What’s the first thing that comes to mind when you hear the word “Amazon?” Rainforests? Online shopping? Wonder Woman? Lise Leet, a professor of French and francophone studies at Franklin & Marshall College, would likely think of Camilla, the fierce Amazon warrior maiden described in Virgil’s “Aeneid” (19 BC). On Wednesday, Leet explained this connection in […]
Day: September 27, 2019
A spike in win percentage: volleyball win streak reaches ten
The volleyball team will ride a 10-game win streak into their Patriot League opener against Lehigh this weekend. The Leopards have won five matches in the past week and currently sit at 11-5, their highest season win total since 2015. The Leopards lost five of their first six games but haven’t lost since September 7 […]
Sexual assault nurse examiners discuss process of sexual assault evidence collection
After an experience as traumatic as sexual assault, knowing how to proceed after can be difficult. This Wednesday, Elisa Moyer, Amanda Howat and Michele Rice, sexual assault nurse examiners from the Lehigh Valley Health Network, outlined the details of the sexual assault forensic process in an effort to ease that difficulty. These examiners have all […]
‘Up, up and picante’ solutions for 9/27 issue
This is the answer key for the crossword that was published in the September 27 issue of The Lafayette.
‘Exciting to be in year two’: Athletic Director Freeman discusses the current stages of her five-year plan
After releasing her five-year strategic plan in September 2018, Athletic Director Sherryta Freeman is following through on her commitment to student athletes and the department’s teams. “I feel a great sense of responsibility to our student athletes and to our community to make sure that we are doing everything that we can to make athletics […]
Men’s soccer kicks off conference play with win over BU, falls to St. Joseph’s in non-conference matchup
Men’s soccer opened up their conference schedule with a 2-1 victory over Boston University on Saturday. On Tuesday they suffered their second loss of the season, falling 2-1 to St. Joseph’s. Currently standing at 5-2-1, 1-0 in conference, six out of their next seven games are against Patriot League opponents. Through eight games this season, […]
Paper Playlist: A wholesome playlist about pets
Pet Cheetah – Twenty One Pilots Hound Dog – Elvis Presley What’s New Pussycat – Tom Jones Drop It Like It’s Hot – Snoop Dogg Cool Cat – Queen Who Let the Dogs Out – The Baha Men It’s Gonna Be a Lovely Day from The Secret Life of Pets 2 Black Dog – Led […]
This semester’s Max Kade writer in residence Mascha Dabić to teach German translation studies
In April 2018, translator and author Mascha Dabić came to campus to speak at the third annual Austrian-American “PODIUM Dialog” in the Max Kade Center for German Studies. Now, she is back on campus, and this time, for the entire semester. The Lafayette College German department recently welcomed Dabić to campus as the Max Kade […]