With America’s political climate being tense, McDaniel College students have found political topics becoming more common in conversations with their peers. Students have had different experiences when discussing politics on…
In multiple anonymous, unreported accounts, students expressed feelings of disempowerment from interactions with campus safety officers. “Campus safety officers have an expectation to interact with everyone in a courteous and…
Aiden Thomas’s debut novel, “Cemetery Boys,” follows 16-year-old Yadriel, a transgender Latinx guy trying to prove to his traditional family that he’s ready and able to take on the role…
The first semester of the 2020-2021 school year was split up into two seven-week sessions. Students still had to take final exams at the end of their classes. However, this…
In a display of liberal arts inspired problem solving, Professor Slade has taken a unique approach to mitigate some of the risks of COVID-19 during this unique semester; he is immersing himself and his students…
McDaniel College Athletics, after several months of conversations and discussions behind closed doors, has decided to bring the fall season into full swing. Despite the Centennial Conference’s decision to not…
Now more than ever it’s important to shop within your community, and to do it safely. One way to shop locally for produce and specialty products is at the Downtown…
Rising before the break of dawn, the movement group Sunrise Baltimore and aligned organizers stood outside the house of Mayor Bernard C. “Jack” Young, demanding he wake up to the nightmare of trash…
McDaniel students are in full swing of the Fall Semester. Students’ time on campus has allowed them to discover and adjust to college life with COVID-19. McDaniel has taken a…
On September 14, student organizations at McDaniel began registering students to vote and assisting with requests for absentee ballots with McDaniel Votes. Started in 2018 by Tanner Lewey, Outreach and Evening…
Beetle and the Hollowbones by Aliza Layne follows the adventures of aspiring goblin-witch Beetle and her best friend, Blob Ghost, as they try to solve the mystery of why Blob…
Every Saturday, Carroll County locals gather at the Westminster Community Pond to champion scientific illiteracy under the guise of the organization Hugs Over Masks. Kate Dobson, Ph.D., a rhetoric professor…
As the 2020 presidential elections are just around the corner, it is important to be skeptical and informed about the news we see so one can make an informed and conscience…
Best Buddies Audrey Wixted The purpose of this organization is to encourage inclusion in our community for all, but especially the intellectually/developmentally disabled community. We are planning to have virtual…
On Aug. 19, the new Hilltop Pub opened for the first time since the renovations of the student center. Although the pub’s location remains the same, most of the similarities…
Tired-eyed and full of prowess, activists stood outside the gates of Maryland Governor Hogan’s mansion, shouting and beating a drum, demanding that he wake up, turn his lights on, and…
“I’d do anything to get out of this room,” said sophomore Mary Daniel, on day 11 of 14 of her on-campus quarantine in Rouzer hall. Whether facing isolation or quarantine,…
On behalf of the Free Press staff, welcome back to The Hill, in any mode you may be experiencing it in this semester. Whether it be from behind a computer…
On July 14, all McDaniel students were invited to a virtual Student Informational Session hosted by members of McDaniel ‘Return to the Hill’ leadership committee. “We want you to hear…
Families shed tears that turn hot with frustration over another black man taken lawlessly. Peaceful protests transgress into riots. “A riot is the language of the unheard,” Martin Luther King…