Palin: Wildcard or sneak attack?
Kim Williams Commentary Editor Sarah Palin’s selection as John McCain’s vice presidential candidate is a wild card that not only will play an influential role in the upcoming election, but…
2008
Turtle Buddy: New cd tells “hero” story
Casey Crough Staff Reporter You may have seen them walking the campus, accompanied by an interesting mix of musical instruments. Or maybe you have seen them at a campus event…
Lumi?res , Cam?ra, Action!
McDaniel College presents French Film Festival Colleen McCarrick Staff Reporter From its mysterious opening scene to the buried secrets eventually revealed at the end, the thriller Ne Le Dis A…
Teamwork fuels terror vball
Chris Ferrick-Manley Staff Reporter Last year the Green Terror volleyball team (currently 2-1, 0-0 CC) was the only fall sports team to make the conference playoffs, before falling in the…
Terror football looks to new talent
Chris Ferrick-Manley Staff Reporter The Brad Baer and Tom Wenrich era is officially over at quarterback for the McDaniel Green Terror. They will be replaced by a quarterback who has…
Online journal chronicles Lutz’s slow recovery
On Thursday, January 31, 2008, McDaniel student Jared Lutz was critically injured during a pole vaulting practice and was rushed to the University of Maryland R Adams Cowley Shock Trauma…
Ex-Editor v. Guru
Who is the team to watch that people are overlooking this season in the NCAA? Garrett Eagan Sports Editor Ryan Chell Sports Reporter Guru: One of the teams to watch…
Eagan gets Big taste of NFL Blogging
Garrett Eagan Sports Editor Coming into this school year, I thought I knew what I wanted to do with the rest of my life. I had centered on covering, talking,…
Chell gets inside scoop at ravens camp
Ryan Chell Staff Reporter It was a long summer for me, but when July came along, I was told to come back here to school a little early. This sounds…
On the NFL…Guru Predicts the Future
Last season was the year of the unthinkable. First, and foremost, the New England Patriots couldn’t get over the hump in the Super Bowl against a New York Giant team…
Best and worst freshman year
by Ashleigh Smith Attention incoming freshmen: Welcome to college, which as I am sure you are tired of hearing, are “the best four years of your life.” While it may…
Fear not: small town still offers some thrills
By Kim Williams Staff Reporter There is no denying that Westminster is a small town. However, the location of McDaniel College in no way means that student life is boring….
Tailgating: a tradition on the hill
Garrett Eagan Sports Editor A college football game is synonymous with many sights and sounds. But along with the tradition of football on the Hill, in which only some may…
New dean settles into new semester
By Juliann Guiffre News Co-Editor Dr. Karen Violanti sat at her computer browsing job sites. She had just graduated from SUNY at Buffalo and received her PhD in Counselor Education,…
Position changes shift Reiff, Stokely
Roxanne Fleischer News Co-Editor Over summer break, McDaniel College made rearrangements to the faculty. Deans Henry Reiff and Sarah Stokely were both directly affected by what Stokely has called, “something…
What he knows now: Hill has invaluable experiences
Geoff Peckham Alumni Contributor Where to begin? I suppose the worst thing about college is that it ultimately ends. For those entering as part of the class of 2011, that…
Wall's The Glass Castle chosen as freshman read
Laura Hutton Co-Editor in Chief Each year a book is selected for the incoming freshman class to read. This year, The Glass Castle, a memoir by Jeannette Walls was chosen….
Budapest good for grades, traveling
By Kate Delenick The rumors are abundant and impossible to ignore: “Skipping classes are a rite of passage and a GPA boost is a guarantee.” But does a semester at…
John Sherman speaks at ninth annual College Press Day
By Rachel Hooper, Features Co-Edtior Award-winning reporter, John Sherman, from Channel 11 WBAL-TV in Baltimore, gave an inspiring keynote message at the Society of Collegiate Journalists’ annual event. His message,…
The Lighter Side of the Campus Safety Blotter
Becky Snider ’09 Blotter Reporter Editor’s Note: This weekly piece highlights some of the more inane calls and incidents to which campus safety responds. An open 30 pack of beer,…