Outgoing editor shares gratitude, advice
By Sophie Afdhal || Sports Editor During my Beginnings roommate interview, I was asked what I was looking for at college. I immediately told her that I was looking for…
Lee Kuan Yew’s legacy lives: Philosophy of Singapore’s founder remains relevant
By Aditya Ramachandran|| Staff Writer The significance of the death of the founder and first Prime Minister of Singapore, Lee Kuan Yew, on March 23 was widely unreported in the…
Easy solutions exist to bring campus together: Second Diplomat Papers seek to build campus unity
It would be a failure of these articles if there were no solution provided for the re-establishment of an integrated campus-wide culture. This piece will seek to resolve the previous…
Real feminism should not just be heard, but seen: Editor reflects on why we feel the need to announce our tolerance
By Erin Moyer || Opinions & Editorials Editor This past week, I was way too proud of myself: I made it to every single one of my classes. I was…
Indiana’s “Religious Freedom” law does more harm than good, allows bigotry in name of freedom
By Nicholas Riebel || Staff Writer Social conservatives have learned a great deal from Orwell: the right to irrational bigotry and discrimination is now “religious freedom” if you can justify…
Student bemoans meal plan woes
By Noah Sunshine || Senior Staff Writer I ditched the meal plan two years ago and haven’t looked back. No one denies the magic of rolling out of a dorm…
Feminism is for all women
By Sophie Afdhal || Sports Editor Feminism. For some it has become a way of life, a soapbox to stand on, and for others it has become a dirty word.…
Masthead: New Indiana law allows discrimination
This week Indiana Governor Mike Pence took some heat when he signed into law a “religious freedom” bill. Because of the intense reaction he instigated with his decision, including pledges…
Magic of Kanye West falls on deaf American ears: It’s always Yeezy season, whatever y’all been hearing
By Erin Moyer || Opinion & Editorial Editor I am here with a message from the future: There is this artist named Kanye West, and he just saved the world.…
Fraternities need to acknowledge role in sexual assault
Emma Brown and Erin Hallenbeck || Photography Editor and Contributing Writer Here’s how F&M’s social scene is set up: Greek life dominates it. For all the loft parties and pre-games,…
College community fails on handling sexual assault
Michelle Carroll and Arissa Brown || Contributing Alumnae Writers In the years since we’ve graduated, we had hoped to see a shift in the campus dialogue regarding sexual violence. However,…
Fight ISIS with ideas, not weapons
Nicholas Riebel || Staff Writer Scary things seem to be happening. ISIS (the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria) once seemed poised to take over Iraq, Syria, and overrun the…
Democrat Chuy Garcia step in right direction for Chicago
By Nicholas Riebel || Staff Writer The current Mayor of Chicago is Rahm Emanuel, who is a former Democratic Congressman and Chief of Staff to President Obama. In the recent…
Administration on right track in combatting assault
By Mark T. Harmon-Vaught || Contributing Writer If you go to the doctor complaining of a sore throat, they might prescribe medication to deal with the pain and swelling you…