Local Shiloh Keeler Happily Anticipates First Year at F&M
By Olivia Schmid | | Opinions Editor Photo Courtesy of the Subject. Shiloh Keeler, a bright and optimistic first-year student, plans to make the most of her academic year here…
First Year Spotlight: Daniel Maloof
By Lily Vining || Investigative Layout Assistant Sitting in the blue Adirondack chairs on Hartman Green on a sunny afternoon last week, one would think anyone should be in high…
First Year Spotlight: Amaya McIntyre-Taylor
By Erin Maxwell || News Editor “School shut down on my birthday,” says Amaya McIntyre-Taylor, a first-year student from the Bronx, New York. “Two weeks had turned into eighteen months.…
Meet First-Year Skylar Zachian
By Rohail Spear || Layout Assistant Skylar Zachian is from Villanova, Pennsylvania. She started Pre-K at a small private school in her hometown. She recently graduated from that same school.…
Introducing our Staff
By Anna Synakh ’22 || Managing Editor Executive Board Ellyn Fritz ’22 A junior on the pre-law track with a joint major in Government and Business and a minor in…
Looking Back on Module 3 and Looking Forward to the Future
By Sofia Netto || Copy Editor Module 3 is finally over, F&M! That means less than a week of break before the start of another 6 weeks of learning a…
First-Year Students Learn Valuable Lessons during Diversity, Equity, Inclusion Workshop
By Lily Vining || Staff Writer Ask students if it is important to promote diversity on college campuses, and the response will be overwhelmingly positive. However, ask the same students…
The International Student’s Perspective on Life at Home
By Rohail Spear || Layout Assistant Aryaa Ogale, a first-year at F&M, usually wakes up between 11 am and 1 pm and sometimes doesn’t go to bed until 5 am.…
The LGBTQ+ Forum Recap: How to Make Progress at F&M
By Sarah Nicell || Layout Assistant Photo Courtesy of fandm.edu. Friday night, Franklin & Marshall’s SAGA (Sexuality and Gender Alliance) and LGBTQ+ Student Life collaborated to host the LGBTQ+ Forum,…
Author Elizabeth Mitchell Discusses Fake News, Political Scandal, Advice for Aspiring Writers
By Lily Vining | | Staff Writer It is often said that history repeats itself, but readers of Elizabeth Mitchell’s latest book, Lincoln’s Lie: A Civil War Caper Through Fake…
How F&M Can Help Improve Your Motivation
By Sarah Nicell || Layout Assistant As the pandemic proceeds into its twelfth month of devastation, world citizens continue to face the great uncertainty of where their lives are headed.…
Quarantine Slump: How Quarantine Has Affected Student Motivation
By Sarah Nicell || Layout Assistant The United States has officially surmounted 400,000 total deaths from COVID-19, a figure so devastating that it becomes impossible to visualize. Approaching ten months…
…And All I Got Was This Lousy Keychain
By Erin Maxwell || Staff Writer If you’re still able to access your pre-COVID memories, you’ll remember that F&M’s 2020 commencement had already been steeped in controversy before the pandemic…
Using Language to Mediate Conflict, Foster Understanding with Padraig O Tuama
By Lily Vining || Staff Writer Franklin & Marshall College was delighted to welcome Padraig O Tuama, poet, theologian, and conflict mediator, as last week’s Common Hour speaker and guest…
How F&M A Cappella Groups are Keeping Music Alive
By Lily Vining || Contributing Writer Not only has the Coronavirus pandemic changed the logistics for classroom interaction in colleges across the United States, but it has also dramatically altered…