living for the 2012-2013 school year. As we all…
Course registration creates moral questions, quagmires
BY NATHAN MCCLELLAN ’16 Layout Assistant On Tuesday I woke up at four in the morning and trudged over to Steinman College Center to stand in line for the designated…
First-year pre-medical woes would get anyone down before Thanksgiving
BY BRIONA PRICE ’16 Staff Writer I’m not pre-med anymore. Well that’s not exactly true, but it’s what I was thinking last week when I was pulling my third all-nighter of…