To the Lafayette community, The number of hate crimes has been increasing in our country since 2014, and in 2019, we saw a record high number of hate-motivated murders and gender identity-based assaults, according to the FBI. These incidents are not isolated and reflect ongoing and systematic discrimination in our country. Lafayette is not immune […]
I’m not an epidemiologist or a virologist. And I’m certainly not an immunologist. But I am concerned. It is challenging to look at the College’s COVID-19 Dashboard and not think that, as cases increase, our chances at normalcy, at togetherness, decrease. Many students, myself included, have already been tangibly impacted by these rising case numbers, […]
After an outstanding four-year career at Lafayette, senior golfer Brendan Cronin was named the Patriot League Scholar-Athlete of the Year last week, the first Lafayette golfer to win the prestigious award. Cronin was also named to the All-League First Team after leading the Leopards through an unprecedented spring season, his first such award. “It boils […]
Before coming to college, I knew the trauma of gun violence. The tears of moms crying as they buried their child before their eighteenth birthday were all too familiar to me. The echoes of bullets and the chaos that ensued as police stormed into the neighborhood while helicopters hovered in the air. I’ve had guns […]
After a slow start to the season, the Lafayette golf team has hit their stride with back-to-back top five finishes. The Leopards placed third two weeks ago at the Battle at Rum Pointe and placed fourth this past weekend at the Rolling Green Intercollegiate Invitational. The course was a par 70. Lafayette finished one spot […]
After a 25-point loss at the hands of conference foe Bucknell two weeks ago, the Leopards welcome rival Lehigh to Fisher Stadium tomorrow for the 156th meeting of college football’s most-played rivalry. The highly-anticipated matchup was postponed a week due to a positive COVID-19 test within the Lafayette program. Lafayette is 1-1 during an abbreviated […]
The men’s and women’s track and field teams struggled at the Lehigh Easter races this past weekend, with both teams finishing in sixth place out of six teams. The men’s team finished with 24 points and the women finished with 22, while the next closest teams on each side earned 91 and 41 points, respectively. […]
For the past week, all Greek Organizations at Lafayette have frantically been relocating all remaining snow into their respective houses in order to keep them as white as possible. “The seasons are changing and so are the demographics of the fraternity,” an anonymous fraternity president shared with The Lafayette. “This is unacceptable. We are dedicated […]
As students and faculty reflect on the past 50 years of co-education at Lafayette, one thing has become abundantly clear: the admission of women into the college has led to nothing but trouble. On June 1, 1967, a committee was established to explore the possibility of admitting females to degree programs at Lafayette College. Committee […]
Popular Easton dive bar Milo’s Place is struggling financially to operate at 25% capacity during the COVID-19 pandemic, forcing the establishment to turn away patrons at the door once the crowd reaches the 275-person limit. “It’s been a tough year with the lockdowns,” said Tony Bonanno, Milo’s Place owner. “But despite the setbacks, we are […]
Due to Lafayette’s success in managing the pandemic, the administration has consulted with members of the CDC and decided to add an additional operational level: Level -1. Level -1 will be below Level 0, and will only be put into place when the campus has either exactly 0% of students with COVID-19 or 100%. Either […]
The success of this week’s 48-hour spring break has prompted the administration to take a closer look at the true place of a “break” on college campuses. “This week’s spring break was really efficient. We went to bed on Monday night feeling exhausted and got up Thursday morning ready to go. The birds were singing, […]
After the recent spike in GameStop stock and the noticeable lack of a spike in available financial aid, the Board of Trustees officially approved the motion for all members of the financial aid office to be replaced with GameStop executives. “We were all so jealous watching the stock spike at the end of January, and […]
Due to the college’s concerns about an influx of students enjoying time on the Quad as warmer weather approaches, Lafayette administrators made the executive decision to institute a “Virtual Quad,” in which students can log in and access lawn games, have social interactions, and enjoy time in the sun from the comfort of their laptops. […]
