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 […]
After months of research and deliberation starting in June 2019, the Lafayette campus-wide course scheduling committee has proposed a new schedule for the 2021 academic year. But the work may not be finished just yet. Numerous members of the faculty expressed concerns over the new proposed schedule, which was discussed at length during an open […]
The Lafayette women’s tennis team continued their winning ways last weekend with a 5-2 victory over Niagara, their ninth win of the season and most in 14 years. The men lost 5-2 to Niagara and currently sit at 1-8 on the season, while the women boast a 9-2 mark. “The women obviously are having a […]
The Lafayette fencing team placed sixth out of 15 teams at the Mid-Atlantic Collegiate Fencing Association (MACFA) championship on Sunday, with two men and two women qualifying for NCAA Regionals. Four members of the men’s team placed in the top-16 of their respective disciplines. “We just got unlucky sometimes but overall the mentality was strong […]
The Lafayette club squash team placed fourth out of nine teams at the College Squash Association (CSA) National Championships last weekend in Boston, Mass. The Leopards were ranked ninth out of nine teams in their division, and earned two upsets over Swarthmore and Notre Dame before losing to Lehigh in the semifinal round. Lafayette beat […]
Breaking school records is almost getting old for sophomore Justin Lloyd. After breaking the 1000-yard freestyle record in November, Lloyd added two individual records and broke two more in relay events last week at the Patriot League championship meet, contributing to four of the five new Lafayette records. “It was pretty cool,” he said. “But […]
Baseball (2-5) (0-0) Feb. 21 @ Virginia Military Institute (VMI) | W, 5-0 Woodward: 6.1 innings, 0 earned runs | Stern: 1-3, 3-run home run Feb. 22 @ VMI | L, 9-1 Ciccone: 3 innings, 1 earned run | Glover: 1-4, RBI double Feb. 23 @ VMI | W, 4-2 Kreyer: 6.2 innings, 0 earned […]
After six and a half years at the helm of Lafayette’s Greek life, Associate Director of Student Involvement Dan Ayala has resigned and will depart Lafayette at the end of the month to assume the same role at East Stroudsburg University. Director of Student Involvement Vanessa Pearson announced the staffing transition in an email to […]
David Heard was going to be a DJ, a fashion designer or a brilliant scientist. But when he was diagnosed with neuroblastoma in 2008, David became a fundraiser for pediatric cancer research, a legacy that lives on today despite his tragic passing in 2011. David was only 10 years old. “One of the things that […]
When senior Cal Reichwein’s grandfather passed away in October due to complications from Alzheimer’s, Cal knew he had to do something. “Right after he passed, I honestly just woke up one morning, and I felt a responsibility to my family,” he said. Cal got right to work. Using his platform as a member of Lafayette’s […]
Most of the Lafayette swim and dive team used last Saturday’s Navy Invitational to “shave and taper” in preparation for the Patriot League championship meet in two weekends. Sophomore Kyle Goodwill also used the invitational as an opportunity to break into the school’s all-time record books. Goodwill now holds the seventh fastest time in Lafayette history […]
Senior forward and co-captain Lukas Jarrett has played in over a hundred games for the Lafayette men’s basketball team, but there was still one thing he had not seen during his four years with the program: a win over rival Lehigh. That all changed on Saturday, as the Leopards bounced back from consecutive losses with […]
Last Sunday, news of Kobe Bryant’s tragic passing in a helicopter crash stunned people around the world who were inspired by his tenacious approach to basketball and to life. The five-time NBA champion and 18-time All-Star was one of nine who lost their lives in the crash, including his 13-year-old daughter Gianna. Although his life […]
