McComics: September 16
Below are the comic strips created by students in the communication department’s Communication and Culture course. Check back every Sunday for new comics. The images and content are used…
Arts & Culture
McComics: Student Artist Biographies
This semester, the Free Press is excited to partner with the communication department’s Communication and Culture course, taught by Associate Professor Robert Lemieux. Each week, students create their own comic strips, which…
Dangersauce successfully completes first show of the semester, despite limited members
Despite a significant loss in numbers since last semester, returning members of Dangersauce, McDaniel’s improv comedy troupe, banded together last Friday night to put on the first show of the year in…
Free Press to partner with Contrast
The Free Press is excited to announce a new partnership with Contrast, McDaniel’s literary magazine and purveyor of the literary arts. We’ll be working closely to bring you the latest…
Westminster’s inaugural Pride Festival boasts huge turnout
Preparing for Westminster’s Pride Festival, McDaniel senior Alex Maragos was not anticipating a large event. She packed some sunscreen and an extra water bottle, but did not plan on staying…
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…
Graduate professor Mona Kerby overcomes challenges with self-publishing
For graduate professor and award-winning children’s book author Mona Kerby, writing was not always a passion, nor did it immediately come easily to her. “When I was growing up, I…
Dangersauce debuts first ever musical show
This semester, McDaniel’s improv comedy troupe, Dangersauce, debuted their first ever musical show. With an in-house band made up of Jehan Silva and Ben Kahn on guitar, Jake Fine on…
Alumnae poets serve as this year’s Bothe lecturers
Last Tuesday, McDaniel continued its annual poetry tradition with the 32nd B. Christopher Bothe Memorial Lecture. Alumnae poets Melissa Atkinson Mercer and Karen Meadows returned to the College to read…
“Pigments and Plastics” McDaniel art honors exhibit
On March 1, the McDaniel College Art Department had a new opening in the Rice Gallery. This exhibit, called Pigments and Plastics featured three seniors with departmental honors in their…
Soulful music festival hits McDaniel
The room buzzed with “oohs” and “aahs” as the student-led choir sang gospel songs. Dancers swayed their bodies to classical and contemporary hits prominent within black culture. A poet trotted…
Vagina Monologues performed at McDaniel College
On Feb. 23 and 24, McDaniel College hosted its fifteenth annual performance of the Vagina Monologues in Alumni Hall. The play, written by Eve Ensler, was directed this year by…
Taste of Asia: “Asia Through the Ages”
Taste of Asia, hosted by the Asian Community Coalition (ACC), returned to campus again this year on Feb. 22. The theme of the night was “Asia Through the Ages,” and…
Siriki Diabate: Life of a former refugee
“One spring 2005, I was arrested by three unidentified persons who beat me and left me unconscious. I was saved by an American friend. He said ‘Leave, Siriki, because the…
Dangersauce performs “First Show, Worst Show”
McDaniel’s improv comedy group, Dangersauce, kicked off the semester last Friday night with “First Show, Worst Show” in Big Baker. Hosted by Camden Ostrander, Dangersauce entertained a full audience with…
Africa’s Legacy hosts 8th annual dinner
On Thursday Nov. 16, Africa’s Legacy held their eighth annual dinner, a night of fun, food, and performances. There was an enthusiastic energy to the room the entire night, with…
Piscataway Indian nation gives a tribal tribute
“There’s tribes all across the United States, but when you walk down the streets, how many American Indians do you see? We are not extinct. For we have survived and…
McDaniel Theater performs “Carrie: The Musical”
McDaniel’s Theater Arts Department is back for the second show of the semester, “Carrie: The Musical.” The show was directed by Josh Selzer, an alumnus and art director of McDaniel College,…
20,000 leagues above my expectations
“Justice League” is the comic-bookest comic book movie I’ve ever seen. There are boomtubes and motherboxes and parademons, beautiful Jack Kirby nonsense. There’s Aquaman, chugging whiskey in slow motion while…