Lengthiness, ambiguity among student concerns At a panel yesterday morning, students voiced their concerns to college officials that the college’s internal complaint processes for sexual misconduct are unclear to students and take too long to reach a resolution, discouraging survivors from coming forward. The college officials responded that they are exploring ways to make the […]
Reeve Lanigan ’19 grew up learning how to “be an advocate” for herself. Now, she will go on to graduate school to learn how to advocate for others. She has been inspired to take this career path through her involvement at Lafayette. Lanigan is this year’s Pepper Prize winner, awarded annually to the senior who […]
In the last two years, survivors of sexual assault and allies have made their voices heard, in society and on campus. A subject once frozen in shame is beginning to thaw. Survivors of sexual assault at Lafayette say that during this time of change, they have seen an improvement in the campus climate—people are looking […]
In connection to this year’s Equality Rally, activists from the LGBTQ+ community have written a letter voicing their concerns about the college to be delivered to the college’s administration. “It is a time to celebrate the advancements of LGBTQ+ rights at Lafayette and the work of student and faculty activists, and simultaneously, a time to […]
Connor Burwell ‘19, like many other students, has seen the emergence of new structures and plans during his time on campus. Unlike others, however, Burwell has played a key role as a conduit from the students to the administration as the expansion plan, or the growth and affordability initiative, progresses. Burwell served as the first […]
Change Agents 1974 Award Shira Wein ’19 World Citizen Award Tomoki Sasaki ’19 Mattachine Award Dget Downey ’19 Robert I. Weiner Interfaith Award Reed Aichholz ’21 Frances Ocansey-Ahene Spirit of Multiculturalism Award Ayleen Correa ’19 Big 8 Program of the Year Hidden Figures Week by Women and Computing Program of the Year Heathers: Talk Back […]
Dear Lafayette, This week, I close out my second and final year as Editor-in-Chief. I feel lucky to have occupied the role for as long as I have. I’m proud of all that my staff and I have been able to accomplish. Journalism can be a thankless endeavor, but The Lafayette staff has consistently reported […]
Dear Lafayette Community, As sports staff writer alumni of The Lafayette, we feel that it is our duty to speak out on behalf of the current newspaper staff. We commend The Lafayette for delivering hard hitting journalism— while balancing full class loads— in a tumultuous time for the media not just on College Hill, but […]
I am writing in response to last week’s paper concerning the volleyball program. I have been affiliated with the program in various ways since 2002 as the faculty liaison and academic adviser and I have worked almost every home volleyball game during the past 10 years as line judge or at the scorer’s table. In […]
On Tuesday, the student conduct committee presented a motion to the faculty with five changes to the student code of conduct, one of which was to remove the option of appealing a case to the president. President Alison Byerly said she supports removing the president from the appeals process, as it would provide students with […]
Jimmy Dennis fights for the rights of men and women who have been wrongfully incarcerated throughout the United States. He did not pick this cause randomly: Dennis spent almost 26 years in prison for a crime he did not commit. Dennis spoke at the college on Tuesday, almost two years after returning home from prison. […]
A “change in leadership.” That’s all the Lafayette athletics department said when they announced in December that veteran head coach Terri Dadio Campbell ‘92 would no longer lead the women’s volleyball team. An investigation by The Lafayette has found, however, that Campbell—who coached several teams at colleges in Virginia, New Jersey and Pennsylvania during a […]
Athletic department officials have recently notified their student-athletes of a change in procedure: inquiries from The Lafayette are to go through the athletic communications division. While the department has not put this in writing as an official policy, and there is no penalty for violating it, it is becoming standard procedure which our reporters have […]
Maddie Smart stumbled upon a sick Anna Nollan ’20, being cared for by Alex Vogel ’20, in a bathroom in Gates Hall their freshman year. She didn’t know either of them at the time, but helped take care of Nollan anyway, feeding her Cheerios—because that’s the kind of person Smart was. “It was then that […]
