With the semester coming to an end soon, students are already making plans for next year’s activities. Student Government recently approved four new student groups whose interests include mental health, sports analytics, table tennis and geology. The names of the new clubs are Active Minds, Sports Analysts of Lafayette, Lafayette College Club Table Tennis and […]
In one of the last events of the college’s celebration of 50 years of coeducation, panelists turned a focus on female students whose experience may have consisted of a “place without a space.” This past Monday, Women’s, Gender & Sexuality Studies and English Professor Mary Armstrong moderated a panel entitled “Out and Proud: Lesbian, Trans, and […]
Over the weekend a “Cop Lives Matter” sticker was put on top of a “Black Lives Matter” sticker and a “Deport Illegals” sticker placed over one of a “Love is Love” sticker. This was reported as a bias report by students. It is still unknown who is responsible for the incident. These stickers were on […]
The ECO Cafe in the new Rockwell center has been touted for its commitment to sustainability and locally sourced options. Despite the push for more eco-friendly options, however, some students still feel there is much to be done to decrease the campus’s environmental impact. The ECO cafe, or the Environmentally Conscious Options cafe, opened with […]
The college has implemented the Sexual Misconduct and Resources Training Team (SMART) this year to more effectively handle reporting of incidents involving sexual assault and sexual harassment. This program is replacing the previous Sexual Assault and Sexual Harassment (SASH) advisor program in an effort to increase student engagement, according to Annette Diorio, Vice President for […]
This year, the college unveiled a brand new major within the engineering department, available to all underclassmen. The bachelor of science in engineering (BSE) will allow students to take traditional engineering courses as well as to integrate with other areas of study. According to David Brandes, professor of civil and environmental engineering and one of […]
Saeed Malami ‘20 won the national championship in persuasive speaking at the Interstate Oratorical Association Championship (IOA) in West Chester, Pa., through the Lafayette Forensics Society. Malami also competed in the National Speech Championship from March 23 to 24 where he placed fourth in Persuasion, and at the National Forensics Association (NFA) from April 17 to […]
The spring 2019 senior policy studies seminar’s semester project will be featured on local television channel PBS39. The class, taught by professor and policy studies chair Mark Crain, will show a broadcast on the station. “The spring production, entitled ‘Trade vs College,’ is the eighth in our partnership between Policy Studies and PBS39. The goal […]
Student government president-elect Fraynette Familia ‘20 is pushing to bring minimum wage for students to $8, an effort that has been ongoing since last November. Student government’s Equity and Inclusion Committee, which will be under the leadership of Eduardo Rodriguez-Gomez ‘22 in the coming fall semester, has been spearheading the effort. President Alison Byerly said that the […]
Yet another outbreak of a vaccine-preventable illness is taking place with the spreading of mumps at Temple University in Philadelphia. Dr. Jeffrey Goldstein, Director of Health Services on campus, sent a health alert this Tuesday to caution students. Goldstein warned that if students think they are experiencing symptoms or “have been in close contact with […]
Originally a classical pianist, Gwilym Simcock said he has developed his skills and explored other music genres such as jazz and composition. Many of the tunes in his new album “Near and Now,” are dedicated to his “heroes” in the jazz world. Each of the pieces he played were dedicated to a fellow pianist of […]
Strong gusts of wind roared through the Lehigh Valley on Monday, reaching speeds up to 30 miles per hour, according to the National Weather Service. The wind blasts blew the college’s power out on Monday morning for about an hour and several classes were canceled as a result. The National Weather Service issued a high […]
A man from Anchorage, Alaska, was charged over the break with perpetrating last May’s bomb threat against campus. Gavin Lee Casdorph, going by Jafar Saleem on Twitter, was arrested in December for propagating the false bomb threats. Agents of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), along with President Alison Byerly, held a press conference on Dec. […]
William Wegman’s current work displayed at Skillman Library, inspired by his large 1993 collection of camping books, nature guides and boy scout manuals, creatively brings together various aspects of the Maine wilderness where much of his work was created. Wegman’s current work, “Field Guide to North America and Other Regions,” is an artist’s book, “which means that […]
