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BY CONNOR BURNS ’13 Senior Staff Writer Friday, President Obama and leading Republicans in Congress met to discuss the Fiscal Cliff. Many things hang in the balance of these negotiations,…
Letter to the Editor To the Editor: First of all, I want to make clear that I am not trying to offend anyone, but solely trying to get answers and…
Letter to the Editor To the Editor: The editorial “Survivor shame vs. support” that ran in the Oct. 29 edition of The College Reporter encouraged the College’s administration to share…
BY CONNOR BURNS ’13 Senior Staff Writer Tuesday night went badly for Karl Rove. FOX News called Ohio, and the entire election, for Barack Obama. Rove insisted FOX had made…
BY NATHAN MCCLELLAN ’16 Contributing Writer Oh to have been a fly on the wall inside Romney headquarters on the night of the election. Indeed, the prospects of Tuesday evening…
BY ALANNA KOEHLER ’15 Campus Life Editor I knew the article was coming before the general College community did. While working in The College Reporter office I caught wind of…
Letter to the Editor To the Editor: I believe Kyle has every right to say what he did. Not everyone is going to like what he has to say, yet…
Letter to the Editor To the Editor: Although this is indeed a touchy subject, I strongly support our right to the freedom of speech. We have the right to voice…
Letter to the Editor To the Editor: The opinion piece about the College’s longtime relationship with the POSSE Foundation that ran in the Oct. 29 edition of The College Reporter…
BY JACK PINSKY ’14 Contributing Writer Hi there, I’m Jack Pinsky. You may know me as “that guy that tries to be funny with a microphone at Arts House Open…
BY NATHAN MCCLELLAN ’16 Contributing Writer Holed up in my room on Monday evening due to Sandy’s reproachful presence outside the window, I turned on the television and flicked to…
BY CONNOR BURNS ’13 Senior Staff Writer I’ve been saying it for months: it looks like Barack Obama will be reelected this Tuesday, Nov. 6. Hurricane Sandy gave him the…
BY BRIONA PRICE ’16 Staff Writer I read AOL articles a lot; maybe I read them too much. I consider it “news,” which may be the appropriate term for it…
BY CONNOR BURNS ’13 Senior Staff While going through some old files, a scholar at the Treasury Department made a remarkable discovery: an original transcript of the Bretton Woods conference.…
BY MICHELLE CARROLL ’13 Contributing Writer To the women of F&M, Let’s be honest: we can’t all be “besties,” but we do have a responsibility to ensure the safety of…