“Make baseball fun again.” These words were embroidered on last year’s Major League Baseball MVP Bryce Harper’s hat after the first game of the season. By directly referencing Donald Trump’s popular political campaign, one of the league’s biggest names brought to the forefront an important issue in baseball today: Not enough is being done to evolve the game. […]
Day: April 8, 2016
Never forget: lessons learned from the Holocaust: Hillel surveys students for Holocaust Remembrance Week
What would you do if you were suddenly torn away from your home, separated from your family and treated with unimaginable cruelty, all on account of your religious faith? This was like one of the many questions asked of respondents in an informal, non-scientific survey conducted by Lafayette Hillel Society in Farinon as part of Holocaust Remembrance Week at […]
Mind the gap: Representation and salary disparities between male and female professors
Prompted by faculty concerns of potentially unequal wages between men and women employees, Professor of Economics and chair of the Faculty Compensation Committee Chris Ruebeck put together a report for Lafayette faculty dealing with two main issues of the gender wage gap: representation and salary. According to data published by the Chronicle of Higher Education, male full professors […]
Imagining Easton: College and city discuss expansion plans
As Lafayette College grows over the next few decades, the city of Easton hopes to grow alongside it, according to a comprehensive plan produced by Urban Matrix Architecture and Planning PC of Brooklyn, N.Y. The plan, which details a vision of Easton’s future for the year 2035, cites specific goals of transforming Easton in the […]
Art for the environment: Artist Brandon Ballengée responds to ecological disasters
Sometimes aspects of the environment inspire artists. Brandon Ballengée uses art to return the favor, inspiring people to partake in environmental conservation. On Tuesday, New York artist, environmental activist and marine scientist Brandon Ballengée was invited to the Williams Center Art Gallery to present his multidisciplinary investigation of the impact of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in 2010 […]
Making airwaves: “Talk Radio” marks a huge success for the theater deaprtment
As the audience members walked into Studio 248 at the Williams Arts Campus, they were immediately transported to Cleveland, Ohio, 1987. In front of them, Danny Guadalupe ‘16, playing Sid Greenberg, a talk show host, casually prattled on about taxes. People looked around slightly confused. One could not quite tell if they were entering during […]
Let’s talk business: College considers new interdisciplinary business program
Lafayette students may be able to get back to business with a new program under consideration for next year. According to President Alison Byerly, the college has formed an Ad Hoc Committee on Interdisciplinary Business Education to discuss the potential of a new business program at Lafayette. While a proposal has not yet been drafted, […]
The best of the worst: “Allegiant”- a slight improvement on a terrible franchise
“Allegiant,” the third film in the “Divergent” series of young adult film adaptations, is one of the worst films ever made by human hands, containing almost no substance, acting that varies from being unbearably bad to depressingly horrid, writing that is about as compelling as a legal brief for a parking ticket and some of the worst fight […]
Historian honored: Lafayette professor recognized in her field
Professor of History Deborah A. Rosen was cited for the Bancroft Prize for her recent book, “Border Law: The First Seminole War and American Nationhood.” The Bancroft Prize is considered to be one of the most prestigious honors in the field of American History. The prize is typically given to two or three authors per year. Rosen, […]
Crew reclaims the cup: Team takes down Lehigh in annual meeting
After a rough fall and winter season for Lafayette, who lost to Lehigh in basketball, football and both men’s and women’s soccer, it seems as if the Leopards are turning the tables. After a home win for the rugby team against the Mountain Hawks, the crew team followed suit and beat Lehigh to take the coveted River Cup. […]
Equestrian Danielle Wolff ’17
Rachel Robertson: What equestrian event did you compete at this weekend? Danielle Wolff: This weekend was regionals which is the first step in the “post-season” for team riding. So, after regionals is zones, then nationals. RR: How did you do this weekend? DW: I showed in Intermediate Flat [a higher-level non-jumping class] and I came in […]
Running into the record books: Lafayette sprinters claim two best times in school history
Senior Devin Smith and junior Drew Davis both broke a Lafayette-held record this past weekend at High Point University. Both Smith and Davis finished in first and second place, respectively, in the 400m. They broke the record held by Smith of 55.66. Their stellar finishes landed both among the fastest marks in the 400m in the Patriot League […]
In training: Dog House, new LLCs accepted on campus
It looks like some Lafayette students will be in the doghouse next year. One of 13 new Living Learning Community (LLC) houses coming to campus for the 2016-2017 school year, the Dog House will house at least three students and four puppies, which members of the house will train to become service dogs. According to Grace Veghte […]
Stained glass symposium: Art gallery examines and celebrates Tiffany glass
This past Wednesday was the “Tiffany at Lafayette” Symposium, dedicated to the glasswork of artist Louis Comfort Tiffany, an artist whose work is on display in Williams Center Gallery. The symposium came with two lectures given that day and after another earlier in the week. It’s part of the continuation of the “Tiffany at Lafayette” exhibit, which has been […]