As the investigation into McCrae Williams’ death continues, no evidence of criminal conduct exists at this point, Northampton County District Attorney John Morganelli announced in a press conference Tuesday. Campus activities are slowly returning to normal. “We’re going to continue with our normal protocol as far as patrolling” in and around campus, Director of Public […]
Friends, family and members of the Lafayette community gathered in silence, holding candles in memory of Joe Kirkpatrick ’19. On the count of three, all the flames in the circle went out with a puff, and the smoke carried up the love and intentions of those touched by Joe’s presence. The candlelight vigil for Joe was […]
With the number of students seeking support from the counseling center going up four percent last year, the counseling center is trying to accommodate this new demand and make changes in their current program, Director of Counseling Services Karen Forbes said. Twenty-one percent of the student body came in to the counseling center last year, compared […]
The search for the new Educational Equity Coordinator is currently underway, a new role that expands the role of former Title IX Coordinator Amy O’Neill to include other forms of discrimination. The Educational Equity Coordinator will work with Dean of Equity and Inclusion Chris Hunt to cover all cases of discrimination, including racism, that previously were […]
Dr. Ibrahima Seck opened his talk Wednesday questioning his audience about their knowledge of slavery and the importance of its impact on today’s society. “If you don’t know the problem, how can you solve it?” Seck asked. In his lecture, “A Journey Through Slavery at the Whitney Plantation,” Seck spoke about the Whitney Plantation in […]
While Rochelle Keesler is used to setting her sights abroad, a new opportunity fixed her gaze back to her hometown Easton this summer as Lafayette’s new Director of Study Abroad. In her new role, Keesler looks forward to creating more major-oriented programs. In particular, she wants to shift the focus of study abroad from destination to curriculum. […]
Within two hours, students, faculty and staff who gathered in the Farinon Atrium had written over six hundred post-cards and made over two hundred phone calls to Congress representatives across the country to urge them to protect Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA). Charles Evans ’19 organized this Phone-a-thon in support of DACA on Wednesday, with the support […]
McCrae Williams ‘21 was on the cusp of starting his third week at college, with plans to join the lacrosse team. He was a recruit for the program. Williams was only on campus for a short time, but Tim Barry ’20 already saw him enjoying his time at the college and walking around with a “smile […]
On the heels of the Easton Planning Commission’s denial of its land development plan for the mixed-use building on McCartney St., Lafayette is exploring other ways to begin its inevitable expansion plan, Vice President of Finance and Administration Roger Demareski said. The college can appeal the decision of the commission to the Easton City Council. It went […]
As millions of residents evacuated from Florida this past week, Andres Parada ‘20 anxiously waited for another update from his family who finally made their way from Boca Raton to Memphis to escape Hurricane Irma. “It’s been really stressful trying to stay in touch with them, just not knowing with certainty whether they’ll be safe or […]
A $120,000 grant from the National Science Foundation has enabled theoretical physicist and physics professor Brooks Thomas to study alternative forms of dark matter particles. “It’s dark matter, it’s dark energy and other mysterious things we don’t know about yet,” Thomas said. According to NASA’s website, dark matter is most adequately defined by “what [it] is not than…what […]
Pards Against Sexual Assault (PASA) joins the campus community this year with plans to become an inclusive group in which students can learn about resources for sexual assault survivors and share their stories, founding member Nina Cotto ’19 said. “We want PASA to be something everyone in the community can be a part of because everyone in the community […]
Since starting last November, Lafayette’s first ever Director of Sustainability Marie Fechik-Kirk has made headway in demonstrating the school’s progress in reducing greenhouse emission and increasing visibility of sustainability on campus. One of the first things Fechik-Kirk was tasked with was assessing the college’s progress toward its 2011 climate action plan aimed at reducing carbon […]
Special elections over the weekend filled all but one position in student government vacated by five resignations. One position should be filled by the end of the week, according student government president Bilal Akbar ’18, pending a scheduling change to accommodate the third 2018 representative. Chris Burns ’19 wrote in an email that he is […]
