Leader in the field connects gender and race Tanisha Anderson, Miriam Cusseaux, Rekia Boyd, Aiyana Stanley-Jones, Miriam Carey, Tarika Wilson, Kathryn Johnston, Alberta Sprulli: these are just a few among the many black women who have lost their lives due to racial and gender discrimination in the U.S. They are also among the many who […]
Ranking low in socioeconomic diversity, college moves to change With second socioeconomic index out, Lafayette evaluates accessibility When Lafayette placed low for the second consecutive year in a socioeconomic diversity index, college working groups and enrollment committees confronted the problem of public perception. The New York Times ranking system, called the College Access Index, uses […]
A Lafayette student was arraigned on Sept. 18 on charges of unlawful possession of and intent to sell marijuana and psychedelic mushrooms. According to court records, a public safety officer approached Thomas Peter Bain ‘16 on Aug. 29 at approximately 2:14 a.m., after backing his car into a parking lot next to a college van. […]
Why defunding Planned Parenthood is a monumental mistake The House of Representatives voted 241-187 on Sept. 18 to defund Planned Parenthood for a year in order to conduct an investigation about its abortion provider due to videos that recently surfaced depicting aborted fetus parts being donated for research. The notion to defund Planned Parenthood overall […]
Admissions matches ambassadors to prospective students With a new staff position focusing on campus visitation, the office of admissions created an initiative to focus on experiences closer to home. The new position concentrates campus visitation efforts into Assistant Director of Admissions Ed Bianchi’s office, which now manages the tour guides, called the Lafayette College […]
Marquis renovations transform eatery Marquis renovations transform dining facility into dining destination Students returning to campus this semester were greeted by a long-awaited total overhaul to Marquis Dining Hall that included a crepe station and more varied seating. The renovations, which took a total of 12 weeks during the summer, included an expansion to both […]
First year program aims for four year bonds As part of the college’s Live Connected, Lead Change Campaign announced last November, Lafayette began the Connected Communities program to strengthen students’ connections to the institution and to each other. The Connected Communities program, a $40 million dollar initiative of the campaign’s $400 million goal, aims to […]
Program marks historic anniversary at Lafayette Women’s and Gender Studies is now one of Lafayette’s 51 majors of study, but 30 years ago this was not the case. The first Introduction to Women’s Studies course occurred in 1982, but it was not until the summer of 1983 that faculty members received funding to do self-training […]
Grossman Gallery hosts evocative and surreal exhibition If a picture is worth a thousand words, the Grossman Gallery of the Williams Visual Arts Center could be a dictionary. The “FOCUS II: Photographs from the College Art Collection” exhibition is the collection of vintage and contemporary photographs owned by Lafayette College. “Focus II is a companion […]
Ancient celebration brings East Asian culture to campus Lafayette students will be able to attend the Moon Festival, a traditionally East Asian celebration, this Sunday in the Marlo Room. The festival originated years ago around the time of the Zhou Dynasty. The lords of the realm realized that the moon’s movement was closely related to […]
Scorch Trials fails to differentiate itself in a crowded genre While it is not as devoid of merit as “Insurgent,” nor as insufferable and omnipresent as “Twilight” in it’s heyday, “Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials” is a microcosm of the problems that have plagued Young Adult film adaptations for the past several years. The first […]
Is Single the New Norm? My hope is that the days of women attending college as finishing school are over. I hope that the students of the Mona Lisa Smile are gone and women are less and less likely to come to college with the goal of finding their future husbands. Lafayette seems to […]
“Fear the Walking Dead” stands out from its wildly popular parent show With a second season renewal months before it even premiered, “Fear the Walking Dead” had some mighty large shoes to fill once it finally premiered on AMC at the end of August. Becoming the #1 Rated Series Cable Launch of all time […]
“Sweet Survival: Tales of Cooking & Coping” by Laura Zinn Fromm “Sweet Survival: Tales of Cooking & Coping” is kind of a memoir, and lots of a cookbook. This delightful hybrid collection of essays by New Jersey author Laura Zinn Fromm is simply delicious. Fromm writes with honesty and warmth about families, relationships and food, […]
