Op-Ed: The One-Year Anniversary of Quarantine: Some Things Have Changed But Others Have Not
By Sofia Netto || Copy Editor Approximately one year ago, the COVID-19 virus was all over the news. No one knew exactly what it was, how it spread, and the…
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…
F&M’s Testing Plan Faces Setbacks, Logistical Issues Amidst Hundreds of Students Missing Tests
By Daniel Robillard || Investigative Reporter As the College wrapped-up its first two rounds of COVID-19 entry testing for all students last week, testing operations had finally begun to operate…
Op-Ed: Why Breaking the Quarantine Bubble is So Hard
By Ellyn Fritz || News Editor Did anybody else feel socially awkward when arriving back to school? After close to six months of (almost) house arrest, transitioning to life around…
Playing Hanon: “One more distraction, please.”
Sojin Shin || Op-Eds Editor Photo courtesy of the author Hanon is a book consisting of 60 (240, in its original glory) finger exercises. None of them are “music”, so…
Coronavirus’ impact on F&M community, steps taken
By TCR Editing Staff || Gabby Goodwin, Katherine Coble, Alex Pinsk, Ruby Van Dyk At 4:35 pm on Wednesday, March 11, President Barbara Altmann announced that Franklin & Marshall College…
Anonymous student shares experience with recent coronavirus quarantine
By Mira Lerner || Copy Editor While the coronavirus itself has not yet reached F&M, it has already prompted dramatic action within our community. Certain students have faced and completed…