0:01 left on the clock and 13,000 fans waiting with bated breath. The snap. The dropback. The emphatic, game-clinching sack. Scattered cheers became a full-on celebration as white jerseys met maroon-clad fans on the field at Goodman Stadium. Head coach John Garrett leapt into the air. The Lafayette Leopards won their first rivalry game since […]
Humility, compassion, and constant laughter. These are only a few of the words those close to Ivan Baquerizo ‘21 used to describe his personality and spirit on campus, where his optimistic and friendly nature shone through in all his interactions, no matter whom he was with. “Ivan was one of my first friends at Lafayette. […]
Lucky for us, today is Friday. Which makes it Kevin’s favorite day because: “at least once a year, I like to bring in some of my Kevin’s Famous Chili…It’s the thing I do best.” This is one of Kevin’s most famous quotes, which was aired in the fifth season of “The Office,” on the “Casual […]
Why Lafayette Will Win Lafayette and Lehigh both enter their 155th Rivalry game at 3-2 in the Patriot League. Lehigh started conference play with three consecutive wins, but losses to Holy Cross and Bucknell have left them out of contention for the title. Lafayette strung together three strong wins over Bucknell, Fordham, and Holy Cross, […]
One may not instinctively think of trees when the topic of friendship comes to mind, but author Jessica Francis Kane suggests otherwise in her second novel, “Rules for Visiting.” Kane’s latest novel revolves around May, a thirty-year-old gardener. When a poet writes about one of May’s English Yew trees and wins a $50,000 prize in […]
Fuck You Bitch – Wheeler Walker Jr. Fuck You – Cee Lo Green Let’s Bash – The Lonely Island It’s a Great Day to Whup Somebody’s Ass – Paul Thorn Fight Me – Molly Brazy Watch What Happens from Newsies You’re Going Down – Sick Puppies This Ain’t a Scene, It’s an Arms Race – Fall […]
This is the answer key for the crossword that was published in the November 22 issue of The Lafayette.
This past week saw the continuation of public hearings with several key testimonies in the impeachment inquiry of President Donald Trump including the testimony of Gordon D. Sondland, the US ambassador to the European Union on Wednesday. Sondland’s testimony to the House Intelligence Committee directly implicated members of the Trump administration, including Trump himself, amongst […]
Easily identified by his cheery, gentle smile and fluorescent green safety suit, Steve Tashner has quietly observed and shaped the changing landscape of the campus through his work as a groundsman during his 18 years at the college. Raised on a farm in Pennsylvania, Tashner grew up doing the same sort of planting he would […]
Cross country Nov. 15 @ Mid-Atlantic Regionals (in Bethlehem) | Women: 17th of 31 | Men: 17th of 25 Women: Hurley: 66th of 208 | Sands 69th | Jacobs: 107th Men: Oehrlein: 72nd of 175 | Neeson: 77th | Branch: 106th Men’s soccer (9-7-5) (4-3-2) Nov. 16 @ Lehigh (Patriot League Championship) | L, 1-0 […]
“Doctor Sleep,” the sequel to Stanley Kubrick’s adaptation of Stephen King’s novel “The Shining,” is here at last, taking place nearly 40 years after the original film. Dan Torrance (Ewan McGregor) encounters young Abra Stone (Kyliegh Curran), who shares his psychic “shining” abilities. She comes to him after encountering a cult of vampiric psychics called […]
Next year, Lafayette will begin a pilot version of the revamped Marquis scholarship program, which will offer full tuition for recipients of the Fellowship and half tuition for Scholars. Despite tuition increases, the amount for both the Fellowship and the Scholarship have remained unchanged since 2013, when the Marquis award was changed to $24,000 and […]
The Lafayette men’s club hockey team swept a pair of conference games last weekend, beating Bucknell 7-1 on Saturday and Alvernia 6-1 on Sunday. Sophomore forward Alex Lopresti scored twice in each game, recording a team-high four goals on the weekend. Lafayette now holds a 4-4 overall record in conference play, good for fifth place, […]
The National Collegiate Athletic Association’s (NCAA) long-held policy that student athletes should not receive any monetary benefits beyond the price of tuition being paid is facing its greatest challenge yet. On September 30, California’s governor Gavin Newsom signed a bill that, when implemented, will allow student-athletes to profit off of their likeness, sign endorsement deals, […]
