A Fitness Fanatic Against Unsustainable ‘New Year, New Me’ Resolutions
Every year, I dread January 1st. I enjoy the lull of the slow traffic at my home gym throughout the end of November and December, when even routine gym-goers more…
My family’s Diwali
Diwali is a festival with a lot of meaning. It has a historical meaning to it. India is one of the biggest countries in the world, with many festivals and…
Dear Franklin & Marshall College: Give Dr. Christina McSherry Tenure
The core of the liberal arts education is to forge a diverse, well-balanced, and driven student body primed to dominate the vocational and academic world. But this education is only…
Recent Elections Show the Limits to Dutch “Tolerance”
Last semester, I studied abroad in Amsterdam. While I was there, the country held provincial elections in which the right-wing party, Boer Burger Beweging (the farmer-citizen movement) won the most…
Reacting to a Broken Present
Students with strong connections to Israel and Gaza are wrestling with a hard question: How can you worry about submitting quizzes or revising rough drafts when your homeland is in…
75 years ago, ‘Dewey Defeats Truman:’ Why we can’t trust journalists
75-years-ago, an excited journalist smashed away at their antique typewriter, anticipating the obvious news that their paper, the Chicago Daily Tribune, was eagerly awaiting. The Republican Party was finally—after three…
Perspective on Gaza from 90 Miles Away
Right now, I’m studying abroad in Amman, Jordan. I’m living closer to the Gaza Strip than the distance from my home in New Jersey to F&M. The pictures out of…
Project 2025: Should We Be Worried?
In April 2023, The Heritage Foundation published a comprehensive 920-page plan for the next Republican president to “rescue the country from the grip of the radical Left,” according to Project…
Bets on Halloween 2023
It’s finally getting cooler, and that crisp fall smell is starting to fill the air, overpowering the aroma of fertilizer that reminds you you’re in Lancaster. Right about now, we’re…
Are we really mad about politicians’ ages?
You hear it all the time: politicians are too old, Joe Biden shouldn’t run again, Mitch McConnell should resign. After all, Congress is the oldest it’s ever been with the…
Replacement of Campus Printers: The Good and the Bad
Bad news: the public was not notified or surveyed before the replacement. Good news: the replacements are expected to function similarly to their predecessors. Many students, including library staff, were…
Commodified Authenticity and Why the Floods Were the Best Thing to Happen to Burning Man in Years
A few weeks ago while on my ritual morning doom scroll, I quickly recognized the familiar signs of a Twitter frenzy and squinted through the glare as I tried to…
Campus Housing: A Horror Story
Picture this: it’s exactly one year ago, hurtling straight into Autumn at breakneck speed and I’ve just started my sophomore year at F&M. It feels so nice to not be…
OP-ED: Changes to F&M’s Student Employment Systems
On August 11th, Franklin and Marshall students and campus employers received an email from Student Employment informing students of “important policy changes effective for academic year employment only,” policy changes…
Is My Waffle Maker Writing this or Am I?
In the olden days, our professors used to wrestle with existential questions like “Why are we here?” and “What’s the meaning of life?” These days, they find themselves cogitating a…