To Redshirt or Not to Redshirt
Roxanne Fleischer News Editor For senior Steve Wilson, continuing his education at McDaniel for grad school has an added benefit: He will play basketball for one more season. Wilson, after…
2009
MLB b-ball winds up for surprising season
Nick Brunner Staff Reporter With the first month of the season wrapping up, it is safe to say there have been quite a few surprises so far this year in…
19-11 Loss to Dickinson Ends Girls Lacrosse Season
Ryan Chell Staff Reporter Sometimes you can be so good that a performance others would consider fantastic may not be up to your own expectations. That would appear to be…
Baseball Endures 7 Losses in Centennial Conference; Ends Season 15-15
Chris Ferrick-Manley Staff Reporter The McDaniel baseball team finished its season on a disappointing note, losing seven of their last eight, with all seven losses being in Centennial Conference games….
News in Review
President Coley announces retirement plans On Saturday, April 18, President Joan Develin Coley announced to the Board of Trustees that she will retire at the end of June 2010. She…
Arabic Language Students Petition for a Minor
Roxanne Fleischer News Editor At a meeting with Provost Thomas Falkner on Friday April 16, students handed him a petition asking for an Arabic Language minor at McDaniel. To fulfill…
Operation Prom Dress: Students Fight Appalacian Poverty with Fashion
Caitlin Flynn Staff Reporter Professor Julia Jasken of the English department is giving her students a little more than an English lesson this semester, one which will not only give…
Lighter Side of the Campus Safety Blotter
Spring Sparks are Flying, from Fender Benders to Fire Mishaps Jen Noel Staff Reporter The calm before the storm. The old adage must be the explanation for the lack of…
Students Honor Mission of Mercy
Press Release for McDaniel Free Press A group of McDaniel College students hosted a celebration/awareness event on campus Monday, April 20, to honor Mission of Mercy for meeting the healthcare…
Relay for Life: “Celebrate, Remember, Fight Back”
Caitlin Daniels Staff Reporter This May, McDaniel will host its fifth annual Relay for Life fundraiser. The event is held globally, in twenty different countries and across the United States….
Students do Service Hours as Punishment
Danielle Azoulay Staff Reporter The punishment should fit the crime. For a several years now the school has been using community service or “service hours” as Dean Elizabeth Towle prefers…
Active Minds Brings Post Secret Project to McDaniel
Katelynn McGinley Staff Reporter They make look like nothing more than a collection of handmade postcards, but a closer look reveals a much deeper meaning. Some are funny; I fantasize…
Daniels Follows the Call of God to Westminster
Clayton Rosa Staff Reporter “The call of God,” responds Pastor Philip U. Daniels when asked what led him to the creation of Agape’ Ministries C.O.G.I.C. (Church of God in Christ)….
Greek Week: Competition, Unity
Rose Eney Co-Commentary Editor An annual tradition that is full of rivalry, competition, and, well, Jell-o eating descended upon McDaniel last week. That’s right, Greek Week’s battles were fought well,…
Forensic Science Programs Are on the Rise
Alex Roman Staff Reporter The growing interest in forensic science, sparked by shows such as CSI, Law and Order, and Bones, have become a very popular field of study in…
Dance Company Performs Annual Recital
Katie Smith Staff Reporter The dancers moved to the steady tempo of a guitar, drawing out every movement as they expressed themselves to their audience. As part of the McDaniel…
Spring Fling Festivities are a Long Campus Tradition
Casey Crough Staff Reporter It takes a staggering $25,000 to put on Spring Fling, where the students are staggering as well. On April 25, 2009 the campus will be celebrating…
Housekeeper Brings a Little Bit of Home to ANW
Ashleigh Smith Art Director It’s 5 a.m. You’re sound asleep, warm in your sweats and wrapped in a fleece blanket. You won’t be heading to physics class for another five…
Return Visit: Graduate of 2004 Remembers Happy Times on the Hill
Kathleen Miller Contributor Oddly enough, while on spring break from the University of Delaware, I decided to cut my vacation from classes, professors, and homework short and go back to…
Freshman Rises to Challenge of Leadership
From Freshman Class SGA President to BSU Activist, Berube Gets Involved Megan Robinson Staff Reporter Opportunities and friendships, these are what freshmen political science major Matthew Berube feels McDaniel offers…