When the college’s preliminary plans for the expansion project were approved by the Easton Planning Commission last Wednesday, much of the discussion surrounded concerns from residents and commissioners about whether students would comply with the new parking regulations. However, there was no actual student voice present to offer insight on the issue. In accordance with […]
When a 7.5 magnitude earthquake hit the island of Sulawesi, Ian Morse ’17 was en route to the Central Sulawesi province of Indonesia, he said in a video chat interview with The Lafayette. He got off the ferry in Sulawesi only to find that the earthquake had knocked out phone services across the province—he would wait another […]
Despite being exiled from her home country in 1985, Ellen Johnson Sirleaf returned to Liberia 12 years later with the mindset that her people wanted and deserved better and that she could make a difference in their fight for peace. Sirleaf, the former president of Liberia and Nobel Peace Prize Laureate, spoke at Lafayette this […]
Hill’s Kitchen, which sits at the corner of Cattell and W Monroe Streets, may have replaced College Hill’s local diner, but the food and style of Tracy’s lives on through long-time chef and Hill’s Kitchen’s new owner, Stephanie Merlo. Back in April 2018 Merlo made the decision to buy the restaurant from Tracy and convert […]
As Lafayette’s most diverse class formed over the summer, the Trump administration reversed President Barack Obama’s policy on affirmative action in colleges and universities. Affirmative action policies, according to the Nation Conference of State Legislatures, are those in which an institution or organization actively engages in efforts to improve opportunities for historically excluded groups. Consequently, […]
In her last two years attending Lafayette, Tina Yerdon ’18 fought a battle that she never expected she would have to fight: a rare form of bone cancer. However, from her diagnosis to a post-surgery infection, she did not let her disease get the best of her. Instead, she defeated the disease herself and then […]
Upon returning to campus, students were met with several changes including landscaping and renovations, new safety precautions, a new login system for Lafayette accounts, and other changes in policies and protocols. Hogg Hall and its surrounding area experienced one of the biggest renovations of this summer. The stone on the outside of the building was […]
In the course of a month, men on campus grew their facial hair to raise awareness for the Movember fund. In the process, the brothers of Delta Upsilon and Phi Kappa Psi raised over $15,000 for men’s health issues this November. DU successfully raised $11,076, which was $7,000 over their original goal. Phi Psi was […]
In 1884–the same year that Harry Truman was born, the cornerstone for the Statue of Liberty was laid and Mark Twain wrote the Adventures of Huckleberry Finn–Lafayette College and Lehigh University met for the first time to play football at the Easton Athletic Grounds, starting college football’s Most Played Rivalry. One hundred and thirty-three years […]
Lafayette’s first Educational Equity Coordinator Jessica Brown will bring a unique perspective to her role when she arrives on Nov. 20. She has worked extensively in law and public service dealing with discrimination cases and helping “underrepresented individuals gain access to the legal system,” but has never worked at a college before, she wrote in […]
Aasif Mandvi knew he was crossing boundaries with his comedy during his show at the college. But, he said, the theater is a unique place where boundaries can be crossed safely. “I think that hopefully, when you are watching someone do a performance, you are inside a safe space where there is an agreement made […]
Muhlenberg College political science professor and Bangladesh native Mohsin Hashim came to the college to bring an expert perspective to the problems and circumstances of the Rohingya crisis, an ongoing military breakdown of the Rakhine state in the Southeast Asian country of Myanmar. More than 500,000 Rohingya people have fled persecution and destruction in what the United Nations described […]
Although their five-year suspension ends in November 2018, the Zeta Psi fraternity may begin initiating male Lafayette students as early as this November. Lafayette Zeta Psi alumni and the fraternity headquarters staff will be taking applications and selecting fifteen to twenty male students to start up the new Zete. Zete can initiate members this fall and […]
As “paint and sip” shops pop up across the country, Easton introduces its own Bottle and Bottega. The BYOB studio, located on Northampton Street, opened in April. Owner Kory Kennedy said he invites all those over age 21 to come and find a little inspiration from wine. “When we are instructing a painting and a […]
