Hoover Library Implements “Text a Librarian”
When students need answers to their questions, there is now a new way on campus for them to find them. This fall, Hoover Library implemented a service called “Text…
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Hoover Library’s 20th Anniversary: Looking at Our Past, Planning for Our Future
In celebration of the Hoover Library’s 20th anniversary, the staff is planning to make accommodations for all of the different types of people at McDaniel College. In order to attract…
What does AST stand for? Not Alpha Nu Omega!
During the spring of 2011, one of McDaniel’s local sororities disappeared only to resurface as something they never used to be. “Alpha Nu Omega is definitely a part of Alpha…
New Tradition Established to Build Sense of Community
Nearly all McDaniel students can remember ringing the bell after Convocation and look forward to ringing it again upon graduation, but the Class of 2015 has experienced the beginning of…
“Welcome Week” successfully gets students involved
BINGO for Books, Sundaes on Mondays, Movie on the Lawn, Involvement Fair. These are only a few of the 18 events featured during “Welcome Week,” a new event series sponsored…
Death of recent alumni
On Sunday, September 11 the Free Press staff and McDaniel College community was informed of the untimely death of McDaniel alum Kenneth Jackson Polk, a 2011 graduate, after a fatal…
Memorial announcement for Peter Caruso
McDaniel student Peter Lee Caruso of Mahopac, NY passed away Saturday June 25, 2011 as a result of injuries sustained in an automobile accident. Peter was born in South Korea…
Bunnies Multiplied Across Campus
Sometime in the early hours of the morning on Monday, May 2, bunnies were painted all over campus by a group of 12 students. Throughout the following weeks, the sanctions…
Phi Sigma Sigma Suspended Pending Investigation
Over Easter weekend, the Phi Sigma Sigma sorority was suspended from McDaniel’s campus and from participating as a group, pending the results of an investigation of the sorority’s alcohol policy,…
Director of SASS Offers His Farewell to McDaniel
As the academic year nears its end and McDaniel says goodbye to its graduating seniors, we must also offer out a bittersweet farewell to Tom Webb, the Director of Student…
McDaniel College Bids Farewell to Sarah Stokely
Sarah Stokely wears many hats in her position as Associate Dean of Student Academic Life in the Office of Academic Affairs. She is an amazing leader, counselor, professional, and friend…
A Year in McDaniel News: Free Press Headlines 2010-11
Whiteford Hall undergoes renovations Freshman women experienced the renovations to the common areas of Whiteford, in order to make the first year students comfortable on the Hill. “Demilitarize McDaniel”:…
Lighter Side
“I hope I don’t have to fight this guy.” On August 2nd, the manifestation of a classic literary character made his way onto the McDaniel campus and proved the Baltimore…
McDaniel to Join the Zipcar Phenomenon?
A recent email from Mike Webster, Director of Campus Safety, gave McDaniel students an opportunity to respond to a questionnaire about interest in bringing Zipcars to the hill. The response…
President Casey Delivers Inauguration Speech
President Casey delivered his Inauguration speech on topics ranging from future plans for McDaniel, the importance of the liberal arts education, and wise words from famous leaders on April 16….
Q & A: Dr. Thomas Falkner on McDaniel Europe
What is the reasoning behind the decision to rebrand McDaniel Budapest as McDaniel Europe? “In order to take fuller advantage of the extraordinary resource that the Budapest campus represents, and…
Two Time Poet Laureate to Read at McDaniel
Billy Collins, the writer the New York Times once dubbed “the most popular poet in America,” will read his poetry at the 25th Annual B. Christopher Bothe Memorial Lecture at…
Green Terror Meme Makes Anonymous Insults the Talk of Campus
“If you don’t have anything nice to say, don’t say anything at all.” Most children growing up in the United States have had that phrase hammered into them in…
Gill Gym Evacuated Due to Fire on Friday
Friday morning on April 8, the Physical Plant dealt with a fire that broke out just after 8 a.m. in the basement of Gill towards the north end of the…
Middle States Accreditation Process Offers McDaniel a Chance for Reflection
It’s safe to assume that we’ve all had a class where the most fascinating thing in the room is the stink bug on the ceiling and all that our notebooks…