Reasons to Get in a Voting Booth
Now, I know many of you will not vote today. Voter turnout in the United States is notoriously low, especially in primary contests. And even with year seeing an uptick…
Articles by Stefan Specian
An Interview with Candidate Dan Bolling
In a race defined by heavy self-funding, PAC involvement and partisanship, Bolling has chosen the road less travelled. While his opponents, such as David Trone, buy billboards and blanket neighborhoods…
An Interview with Candidate Nancy Wallace
“I wanted to run because this winter, particularly late December, was so incredibly warm, it just penetrated through all my personal defenses and normal everyday thinking about life and what’s…
An Interview with Candidate Will Jawando
“I’m the only millennial in the race,” says Will Jawando, Democratic Primary candidate in Maryland’s 8th District, “and along with that comes student debt.” In his campaign, Jawando has focused…
Tuition Letter and Changes Draw Ire of Students
At the beginning of Spring Break, the McDaniel student body received their annual tuition letter, detailing the rises in costs across tuition, room and board for the following semester. However,…
An Interview with Candidate David Trone
“This was the right time for me,” states David Trone, “I’ve always wanted to be in politics.” It’s a sunny, warm day, and Trone and I are sitting in Jeannie…
The Journalist Addresses His Audience
As a journalist, there are a number of things I am in some way required to do as a part of my job. However, this election season, it seems that…
Who is Obama’s New Supreme Court Pick?
President Obama’s nomination of Merrick Garland to fill the seat vacated by the death of Antonin Scalia has already begun to cause some controversy. But who is Garland, what is…
Spring Has Sprung at McDaniel
The Great Carolinian Demographics Game
The candidates in the Democrat primary had their first fight in the South, and the results, while expected, highlighted major demographic divides. Hillary Clinton took the state in a rout,…
Palmetto Pugilism
The GOP duked it out in the recent South Carolina primary, and the results were, in a number of ways, notable and game changing. Frontrunners continued their momentum, and secondary…
Fear and Loathing in the Caucus
With the Nevada caucuses now complete (on both the GOP and Democrat sides), both sides, more or less, have continued the progression expected by most analysts and voters. However, a…
Lighter Side of Campus Safety: Weeks of Feb. 7 and Feb. 14
Well McDaniel, you really never disappoint. Unless, of course, the people you’re disappointing are your parents, because, well, you’re doing a lot of that. Anyhow, I’m back again to sift…
Requiem for a Justice
“Scalia had a very real talent of writing biting, trenchant, sometimes even memorable opinions either in the majority or in the minority,” states McDaniel Political Science Professor Dr. Herb Smith….
On the Passing of Jeannie Vogel
We at the Free Press were deeply saddened to hear of the passing of Jeannie Vogel, owner of Jeannie Bird’s Café on Main Street. Her death has certainly had an…
Lighter Side of Campus Safety: January 2016
A new year and a new semester have begun at McDaniel, and it is clear that the student body intends not to disappoint. Indeed, since the beginning of the year,…
Title IX Policy Changes Confuse and Worry McDaniel Community
Students this semester may have noticed an additional statement at the end of their syllabi, regarding the reporting of sexual assaults, gender discrimination and other Title IX related issues. This…
60 Seconds: Winter Break and Jan Term
Jimmy Calderon, Junior “I went on a very interesting Jan Term. We went to Peru and worked in the Amazonian Jungle. It was a wonderful and enriching experience.” ___________________________________________________________________…
Lighter Side of Campus Safety: Week of November 4
Well McDaniel I hope you had a nice Halloweekend. I’m sure you all did nice respectable things like handing out candy to little kids, decorating your rooms with festive fare,…
Don’t Fear the Reporter
The phrase “Lame-stream media” is bandied around a decent bit recently, from both sides of the aisle. To conservatives, it serves as a rallying cry against the media that supposedly…