Phyllis Kornfeld began teaching art to prison inmates 35 years ago, when she began work at the Oklahoma State Prison. Whenever Kornfeld meets a new inmate, she said she always tells them: “We are going to access that part of you that has never been incarcerated, never been abused, and never been an abuser.” Kornfeld, a […]
World-renowned environmental artist Christon Javacheff, known professionally as simply Christo, renounced his Bulgarian citizenship and became “stateless” for seventeen years in the United States. Much of Javacheff’s work hovers on the fringe of illegality and he has spent much of his time bartering with local governments to allow him to proceed with his work. His resistance […]
This week The Lafayette sits down with recent Patriot League Softball Player of the Week, Brooke Wensel. AJ Traub: You recently earned Patriot League Player of the Week after hitting .833 with two home runs in three games. What was it like to earn the award? Brooke Wensel: It was humbling. Everyone on the team […]
The Interfraternity Council (IFC) and all men’s fraternities wish to thank the Office of Educational Equity and Pards Against Sexual Assault (PASA) for hosting the #MeToo panel discussion on March 20 which raised awareness and educated the Lafayette community about sexual assault. A number of fraternity men attended the event to demonstrate our commitment to […]
“Love, Simon,” a recent coming-of-age movie, centers around gay teen, Simon Spier. It is the perfect mix of cheesy lines, friendship, romance, conflict and identity issues that one might encounter in their favorite CW show (which makes sense considering the director of “Love, Simon,” Greg Berlanti, is the producer of seven CW shows). “Love, Simon” […]
“Alexa & Katie” is a brand new Netflix original sitcom. The show features the two eponymous best friends–impulsive, adventurous Alexa and her polar-opposite, the rule-abiding Katie–as they tackle the start of high school. But there’s just one catch: Alexa has cancer. The show follows Alexa’s first few weeks in high school as she deals with […]
Men’s baseball continued its conference season with a three game away series against Navy before heading to St. Joseph’s for a game. The Midshipmen in Annapolis swept the Leopards, outscored by a combined 36-18. The team bounced back against St. Joe’s University, dominating for a 9-1 win. In the first game, Navy got out to […]
It’s your kid brother Mikey’s birthday and your parents bought him a zillion L-shaped blocks of the form That evening he is in his room having a great time building all sorts of fun structures and shapes with these blocks. Being the older (meaner) sibling you go into his room and tell him that unless […]
Poetry is a fluid art to Mario Sanchez ’21—he strives to include many layers in his work, while incorporating “imagery of gentleness but also a hint of darkness.” With this approach to his writing, he won the Jean Corrie Competition in Poetry this year, a campus-wide contest open to freshmen, sophomores and juniors. Ryan Branch ’21 […]
