After two months, 512 March fixes water issues By Nirupa Basnet ‘17 and Hannah Doherty ‘19 Collaborative Writers 512 March St. is one of Lafayette’s most coveted apartment complexes for senior students. The building, housing roughly 30 students every year, has Wi-Fi, dishwashers and laundry machines–amenities that most off-campus housing lack. But up until this […]
College explores the role of a sustainability coordinator Two weeks after President Byerly said Lafayette would hire a sustainability coordinator in response to student efforts, the college continues to search for what this new position would mean. To answer that question, students and staff hold monthly sustainability committee meetings and learning from other people who […]
Men’s team takes on yoga When the Lafayette men’s soccer team isn’t practicing at Metzgar fields or traveling across the Northeast for matches, they can be found in the Kirby Sports Center, bright, pink yoga mats in hand. For the first time in program history head coach Dennis Bohn incorporated weekly yoga sessions into the […]
In response to last week’s op-ed, “The need for the appearance of fairness in the event competition,”Lafayette College Student Government would like to take this opportunity to briefly address a few criticisms levied against us. To preface this, we take our roles as the stewards of student money seriously and have been more transparent than […]
If you were to ever care about an election in a far away country, care about Turkey’s. This is a country that is part of NATO and bound through diplomatic agreements to the US. It borders a chaotic war zone to the south. Across a sea to the north, a country is forced into civil […]
Last Friday, the White House announced that it would be sending US Special Forces troops to Syria to assist moderate rebel groups in northern Syria combat the Islamic State (IS). This is a sharp departure from previous US policy in the fight against IS, which ruled out any “boots on the ground.” The US […]
With registration near, students frustrated with required courses By Christina Shaman ‘16 and Kathryn Kelly ‘19 Collaborative Writers A dean’s list double major in biology and German, Erin Kersten ’16 is headed toward a promising future when she graduates this spring. But she still needs to fit in another core requirement: the GM1. For those […]
College responds to spikes in vandalism in residence halls In recent weeks, students have spotted Lafayette College Public Safety officers patrolling the floors in residence halls on campus, particularly in South College Hall and Ruef Hall, due to an increased amount of community damage reports. After noticing that the frequency of community damage has increased, […]
The family of a former crew team member who was catastrophically injured by a hit-and-run accident has appealed their lawsuit against Lafayette College, after it was dismissed by a Lehigh County judge in September. The car accident took place in November 2013, when a drunk driver hit then freshman Aubrey Baumbach while she was walking […]
Ross Gay ‘96 up for 2015 National Book Award for Poetry Lafayette alumnus Ross Gay ‘96 was recently named to the shortlist for the 2015 National Book Award for Poetry. Gay’s book, “Catalog of Unabashed Gratitude,” is one of five works up for the award. Gay has written three collections of poetry including the aforementioned […]
Annual festival celebrates the pig in all its edible forms By Kaitlyn Calogero ‘18 and Jay Bickford ‘17 Collaborative Writers This Saturday and Sunday, Easton will be the host of a bacon bonanza The Pennsylvania Bacon Fest, a celebration of all things bacon, is currently in its fourth year. In 2012, the inaugural PA Bacon […]
Anya Ulinich presents on her new graphic novel Author Anya Ulinich came to Lafayette College Tuesday to present her graphic novel “Lena Finkle’s Magic Barrel.” This graphic novel focuses on Lena Finkle, Ulinich said, who deals with identity issues due to “…her Soviet childhood and her adolescence in Arizona” and, at the same time, her […]
David Weild seeks to inspire students to change the world Earlier this week, David Weild challenged Lafayette students to make a difference and change the world. Weild is the Founder, Chairman and CEO of Weild and Co., and is the former Vice Chairman of the Nasdaq. He gave the inaugural lecture of President’s Entrepreneurship Lecture […]
Reflecting on the career of the best Bond since Connery James Bond has been a box office mainstay for over 50 years, ever since the premier of the first film in the franchise “Dr. No”in 1962. With Sean Connery bringing a suave, timeless class to fiction’s most famous secret agent, it has long been self-evident […]
