Peer mentor is ‘Horror’-fying
Sandler brings ‘enthusiasm and intellect’ to mentorship in Dr. Kachur’s First-Year Seminar Horror Fiction and Film By Kim Williams Jenny Sandler is a peer mentor who claims she enjoys her…
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What I Know Now
Features Co-Editor and Fall 2007 Graduate Katie Young “but if I…. learned anything at all it was to always be true to yourself and I know that this is what…
‘So many books, so little time’
Jane Sharpe’s hour long “Books Sandwiched In” event showcases books that make great gifts for the holiday season By Michelle Menner With her glasses perched at the end of her…
Carroll County attracts 2,000 tourists annually
By Lauren Laker, Contributor Each year, 2,000 visitors stop in the Carroll County Visitor Center, wondering what to do in the little town of Westminster. For Barbara Beverungen, manager of…
The art of cell phone photography
Don’t underestimate the strength of cell phone photos By Roxanne Fleischer Earlier this fall I was playing a casual game of tennis at McDaniel when I heard an unusual sound…
Deaf education professor ‘loves to laugh’
Mark Rust believes ASL is pathway for being an ally to the deaf community By Rachel Hooper If you hear laughter in the halls of McDaniel College’s Academic Hall, you’ll…
Sex on the Hill: Wounded: Rape, Assault, and Recovery
Despite our knowledge of the unfortunate commonality of rape, I still believe many of us are in denial. After all, isn’t it true that those raped lacked responsibility? NO! A…
McCribs – New North Village spacious but far from campus
By Becky Snider Space—there is lots of it. And it is certainly one of the immediate things one notices when first entering the new buildings for the first time. If…
German American Day draws 25 schools
The 13th annual event hosted by Dr. Mohamed Esa and McDaniel College is still going strong By Laura Hutton, News Co-Editor On Tuesday, October 16, McDaniel College hosted its 13th…
JSU house is ‘house of learning’ for people of all faiths
House is first in college’s history By Roxanne Fleischer Only 2 of the 11 students living in the Jewish Student Union house on Pennsylvania Avenue are Jewish. Despite these figures,…
Troubadours
Trio of campus musicians meet outside, inside–wherever they can make music By Greg Pfeiffer Mother Nature has acted a bit out of character this fall. Instead of handing us the…
October activities raise cancer awareness, SOS offers one-on-one support
By Laura Hutton, News Co-Editor “Breast cancer is the most lethal form of cancer for women in the world. An estimated 1 million cases will be identified this year, and…
Glar food heists
Is it a growing trend or an established tradition? By Dave Robertson Liberators. Opportunists. Vagabonds. In the eyes of administrators and others in the college community, these words aptly describe…
Sitcom hotties keep students hooked
The never-ending infatuation with the ‘bad boy’ with the ‘gruff looking exterior’ By Becky Snider Ever find yourself flicking through the TV stations late at night to suddenly stubble upon…
The ‘Crab Guys’
The annual highlight of the parade? By Katelynn McGinley The ground is still wet from the previous night’s rainstorm, and the chilly weather has most of the crowd bundled up…
Sex on the Hill: Men, women have similar emotional response
Women everywhere seem to hold similar gender stereotypes about men’s emotions. We ask ourselves constantly, “Why can’t a man be more like a woman?” But what do we really know…
Sex on the Hill: Understanding the anatomy ensures orgasm
The sensation can be described in many different ways: a pressure or tension with a sudden burst of release; an explosion; almost like a yawn. No matter how one describes…
Freshmen and Facebook
Facebook is outlet for new students to meet each other and feel more comfortable about college. But does it work? By Juliann Guiffre Everyone remembers those last few months of…
Students vow to ‘finish the fight’
Campus gamers excited over the release of Halo 3 By Garrett Eagan, McDaniel Guru September 25 is usually just a normal day to many people, especially students. Being a Tuesday…
English department colleagues launch literary first with book
Panek and Bendel-Simso send three-hundered-fifty page manuscript to editor By Dave Robertson “It has long been an axiom of mine that the little things are infinitely the most important.” ~Sir…