After an alleged party was held in the Phi Kappa Psi basement in late February, the fraternity was charged with three violations: failure to comply with COVID-19 policies, serving alcohol to minors and having an unregistered event with alcohol. Phi Psi was found not guilty on all three charges after a Faculty Committee on Student […]
After a year of fiscal uncertainty, Lafayette is inching back towards normalcy: the College plans to increase next year’s tuition by 2.5%, after a planned 3.75% increase was scrapped for this year due to the pandemic. The fiscal year runs from July 1 to June 30, and the upcoming budget will be presented to the […]
A week after students sounded the alarm over maskless Public Safety officers roaming the Lafayette campus, a clear disconnect remains between the expectations for officers and for the rest of the community. Director of Public Safety Jeff Troxell said he spoke with Chief of Police Jim Meyer about the issue of maskless officers and they […]
When Genevieve Torres ’24 watched a maskless Public Safety officer walk out of South College dormitory on Tuesday night, she thought about calling the person out. “I hesitated,” Torres said. “I thought they might write me up.” Such is the conundrum for many Lafayette students, who are stuck between a rock and a hard place […]
Students pitched their design for a new indoor athletic facility at Metzgar Fields last week at the annual Real Estate Case competition hosted by the Dyer Center. Scott Fernandes ’22 and Jon Davis ’22 presented the best pitch and won a $3,000 prize. Yusuf Dahl, the Dyer Center marketing coordinator, helped develop programming and supported […]
To the Lafayette Community: We at The Lafayette newspaper are faced with a conundrum. How do you tell a story that everyone knows, but no one will confirm? This week, social media and all the usual gossip channels were saturated with one story: an on-campus party on the first day of Operational Status Level 1, […]
For the third year in a row, the Lafayette forensics (speech and debate) team has won the Pennsylvania State title in a landslide. The team scored 400.5 points and won 11 of the 13 events in the state championship, which took place virtually from Feb. 19-21. The next closest team scored 104.5 points. Kelly Mwaamba […]
After rising COVID-19 cases kept the college at operational level two last week, a handful of positive tests were linked to the Phi Psi house and one positive test was linked to the Zeta Psi house, according to several sources inside each fraternity. Two cases have also been linked to the Delta Tau Delta fraternity, […]
Since their inception in 2017, the student-run Pards Against Sexual Assault (PASA) group has done the vast majority of prevention and education efforts on campus. But with a surge of stories of sexual violence shared on social media over the past nine months, PASA is imploring the administration to do more. On the heels of […]
In a season like no other, the Lafayette men’s basketball team got off to an exciting start against rival Lehigh with a win and a loss in the team’s opening series this past weekend. The team’s loss in the opener was a nail-biter that came down to an overtime buzzer beater by Lehigh, leaving a […]
KeeShawn Murphy ’20 was this year’s Flash Fiction Contest winner for her story “A Mother’s Suicide,” which is a series of instructions left to girl by their mother. Below is the award-winning story: Sit like a lady. Say your prayers. Always make the right decision. Never change the calendar before the new year starts. Use […]
His opponent had one shot left, and it needed to be perfect. The Skee-Ball Kid closed his eyes. When he reopened them, he saw the ball bounce off the back corner. No good. Elan “Skee-Ball Kid” Footerman ‘20, had just won $10,000 in the National Skee-Ball Championship in Brooklyn, defeating the defending champion Joey “The […]
With activities and special trips, the college’s Hispanic Society of Lafayette plans to keep Hispanic culture alive for National Hispanic Heritage Month, which is celebrated throughout the country from Sept. 15 through Oct. 15. The student organization already hosted a day trip to Fiesta DC on Sept. 22, where students could spend the day enjoying […]
For 73 years, the college’s student run radio station, WJRH, has been streaming live on the 104.9 FM radio station and as of 2011, on their website. Although students and Lehigh Valley residents are able to tune in at any time, for some of the DJs being part of WJRH becomes less about the amount […]
