A man in Anchorage, Alaska, has been charged with perpetrating last May’s bomb threat, President Alison Byerly announced in an email this afternoon at 3:18 p.m. No more details were given regarding the man’s identity or motives. The May 5 threat was emailed to the college and posted online and on social media, but was […]
For 33 years, Diane Shaw has served as a link between Lafayette and its history. Shaw, Director for Special Collections and College Archives, recently announced she will retire after the Fall 2018 semester. She will still be on campus during the spring semester “tying up loose ends” and finishing up a few projects, Shaw said. […]
Mister Lee’s Noodles in the Easton Public Market has recently been named to the list of the 28 Best Ramen Restaurants “from Coast to Coast” by the Food Network. The ranking comes around the same time that the popular downtown restaurant surpassed its record for most bowls sold in one day, selling 440 bowls, according […]
In response to the recent campus climate study conducted at Lafayette, the college has formed a working group in order to analyze the data and respond to the issues and recommendations presented by the report. The campus climate survey, conducted in the spring of 2018, was released to administrators this past November. As a whole, […]
The future of organic farming and issues surrounding land and water resources were discussed by a panel of local farmers following a partial screening of the film “Sustainable.” The event was held by the Lafayette Food and Farm Cooperative (LaFFCo), with a packed house in Buck Hall this past Tuesday. “Sustainable” describes the world as […]
Director of Religion Research at the Pew Research Center Alan Cooperman will be visiting the college in March next semester, an event put on by the Lafayette Symposium. This event, to be held on March 6, will be the first from the symposium since last year’s debate between Brexit architect Nigel Farage and former President […]
Lafayette received the last official approval it needed for the start of construction on phase one of its expansion plan—the mixed-use residence hall on McCartney Street. The Easton Planning Commission voted four to one to approve of the college’s land development plan on Wednesday night. In November, the college received preliminary approval for the plans […]
About 150 to 180 birds have collided with buildings on campus with two story windows, such as Hugel, Skillman, and Kirby Sports Center, according to reports started in 2012 by biology professor Mike Butler and engineering professor David Brandes. 42 to 57 of these collisions happened at Skillman Library alone. Such birds include American Robins, […]
For their final seminar of the semester, the economics department welcomed Professor Michelle Lowry, the TD Bank Professor of Finance at the LeBow School of Business at Drexel University to present her research on investors’ attention to and perceptions of corporate governance. Lowry’s research focuses on issues within empirical corporate finance, such as initial public […]
A burst sewer pipe in Ruef Hall last weekend resulted in the water being shut-off to the north side of the building. Major construction ensued on the building’s pipes for several days. Some students reported getting sick from drinking the water in Ruef, though the college reported that there was no contamination of drinking water. […]
At a hearing this Tuesday, the College Hill residents and Lafayette College reached an agreement surround the college’s expansion projects, resulting the dismissal of the lawsuit between four Easton residents and the city that began in June. The four residents thought the process by which the city amended its zoning laws for the new dormitory […]
Some “significant changes” would have to be made to the college’s sexual misconduct policies if the new rules proposed by Education Secretary Betsy DeVos relating to Title IX are implemented, said Jessica Brown, Educational Equity Coordinator who oversees Title IX policy at the college. The proposed rules from the Department of Education narrow what cases of […]
Though the AIDS epidemic no longer receives the media attention that it has in the past, the World Health Organization reported in 2017 that over 2,500 people per day die of HIV/AIDS. In order to raise awareness of this ongoing crisis, students with ONE Campus are hosting AIDS Awareness Week to educate and to promote […]
The controversial Mill Series was under scrutiny this past Tuesday during their talk and discussion led by Angus Johnston, historian and advocate of student activism on campuses. He offered his views on who deserves a platform when engaging in intellectual discussions and debates. Johnston spoke for a half hour to a classroom of around 40 […]
