Graphic by Aaron Levenson ‘15 | The Lafayette Non Cur, “Lafayette’s Only Absurd Underground Journal,” must comply with new requirements or face “permanent removal of funding and revocation of recognition,” according to a memo sent by Student Government to Non Cur on Oct. 1. “Given the response of the community, Student Government felt it necessary […]
Lafayette is preparing to implement changes in their sexual assault policy, under requirement of the reauthorized Violence Against Women Act. Under the new act, which was signed in March by President Obama, schools must offer programs for sexual-violence prevention, along with providing support and counseling for victims of sexual assault, minimum disciplinary standards for offenders, […]
Photo by Austin Drucker ‘17 | The Lafayette Joey Pannullo ‘14 was assaulted in the Wawa parking lot on Cattell Street by three men after sticking up for female students on Sunday, September 22, around 2 a.m. Pannullo suffered a concussion, two black eyes, two broken ribs, and a lot of bruising and soreness. The […]
Every other week, Matt Mitterhoff ‘16 will give his take on political issues facing the country. Over the past two days, the federal government began procedures to shut down its operations, due to Congress’ inability to pass an appropriations bill to fund the government for the coming fiscal year, or at least for part of […]
To the Lafayette Campus Community: Since the start of the school year, the Inter-fraternity Council and the Panhellenic Council couldn’t help but notice our organizations being mentioned in various campus publications. Now that other people have had their say about who we are, we wanted to set the record straight. This fall, the Greek […]
Photo by John Burke ‘14 | Common Sense Action On September 26th, Common Sense Action hosted a panel discussion titled, “Paying the Bills: 17 Trillion Reasons to Care about the National Debt.” The presentation featured four professors at the school, Economics Professors Edward Gamber and Donald Chambers and Government & Law Professors Joel Shelton and […]
Photos by Austin Drucker ‘17| The Lafayette Recent construction around campus has made handicap access difficult, but improvements are being made. ”The College continues to work on, and invest in, improvements to physical accessibility wherever it can despite some of the obvious limitations due to the age and configuration of some buildings,” Mary-Wilford Hunt, director […]
Photo by Ally Hill ‘15 |Photo Editor Injury Relief Head Coach Frank Tavani wasted little time at Tuesday’s media luncheon sharing his excitement about returning players. “It was a very good week from a medical standpoint,” Tavani said from the get-go. Four defensive players – defensive lineman Matt Rothrock ‘17 and linebackers Kasheem Hill ‘14, […]
Photos courtesy of goleopards.com Lafayette men’s basketball 2013-2014 is officially underway as of last Saturday’s first practice of the preseason. This is a multi-part series previewing Lafayette before it begins its season against Villanova at The Pavilion on November 8. Four recruits signed letters of intent to join Head Coach Fran O’Hanlon and the Lafayette […]
Photo courtesy of Athletic Communications Coaching special teams may be new to coach Doug McFadden this year, but he is certainly not new to the players and atmosphere surrounding Lafayette football. McFadden has been the defensive backs coach at Lafayette for the past five years. This offseason though, Head Coach Frank Tavani decided to promote […]
Photo by Sarah Fryefield ‘16 | Photographer The bleeding has temporarily stopped for Lafayette women’s soccer (4-4-1 overall, 0-2 Patriot League). Losers of its first two Patriot League games, Lafayette bounced back on Wednesday with its third straight victory against archrival Lehigh. Jaclyn Giordano ‘15 scored off an assist from Allie Torru ‘16 to help […]
Photo by Austin Drucker ‘17 | Photographer According to the Lafayette volleyball team, it’s not time to panic, not yet at least. Following two straight losses this past weekend to American University and Loyola Maryland, Lafayette finds itself backed into a corner amidst a pivotal stretch in the season. Now 0-4 in Patriot League play […]
Photo by Ally Hill ‘15 |Photo Editor Lafayette field hockey returned to the comforts of league play in a 4-1 win against rival Lehigh (2-7) last Saturday in its Patriot League opener. That comfort was evident immediately as Lafayette scored three first half goals in constant attack mode. “It’s great to start off league play […]
Photo by Austin Drucker ‘17 | Photographer It was bound to happen to the Lafayette men’s soccer team sooner or later. As deft as its defense has been at deflecting its opponents’ shots this season, one was going to find its way into the net at a bad time for the Leopards. And that is […]
