“BALLISTIC MISSILE THREAT INBOUND TO HAWAII. SEEK IMMEDIATE SHELTER. THIS IS NOT A DRILL.” This message appeared on Lafayette students’ phones on Jan. 13 while they were in Hawaii for a geology interim course. While the alert caused alarm on several of the Hawaiian islands, Isabelle Rein ’20 and Olivia Sharp ’20 remained relatively calm. […]
The Lafayette admissions department set a goal to receive 8,500 applications for admission to the college this year. The number of applications sat at 9,185 as of Wednesday, with the second pool of early decision applications still trickling in until February. Last year, the number of applications the college received was a record 8,469, broken […]
Nearly a century after its founding in Hogg Hall on Lafayette’s campus, the Alpha chapter of Alpha Phi Omega, the now international service fraternity and largest fraternity in the country, will receive its original charter. Lafayette will once again be home to the founding chapter of the organization which now boasts over 470,000 members, according […]
When the library doors open for the day, the race for the study rooms will now be slowed as a result of the new study room reservation system in Skillman Library. In the past, students could walk into any empty study room at any point and stay there for an indefinite period of time. However, this […]
This week The Lafayette takes a timeout with women’s basketball’s leader in shooting percentage, who recently earned a team scholarship. AJ Traub: The team stuck with the Patriot League leaders, American, in last week’s matchup. What will the team focus on to close the gap throughout the rest of the season? Drew Freeland: Just continuing […]
“Making music is my joy and passion. I could not live without it. This is my service. Getting on and off planes, checking in and out of hotels, now that is work,” Jazz musician Charles Lloyd wrote in an email. Lloyd expressed that his purpose in life is to get in tune with the universe. […]
Nowhere has the need for due process been embodied more than in the conversation around the #MeToo movement. The movement has done a great deal in exposing the climate of sexual harassment that exists in our society. In spite of the good the #MeToo movement has done, it falls short of the core democratic principle […]
Lafayette and Lehigh went head to head again when the men’s and women’s track and field teams competed at Lehigh on Jan. 20. Both Lehigh’s men’s and women’s teams won overall, but Lafayette didn’t go down without a fight, with many Leopards earning personal records. After each dual meet, a track and a field athlete from […]
Men’s Basketball (5-15) (3-6) Jan. 17 vs. Navy L, 75-72 In a tightly contested game from the start, the Leopards came up a bit short against Navy, dropping another close game at home. Junior forward Paulius Zalys had a game-high 25 points for Lafayette, while every starter for Navy scored in double figures. In a […]
Oscar-nominated for best picture is a small independent film called “Call Me By Your Name” based on the novel by André Aciman. Starring Timothée Chalamet, Armie Hammer and Michael Stuhlbarg, the film was directed by Luca Guadagnino. The movie follows Elio (Chalamet), a teenage boy who spends his summer with his parents in their 7th-century villa in […]
All across the world, women are speaking up. Through movements like #MeToo and TimesUp, women have been empowered to talk about discrimination and harassment they’ve suffered. Behind movements like these is a history of feminism which has propelled women’s rights forward. Argentina has seen a gradual integration of women into certain parts of society going […]
The Steamboat Institute has honored government and law professor Brandon Van Dyck with the Courage in Education Award. The Steamboat Institute is an educational organization that “promotes America’s first principles and inspires active involvement in the defense of liberty. It was founded in 2008 out of genuine concern for the future of our country. We […]
Instead of reciting a Catholic hymn when there is turbulence in airplanes, English professor and poet Megan Fernandes recites William Butler Yeats’ poem “The Song of a Wandering Aengus.” “I’m really afraid of flying, but I’m not really religious. So whenever there is turbulence, I used to recite a hymn because I went to Catholic school, […]
Last Saturday, men’s basketball faced off against the American University Eagles in Washington D.C.. The Leopards finished the game strong, scoring 40 points in the second half to defeat the Eagles 63-52. “The second half we locked in defensively and played really well,” freshman Justin Jaworski said. “The team moved the ball well and didn’t […]
