“I smashed last night!” “Oh you got the kill? Damn, how was it?” “I tapped that ass! I hit her from the back and had her screaming.” To some, it may be hard to believe that this language is said so casually among friends. Specifically, among the male students of Lafayette College. While no population […]
Month: March 2018
Equity, Transformation, and Accountability Board continues to work on meeting list of concerns for marginalized students
The Equity, Transformation, and Accountability Board is looking to continue to make significant steps towards addressing the issues raised by marginalized students over a year ago. In the fall of 2016, minority and undocumented Lafayette students issued a list of concerns to the administration. As a result of that list, students and administrators decided to […]
Ski team takes on Regionals: Leopards qualify for the National Tournament
The Lafayette men’s and women’s club ski and ride team traveled to Bryce Resort in Mount Jackson, Va. for the USCSA Mid-Atlantic Regionals for the weekend of Feb. 24. Overall, the men’s freestyle team placed third and the women’s alpine team fourth, qualifying them both for Nationals. Women’s alpine skiers got off to a rough start […]
Men’s lacrosse launches into Patriot League play
The Lafayette men’s lacrosse team lost their first Patriot League game against No. 10 Loyola Maryland on Feb. 24. Lafayette’s record moves to 2-3 for the season and 0-1 in conference play following the tough loss in Baltimore. The nationally-ranked Greyhounds scored the first two goals of the game before freshman attacker John Natoli was […]
Ice in their veins: Men’s hockey comes away with first conference championship since 2001-2002
The Lafayette men’s club hockey team secured the Delaware Valley Collegiate Hockey Conference championship with a semifinal 4-3 victory over La Salle and a 5-1 thrashing of Susquehanna in the finals. According to the team’s Facebook page, this is their first championship win since the 2001-2002 season. The thrilling victory over La Salle saw the […]
What photography means for art professor Karina Skvirsky
The love affair with photography began early in artist and art professor Karina Skvirsky’s life and sparked a passion that would later be recognized in much of her work. Skvirsky has come to terms with her identity by analyzing her family’s photo album. “I first became interested in photography at a very young age, when […]