This year, McDaniel College joins countless other colleges and universities in requiring freshmen students to take an online alcohol education course prior to beginning classes. This 90-minute course measures include…
HE SAID: Silence So, this week we are talking about music. Everyone loves music. I think that this is a fairly basic statement that is almost universally true, whether…
The afternoon sun seeps through the room’s windows, framing the plants upon the cushioned ledge. Simply serene as it is, I knew I wanted a photograph. I’m afraid my skills…
Thousands of movies are on Netflix to watch instantly and more than half of them are crap. As a Netflix and film fanatic, I claw through the pile of bad…
Tired of drinking Seattle’s Best at the Budapest Café? Do you long for the almost metropolitan feel of a Starbucks vente in your hand? Has drinking the watery coffee in…
The first game rising from Supergiant Games is the indie game, Bastion. Some people think that “indie games” is another way of saying games that are not mainstream, or worse,…
One of the newest groups on campus is the McDaniel Dance Team. Directed by sophomore Shelby Toler, the novelty of the group has no correlation with the goals that the…
Do you care what other people think of you? The answer, more often than not, is no. But think about it- when you get dressed for class, do you determine…
The 2011 MLB playoffs have finally arrived, but not before some late drama on the final day of the season. Baseball fans witnessed two of the biggest collapses in the…
On Thursday, Sept. 22, McDaniel hosted “The Inaugural Ira G. Zepp Jr. Memorial Lecture.” This is the first lecture held by the college in memory of Ira G. Zepp Jr.,…
Sports Illustrated baseball writer Joe Posnanski once said “I never argue with people who say baseball is boring because baseball is boring. But then, suddenly it isn’t. And that’s why…
On Thursday, Sept. 22, students and faculty gathered to raise awareness about the devastating effects of Malaria in Africa during McDaniel’s Night of Nets. Although the mission of the night…
Getting up early and racing to catch trains and buses to get to school. Sounds like I’m a kid in New York City, right? No, I’m actually in Budapest, Hungary,…
At the beginning of every year, the Centennial Conference sends out the first of its weekly football releases. In the first issue, the Centennial Conference named some players to watch…
The 2011 MLB playoffs have finally arrived, but not before some late drama on the final day of the season. Baseball fans witnessed two of the biggest collapses in the…
In “Out-Pick Matt,” football fans try to predict the outcomes of National Football League games better than McDaniel Free Press Co-Sports Editor Matthew Arnold. In our first edition, the challenger…
Delta Lambda Phi, the national fraternity for gay, bisexual, and progressive men, is soon to be the newest fraternity here on campus. While it is not officially a colony yet,…
McDaniel sports fans will soon be cheering for more than their athletic teams. Plans are currently underway for a fresh and contemporary stadium facility. Lee Primm, the Director of Special…
What process is used to determine allocations? How do clubs request money and what requests are granted? The SGA finance committee, composed of the Treasurer and select SGA senators and…
“Friends and members of the McDaniel College community are invited to attend funeral services for first-year student William Troy “T” Wilkins, Jr., who died October 5th. The family will gather for…