Addressing head-on what lies beneath the surface of the college community, Pards Against Sexual Assault (PASA) made Lafayette’s toxic culture surrounding sexual assault a main topic of discussion at Thursday’s Take Back the Night. They posed a direct question to the audience of students at the keynote event: how can you be a part of […]
Decades ago, Miriam Gershwin started speaking about her experience as a Holocaust survivor. She said she sees it as her duty, “so people never forget.” At 95, she still is passing on her story. On Wednesday night, Gershwin spoke in Ramer History House to an intimate group of students of professor Robert Weiner’s class on […]
The college’s Delta Gamma chapter, Epsilon Xi, has been granted permission to “operate again” following an allegation of hazing, according to Delta Gamma Executive Offices. After the incident of alleged hazing was reported against Delta Gamma on Sept. 13, the chapter received a letter ordering it to “cease and desist.” This cease and desist order was […]
“You’re not alone.” “Believe survivors.” “I will not be afraid anymore.” These are some of the messages written on shirts that hung over the atrium of Farinon this week during Pards Against Sexual Assault’s (PASA) second annual Take Back the Night (TBTN). Community members were invited by PASA to create the shirts on Sunday during […]
On Tuesday afternoon, campus was graced with an overarching rainbow after a stormy day. We asked the community to send us their snapshots of the spectacle to use on our front page. While we could only select one, we thank those who sent in submissions pictured below. The front page image appears above, courtesy of […]
The midterm elections on Nov. 6 resulted in a shift in the balance of bipartisan representation in the United States Congress with Democrats winning the House majority and Republicans gaining seats in the Senate. In addition to this shift, these midterms also resulted in a number of historic firsts for the country. A record number […]
An exploratory committee, created by the Panhellenic Council in spring 2017 to investigate the possibilities of adding another National Panhellenic Council (NPC) sorority chapter to campus, recently released a report that advised against adding another NPC chapter. Last year, discussions took place about interest in forming a multicultural sorority chapter on campus. Since multicultural Greek organizations don’t fall […]
The Easton Planning Commission voted five to two to approve Lafayette College’s preliminary land development plan for the college’s McCartney Mixed-Use Dormitory Project. Last September, the planning commission voted not to recommend the college’s previous land development plan. However, the new preliminary plan was submitted under the new zoning ordinance that was amended for the […]
The Reeder Street House, located about a 10-minute walk from campus, has long served as an alternate, off-campus residence for upperclassmen. This year, however, only four residents and a resident advisor are currently living in the house. While only a total of five students live there now, the house is large enough to house anywhere […]
Lafayette has been granted permission to intervene in the civil lawsuit between four College Hill residents and the City of Easton. In May, the City Council approved the zoning changes needed for Lafayette to build its new dormitories to accommodate a growing student body. The residents sued the city to challenge the approval, saying that […]
What was supposed to be an informal and educational gathering at Lafayette’s Hillel house last Saturday night took a dramatic turn when in Pittsburgh that morning, 11 people were killed in a synagogue. Those deaths changed a group activity into an emotion-filled memorial. Members said that although they were devastated, there was comfort in coming […]
A week before the influential midterm elections on Nov. 6, three seniors led a discussion to emphasize the importance of voting in local and state elections and to offer resources meant to inform voters about candidates and issues prior to the polls. Reeve Lanigan ’19, Michelle Polton-Simon ’19 and Claire Swanson ’19 said they wanted to […]
Lafayette is now home to 14 recently declassified Digital National Security Archive collections, after the college purchased them for an undisclosed price. Topics included in the archives range from the space race and the Cuban Missile Crisis during the Cold War to United States foreign policy decisions throughout the twentieth century. The archives were recently […]
The college has severed long-term ties with Bear Security, an independent company that provided security at campus events like Lafayette-Lehigh and the spring concert. Director of Public Safety Jeff Troxell would not discuss specifics about the Bear contract, merely confirming that the college is no longer “utilizing” them. Bear officials did not respond for comment […]
