Some members of the McDaniel community Thursday night received messages from the McDaniel Alert system warning of a threat to campus. The alert was in fact intended for Pima Community…
This Sunday, the 91st Academy Awards ceremony was held, and mistakes were made. Not mistakes in the sense of anything fixable, but mistakes nonetheless. Mistake #1: Nominating “Bohemian Rhapsody” for…
On Wednesday, March 6, McDaniel’s Progressive Student Union and SGA held a town hall meeting in Decker Auditorium to discuss the recently-announced academic changes, which include the suspension of the…
On Saturday, Feb. 23, McDaniel’s Progressive Student Union gathered outside of McDaniel Lounge as the Board of Trustees met to vote on proposed academic changes. The Board ultimately voted for…
“We peddle perception, thin as a bubble.” “Velvet Buzzsaw” (2019), written and directed by Dan Gilroy, is a playground for postmodern anxieties. This satirical horror embodies what philosopher Jean Baudrillard…
In its second year, My Design, a January term course aimed at first-year students, made the jump from three sections to eight sections. Come 2020, the College is expecting about…
AVI Fresh has descended on McDaniel as the new culinary services provider. The company, part of AVI Foodsystems, Inc., was introduced to the undergraduate student body in a Jan. 27 email,…
Most women who seek birth control, whether as a response to heavy and painful periods or as a contraceptive to have safer and more enjoyable sex, are familiar with the…
Carroll County’s Miles Taylor exploded in popularity as a star in the world of sports earlier this month after a video was posted on Instagram of the lifter lifting two…
Undergraduate and graduate students will, for the first time, graduate in different ceremonies this spring. The graduate commencement ceremony will be held at 9 a.m. at the Gill Center on…
Last week, English department faculty approved the final draft of a new writing and publishing major. The English department first started exploring the possibility of such a major in the…
This winter, the McDaniel College Rice Gallery holds an exhibit centering around the theme of obsessive compulsiveness in visual art. The exhibit, called “Compulsory Measures,” explores the process of quieting…
On Saturday, Feb. 23, the review of McDaniel’s academic programs reached its conclusion at a meeting of the Board of Trustees. President Casey sent an email to the College community…
With the second print issue of the semester upon us, it is time for the second batch of McComics! This week’s theme was love, and below you will see comics…
The Board of Trustees on Saturday unanimously voted to suspend five undergraduate majors and three minors, as well as the master’s in deaf education. Majors in art history, religious studies,…
As the Arts and Culture Editor for the Free Press, I don’t think it is surprising for me to declare that I think the Arts are important. I have played…
Emerging as a prominent form of entertainment in the last several years, video games have rocketed in popularity as a means for fun and competition. Similar to the popularity of…
McDaniel College’s Big Baker Chapel bells toll for the second to last time each night at 9:30 p.m. For most students, this is the time to cozy up in their…
Students living in Daniel MacLea, Rouzer, and Whiteford Halls will soon be using their McDaniel 1Cards to enter their buildings. Over Jan term, the College began installing the card access…
As colder weather grips the Hill and the busy schedule of the new semester settles in, many students might be inclined to instinctively reach for a hot cup of coffee…