As worldwide protests against racism and police brutality continue, a petition to divest resources from the Lafayette Public Safety Department and Easton Police Department accumulated over 1000 signatures as of Thursday evening. The petition, signed by Lafayette students, faculty and alumni, listed 14 demands to “abolish and address systems that disproportionately harm BIPOC [Black, Indigenous […]
Students will be returning to campus two weeks earlier than normal this year as part of the Path to Fall 2020 plan announced by President Alison Byerly this afternoon. The semester is set to begin Aug. 17 and end Nov. 20 to prevent a possible “resurge [of COVID-19] during the winter” if students were to […]
As schools around the country begin releasing their plans for the upcoming semester, Lafayette’s fate is still uncertain. In anticipation of the college’s forthcoming decision, scheduled for June 15, Vice President of Student Life Annette Diorio joined hundreds of students over Zoom in a town hall meeting hosted by student government on Monday. The purpose […]
With summer jobs and internships being cancelled as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, many students have been left without a way to earn money or have a job experience during the summer months. However, new opportunities for remote, “micro-internships” may provide Lafayette students with an alternate for the upcoming summer months. Micro-internships typically range […]
Today the college announced that all students will be allowed to take any course on a pass/fail grade basis for this semester only. The decision, which was distributed via a campus-wide email from President Alison Byerly and Provost John Meier, was made in response to the college’s transition to online instruction instigated by the ongoing […]
Over the weekend, fraternities and sororities at Lehigh University were allowed to resume normal activity following a month-long hiatus after reports of hazing, alcohol violations, and drug abuse prompted the administration to “pause” all Greek life on campus in January. The organizations were reinstated after members of the Panhellenic, Interfraternity Council (IFC) and Cultural Greek […]
The track and field team wrapped up their indoor season at the Patriot League Championships in Bethlehem last weekend, with senior Tyler Hubeny breaking the school record in the heptathlon for the second time, both in the past month. The women’s team finished in ninth place, out of 10, with a total of four points […]
Rumors of a pink-haired kidnapper preying on students by asking to borrow their phones spread through group chats across campus on Sunday evening. Parents called Public Safety (PSAFE) with concerns about human trafficking near the college and students were advised to turn and run if they encountered the individual. What began as a theft and […]
Former treasurer Ross Coleman ’22 is filling the role of vice president after Victoria Puglia ’21 stepped down at the beginning of the semester. The treasurer vacancy will be filled by chair of the budget committee and former interim treasurer Jonathan Sosa-Ponce ‘21. Puglia took over as vice president after former president Fraynette Familia stepped […]
A student who was being held for testing for the coronavirus was released this week after the test came up negative, according to a campus wide email sent out Tuesday. Director of Health Services Jeffrey Goldstein wrote in the email that the student is in “good condition.” The student, who was traveling from China back […]
The college is renovating a nineteenth-century rope factory to be used for storage and as a “maker space” for Lafayette civil engineers. The Rinek Rope Factory, which is located past the Public Safety building on Bushkill Drive, will be transformed into a new college-operated hub by fall of 2020 with the $2 million project. Though […]
The United States Senate voted to acquit President Donald Trump on Wednesday after more than five months of hearings. The Senate voted almost entirely on party lines, with Democrats voting unanimously to convict. Trump was charged with abuse of power and obstruction of Congress. All but one Republican voted in favor of acquittal, which many […]
The Epsilon Xi chapter of Delta Gamma (DG) was taken off probation this month, just one year after the sanctions were first imposed. The chapter was put on cease and desist following a hazing allegation in September of 2018 and was put on probation following a Public Safety investigation and a student conduct hearing. In […]
Faculty members voted to continue expanding the size of the student body with this past December. The motion was presented by the Ad Hoc Committee on Expansion, a faculty committee that has been monitoring the progress of the college’s growth initiative, along with a recommendation to continue the process. “There was nothing in the data […]
