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I will always be a kid who was born and raised in Rockaway Beach, New York. Coming from a place where skyscrapers tower over you and do not let a…
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McDaniel Dining Part Three: Serving the McDaniel Community
McDaniel Dining Services is a project by Sodexo, a large multinational corporation headquartered in France. Students are often critical of the company for allegedly not taking the interests of McDaniel into consideration,…
McDaniel Dining Part Two: Transparency and Suggestions
Undoubtedly, Sodexo frequently falls under the fire of criticisms, but how does McDaniel Dining Service process these and try to be transparent? According to the General Manager of McDaniel Dining Services,…
McDaniel Dining Part One: Cost and Variety
Despite criticisms, Sodexo does offer a variety of food options on campus. However, these options, along with following trends, contribute to swelling costs. Rita Webster, general manager McDaniel Dining Services, says,…
Cease to Exist: Fraternity Suspended from Campus
“We’re getting this ridiculous punishment for doing things that most college students do anyway,” states sophomore Josh Thompson, a member of the Phi Kappa Sigma fraternity. A list of 10…
McDaniel Announces New $100,000 Scholarship
Today, McDaniel announced the Educator’s Legacy Scholarship, a new scholarship for children of K-12 educators applying for Fall 2016 admission. The scholarship is $100,000 spread over four years. The applicants’…
Putting the ‘Art’ In Liberal Arts
We go to school on a beautiful campus. The buildings and landscaping are pleasant to look at, and they’re complemented by elegant installations, like the new fountain in front of…
Texting: Toxic or Tactical?
When you walk into a classroom before class, how often do you see people on their cellphones instead of talking to the other people in the room? We live in…
Staying Healthy through McDaniel’s Dining Services
Maintaining a healthy balance between academics, social life, and maybe even a job isn’t easy. Finding time to squeeze in a call to our mothers, or perhaps watch last night’s…
BREAKING NEWS: Mike Hoyt Steps Down as Head Football Coach
In an email sent out to faculty this morning, President Casey informed the McDaniel community that Mike Hoyt has stepped down from his position as head football coach. He was the…
Sodexo Workers Vote in Favor of Union
As many members of the McDaniel community have heard, there have been efforts among Sodexo workers on campus to join a workers union. These efforts culminated in the Nov. 5…
McDaniel’s Chamber Music Ensembles – Can you [play] with all the colors of the wind[s]
On a dark mid-autumn evening, a warm light spilling from behind the stained glass windows of Little Baker Chapel stood out from the dusky drape of nightfall. Inside Little Baker,…
What We Can Learn From Mizzou and Yale
Stories of protests on college campuses have been making national headlines. These stories are still unfolding and new info is coming out every day. Claims of racism have plagued the…
Is She for Real?
Beautiful people have unblemished, glowing, smooth, even-textured skin and perfectly proportioned, sculpted body parts, right? Yes, they do, thanks to the digital miracles performed by photo editing programs. Our daily…
McDaniel Cultural Events – End of Fall Semester
The end of the semester can be a time of stress due to the overload of assignments, the flitting of the remaining days of the semester, and the anxiety of…
Composting in Carroll County
In today’s world, recycling and composting are no longer novel ideas. For decades now, counties, cities, towns, and municipalities have had programs in place to filter out one or both…
Social Media and the 2016 Election
The 2016 Presidential Election is less than a year away and the Grand Old Party (GOP) and Democratic debates are getting Americans familiar with each candidate. There has been a shift…
Dr. Mona Becker: A Little Bit of Everything
Dr. Mona Becker of the Environmental Studies Department has an unusual connection to the Westminster community: she is currently a sitting councilwoman on the Westminster City Council after being elected…