Members of the Class of 2024 had to decide whether or not to buy into a very different Lafayette than the one they applied. Between online midterms, keeping track of assignments on Moodle, and being introduced to peers through breakout rooms instead of in Farinon, attending the “Zoom University” at Lafayette College has not quite […]
Author: Maya Nylund
Performance Review: ‘A call to action and a shout into the void’: ‘The Summoning of Everyman’ is a self-aware commentary on modern life
Lafayette’s first-ever virtual production is tailored to our time and our community. Directed and adapted by Sarah Frankel ’21, the Lafayette production of “The Summoning of Everyman” takes a 15th-century play about salvation and moral reckoning and makes the final stop before the “canyon of death” at the last place you would expect: College Hill. Opening […]
Staff and students reflect on the life and legacy of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg
This past Friday, Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg passed away at the age of 87. She served on the top US court for 27 years after being sworn-in in 1993. Throughout her career, Ginsburg was a legal pioneer on both sides of the bench, and in time has come to be revered as a […]
So far, so good: Health Director Goldstein reflects on a positive start to a unique semester
As college students across the country and around the world substitute classrooms for their bedrooms, those who came back to Lafayette’s campus are facing new restrictions. But up to this point, the college has been able to weather the COVID-19 pandemic without changing course, despite the nearly 700 students living on college hill. Three weeks […]
New Dyer Center maker space lets students craft anything from drones to chocolate molds
Nestled on the left-hand side of the Dyer Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship is a small room populated by a worktable and a few rolling swivel chairs. In the back, a small plastic poo emoji is being constructed on the print bed of one of two large 3D printers, its disk-like eyes glistening in dark […]
New Trump visa policies unlikely to impact Lafayette students, but hurdles still remain
Every year at Lafayette a new class of rising freshmen pore over packing lists, scroll through endless Facebook pages in search of friendly faces, and prepare to ease their families into their imminent departure from home. For international students, however, an acceptance letter is not the only document between them and a college degree, and […]
Every person counts: Lafayette gets involved in the 2020 census
The year 2020 hails not just a historic presidential election, but also the recurrence of another highly significant event: the nationwide U.S. Census. By providing census data to the federal government and assisting local organizations in boosting the census response rate, Lafayette is playing an important role in the 2020 census. “The census is so […]
With a technical vision and dedicated performances, ‘Heddatron’ is a thought-provoking triumph
Norwegian playwright Henrik Ibsen’s canonical work “Hedda Gabler,” a 19th century play about a pregnant woman bored to the point of recklessness by the trappings of society and her marriage, may or may not be a “well-made play” – that is, at least, according to Heddatron’s 10-year old narrator Nugget. This 2008 reimagining of the […]
From running a network of drug houses to building a college-level entrepreneurship program: Dyer Center director Yusuf Dahl discusses journey before Lafayette
In a nook of the Dyer Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship, Yusuf Dahl, the center’s director, sits before a small sign. On it are two words: the first, struck through, reads “mistake.” Below sits an alternative: “lesson.” It is a fitting backdrop for a man who has managed to see all his major setbacks with silver […]
Lehigh puts Greek life on ‘indefinite’ pause following spring recruitment violations
Lehigh University put a pause on all Greek life operations last week due to ongoing problems with alcohol, hazing, and drug abuse. At the peak of its membership in the 1980s, Lehigh’s fraternities numbered 34, according to the Philadelphia Inquirer. As recently as 2016, Lehigh was ranked the No. 4 party school in the nation […]
Kara Howe assumes critical role as campus registrar
There is a quiet change brewing in a freshly renovated office on the ground floor of Markle Hall. Kara Howe, currently the Associate Registrar for the college, will become the registrar in March, following the retirement of current registrar Frank Benginia. Changes in the registrar’s office often go unnoticed, but their work is an integral […]
Digging a little deeper: Groundsman Steve Tashner shares memories, hopes after 18 years at the college
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 […]
Performance Review: ‘Vanity Fair’ echoes modern discourse on gender politics, actors give ‘riveting’ performance
While the #MeToo movement and self-branding in the internet age may seem irrelevant to early 19th-century British society, Kate Hamill’s modern adaptation of William Thackeray’s novel “Vanity Fair” (1848) seems to draw those modern parallels. Similarly, we see those same parallels at Lafayette’s production of “Vanity Fair.” “Vanity Fair” centers around the story of two […]
Mumps confirmed at colleges in the Lehigh Valley, yet to be found at Lafayette
With the confirmation of over a hundred cases of the mumps associated with a flare-up at Philadelphia’s Temple University in February, mumps breakouts have since been confirmed on Lehigh Valley campuses. Lehigh University had a confirmed case of the mumps in late August, while Moravian College in neighboring Bethlehem confirmed on September 23rd that five […]