Senior Editor: Hannah Krauss
Tusannah Krauss, better known as Hannah, is currently wrapping up the last few weeks of her undergraduate years at McDaniel. She will be graduating with both an English degree after…
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Senior Profile: Will Giles
What is your preferred name? Will (Giles) What is your major and minor? Communication Major What are some of the jobs you held while at McDaniel? Rec Lounge, CEO Study…
Senior Profile: Lindsay Russell
What is your preferred name and major and minor? Lindsay Russell. Communication major and sports management minor. What are some of the jobs you held while at McDaniel? I have…
Senior Profile: Sarah Edmonds
What is your preferred name? Sarah What is your major and minor? English and Cinema majors and a Business Administration minor What are some of the jobs you held while…
Senior Profile: Teryn Rath
What is your preferred name and major? Teryn and Kinesiology. What are some of the jobs you held while at McDaniel? I am a SASS tutor and the unofficial mom…
Senior Profile: Alex Tolle
What is your preferred name? Alex Tolle What is your major and minor? Communication/Theatre Arts double major What are some of the jobs you held while at McDaniel? Since sophomore…
Senior Editor: Kyle Parks
For Editor-in-Chief Kyle Parks, joining the Free Press wasn’t always part of his college plan. “I only wanted to take photos at first since I didn’t think I could write…
Senior Profile: Jason Swartz
What is your preferred name and your major and minor? Jason or Jase. Environmental studies major with a specialization in biology and a French minor. What are some of the…
Athletes attend NCAA leadership workshop
Hannah Ravenscroft, a women’s basketball sophomore, enjoyed learning about her own personal leadership style during a rare meeting of the future leaders from the sophomore class of McDaniel’s sports teams….
Invisible illness: A story of suffering in silence
On the surface, Kaitlin Michael, or Kat, is like many other McDaniel students. She is a psychology major finishing up her senior year, and she works as a peer mentor….
Life of a Resident Assistant
Cooper Hostetler has the job in college no one ever really thinks of as a dream job. Why would someone want to look after a bunch of freshman in a…
Adjusting to college life
Looking back on my first year of college, I wish that I hadn’t heard that “it’s the best four years of your life” so many times. It made me feel…
Just shoot it
Swish. Swish. Swish. The crowd roared. People started jumping and screaming as they witnessed something that had not happened since 1991 – even if they weren’t aware of it at…
The case against intervention in Syria
All regimes pursue power, regardless of the type of government system they have. Whether it is a democratic republic like the United States, oligarchical Russia, or theocratic Saudi Arabia, in…
Paul Ryan’s retirement a deep blow for morale for the GOP
Speaker of the House Paul Ryan is retiring after three years of service as house speaker. Ryan has stated that he is retiring due to the belief that he has accomplished…
It’s time to help yourself
Losing a family member because of a battle with depression is something that I will never get over. My family will forever be effected emotionally, financially, and mentally as a…
Continuing Africa’s Legacy: Francis Aubee
People might be surprised to know who Francis Aubee really is. The McDaniel student has been described as charismatic, intelligent, cultured, well-mannered, hilarious, business-minded, and more. Aubee is an international student from…
From Brussels to Westminster: Svetlana Bochkova
On a chilly snow day this semester, Svetlana Bochkova sat on her bed in her Pennsylvania Avenue house, writing an essay for one of her classes. She was thankful for…
McDaniel Allies hosts sixth annual Drag Show
The McDaniel College Gender and Sexuality Alliance, also known as Allies, hosted their sixth annual Drag Show in Decker Auditorium on April 6, 2018. The show was originally meant to…
The show must go on: The Bakkhai theater performance continues despite opening night scare
This Wednesday, the theater department revealed the opening night production of “The Bakkhai,” a Greek play written by Euripides and translated by Anne Carson. The show was the capstone project…