The new Olympic sports
The winter Olympics are fast approaching, and nowhere can this be felt more than in Korea. Anticipation runs in the air as PyeongChang holds the first Winter Games since 1998’s…
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Giving back: The power of music
Every Thursday night a crowd of close to 45 students surrounds two musicians in the Gazebo. Simultaneously, a brisk autumn wind dashes by, snatching up a blend of laughter, singing…
McDaniel College Gender & Sexuality Alliance hosts Chase Ross
On Nov. 7, the McDaniel College Gender & Sexuality Alliance brought trans activist and YouTuber Chase Ross to campus. On his channel, uppercaseCHASE1, Ross makes videos about his experiences as a trans man,…
Course evaluations changing course
For any upperclassman, the standard routine of finals week is all too familiar: you ingest way too much caffeine, stay up late in the library each night to cram for…
Volleyball digs deep as season comes to close
McDaniel volleyball fell short in a three-set sweep to the Bethany (W.V.) at the Gill Center in what would be the final match of the season Wednesday night. The face-off between…
Sheikh Faruq Post: “Islam is Life, Islam is Freedom”
“No one can deny the fact that Islam is very much in the spotlight today,” said Sheikh Faruq Post, Imam of the Islamic Society of Western Maryland. On Tuesday, Oct….
Vanessa Flora-Nakoski becomes new Writing Center Director
McDaniel’s Writing Center has a new director this semester. With Professor Josh Ambrose’s reassignment as executive director of the Center for Experience and Opportunity, Vanessa Flora-Nakoski has recently been hired…
Steve Moore: In it for the long run
Across from the collection of sports snacks, beyond the racks of leggings and t-shirts, and next to the display of running shoes under street signs for “Performance Drive” and “Stability…
Uniting two passions: Faith and sport
Over sixty years ago, Don McClanen founded the Fellowship of Christian Athletes (FCA). The organization’s vision statement, “Unite your two passions, faith and athletics, to impact the world for Jesus Christ,”…
Johnston nets first collegiate goal to advance women’s soccer in conference tournament
Alyssa Johnston found the back of the net for the first time in her collegiate career Wednesday at the Green Terror Soccer Complex to give McDaniel the 1-0 edge over…
HLA’s Quinceañera Dinner
2017 has truly been an eventful year for the HLA club. Earlier this spring, they officially changed their name from Hispanic-Latino Alliance to Hispanic-LatinX Alliance in order to be more…
Homecoming in the past: From the Archives
October 30, 1941 “Dance to Climax Alumni Welcome At Homecoming.” Although this Homecoming took place over 70 years ago, some of the events that were customary back then are…
McDaniel Art & Art History Department hosts guest lecture by Nikki Painter
On Oct. 5, 2017, McDaniel College Art Department welcomed visiting artist Nikki Painter to talk about her work. During her lecture, as she described her artistic journey, although she quickly…
The ultimate look: McDaniel’s Ultimate Frisbee team
It’s ten o’clock at night and members of McDaniel’s ultimate frisbee team are down on the turf getting their game on with hard sprints, cuts, and passes both short and…
Library woes
It was midterms week once again, and my dread for the approaching week would be beyond justified. During midterms, my daily “trips” to the library could have been better described…
DACA Teach-In: ‘Who’s Worthy of Being Protected?’
Emotions ran high in Red Square Thursday, Oct. 4 as the League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC) and the Office of Student Diversity and Inclusion (OSDI) hosted a DACA…
Farms to financial districts: Xiong’an
In April 2017, China made a major announcement: the creation of the Xiong’an New Area, which has been promised to become an eco-friendly megacity covering 2,000 square kilometers. Though projected…
Westminster Boys & Girls Club set to expand
The word “Welcome” hangs from the roof in rainbow letters just inside the doors of the Westminster Boys & Girls Club. The halls are silent and empty, but in a…
Volleyball splits Senior Day Homecoming Tri-match
Tipping off and closing out Saturday’s homecoming festivities from a vibrantly decorated Gill Center was McDaniel volleyball who faced off against Muhlenberg and Lancaster Bible College. The tri-match marked the…
Amy Latta ’02 turns hobby blog into sell-out hand lettering book
Amy Davidson Latta has been writing as much as you would expect an English major to be. Maybe more. She’s also put her minor in education to good use. The…