Hoover Library: Home of the Hundred Death Masks
McDaniel College is a place where the arts can flourish. A testament to this statement is the newest exhibition at Hoover Library. The most recent art exhibition at McDaniel is…
Arts & Culture
SKEPSIS: Where Science and Art Meet
In McDaniel College’s Rice Gallery sits an exhibition that encourages investigation and an eye towards discovery: “SKEPSIS” by Breon Gilleran. The investigative aspects of the exhibition are noticeable from the…
Joe Hernandez-Kolski: Latinos Know How to Laugh
The evening of Wednesday, September 30, students gathered in McDaniel Lounge to welcome Joe Hernandez-Kolski, McDaniel’s Latino Heritage Month Keynote Speaker. The Emmy-Award winner and two-time HBO Def Poet, Joe…
Music Review: “What Do You Mean” Justin Bieber Is Coming Back?
Can Justin Bieber’s new single bring him back from the fringe of popularity? What Do You Mean’s synthetic beat and laid-back vocals took the song to No. 1 on Billboard’s…
The Truth Behind the Aryan Race as Presented in “The Aryans”
“The Aryans” is a 2014 documentary by Mo Asumang. In this documentary, Asumang, an Afro-German film director, gets to the heart of right-wing movements worldwide and their completely wrong interpretation of…
Hast Thou Been Charmed by the Music?
A combination of violins, violas, and cellos has never sounded as exquisitely delightful as on the evening of September 20. Chamber Music on the Hill presented the afternoon of Sunday,…
Conversational Jazz at the Cup
As dusk set in on Sept. 25, the first night of Fall Fest, roads closed, cars and people were abundant, and activities opened up around every corner. A sense of…
Mid-Autumn Festival: A Photo Essay
Rolling Down the Hill: Relief Printing at McDaniel College
Changes accompany every new semester, and students that have walked through the first floor of Hill Hall might have noticed that the once bare walls of the lounge are now…
Only in Film: Tourneés Film Festival at McDaniel College
Having only the title, L’Image Manquante, to base my prediction of how the next 95 minutes of my life would go, I walked into the auditorium. Popcorn, stifled laughter, and the occasional insensitive…
Modern Daedalus
Kyle J. Bauer’s exhibit of various geometric, mixed-media sculptures, titled “don’t fly too close to the sun,” referencing the myth of Icarus, currently inhabits the Rice Gallery on the top…
Review: Lotus Blooms Again with Gilded Age
“Jamtronica,” a nickname given to the genre of music involving modern electronic sounds while retaining the much-loved extended jams, is one way of describing the band Lotus. With the release of their…
Live Vicariously: The IPO’s First Annual Photo Contest
The International Programs Office (IPO) is held its first annual campus-wide photo contest this year in order to advertise for their office and give students an opportunity to live vicariously…
Undergrad Art Show: A Photo Essay
The Kathryn E. Wentz Juried undergraduate art show was on display in the Rice Gallery from April 7 to April 18, with an artist’s reception on April 9. The show…
Honorable Discharge: An Honors Art Exhibition
Photographs of body parts with phrases in black sharpie on them. A comic panel in the style of a video game. A colorful mandala. A tiny beaded horse—all these and…
Who Can Say What? A lecture about who can speak for others
On Mar. 30, McDaniel students, faculty, and staff enjoyed the company of guest lecturer Dr. Bambi B. Schieffelin. Schieffelin is a linguistic anthropologist at the New York University. Her most…
The Musical Talents of Ivo Kaltchev
McDaniel Lounge was delighted by the musical talents of Ivo Kaltchev the evening of March 27. Kaltchev, a pianist, played an array of musical compositions ranging from the Classical period…
Taste of the World: Chilean Music Comes to McDaniel
On Friday afternoon, musicians Patricio Acevedo, vocalist and string instrument player, and John Stenger, keyboard player, filled Little Baker Chapel with the joyful sounds of traditional Chilean music. The event…
If It Ain’t Baroque, Don’t Fix It
Harpsichord, violin, flute, cello. With these four instruments, the music of great composers—from Vivaldi to Handel—came to life in Little Baker Chapel. On Sunday, March 8, Chamber Music on the…
BLACK: An exhibition of darkness in the Rice Gallery
Darkness abounds on the top floor of Peterson Hall. “BLACK: Paintings by Brian Cirmo” is the current exhibit in the Rice Gallery, featuring 13 pieces almost totally covered with black…