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Nathan Wuertenberg Staff Reporter On October 7th and 15th, Presidential hopefuls Barack Obama and John McCain received their last opportunities to openly face each other on a national stage. The…

Ashleigh Smith Layout Chief “Live from New York . . .” it’s the 2008 Presidential Elections. It seems as though much of the presidential election coverage this year comes in…

Shane Brinegar Staff Reporter It would appear that other center-right Republicans are as concerned about the continuing reactionary shift in the National GOP organization as I am. Where is the…

Lin Oo Staff Reporter Politics is in the air as the presidential elections draws near. It seems as though everybody that I have met has an opinion one way or…

Emily Sweeney Staff Reporter I know you can’t figure out why I’m here. You admit listening to me, though. You know, most figure I’m just meant to give you my…

Michelle Menner Staff Reporter This summer, after reading countless resume books and asking advice from some professionals I soon found myself staring at my resume on my laptop’s screen, and…

Kris Breeden Staff Reporter Need help understanding Shakespeare? Ask one of my ten-year-olds about it. For the past two years, I have directed a Shakespearean acting troupe called Touchstone’s Players…

Nathan Wuertenberg Staff Reporter “Senator Obama just doesn’t seem to understand.” This phrase, uttered by Presidential hopeful Senator John McCain, was repeated several times over the course of an hour…

Eddie Ezekiel Staff Reporter I have been waiting for it; nervously, slowly, the first connection of America’s most recent financial catastrophe to the most famous of all American financial catastrophes,…

Complied by Katelyn McGinley Skepticism Growing about gov. Palin’s merits, ability Even though it was only weeks ago that Governor Sarah Palin was credited with breathing fresh life into the…

Lin Oo Staff Reporter Where are you from? What’s it like over in your country? Do your people speak English? What’s the food like over there? As an international student…

Amy Rust Staff Reporter It’s a place to study; it’s a place to meet friends; it’s a place for local music; but mostly it is a place with delicious coffee….

Brent Lowe Commentary Editor The race to be Freshmen President has grown increasingly intense in the past several years, but nothing quite like this. A heated race between four freshmen…

Katelynn McGinley Staff Reporter McCain camp not laughing over SNL skit The now infamous Tina Fey/Amy Poehler skit on the September 13 opening of Saturday Night Live may have given…

Garrett Eagan Sports Editor When the issue of the McDaniel radio station, WMCR, is brought up, many people scratch their heads. However, I am here as the president of the…

Eleanor Nagle Staff Reporter Ever since the McCain campaign announced Sarah Palin as their Vice Presidential candidate she has been under media surveillance 24/7. One of the most pressing issues…

My country through the eyes of an American Nadejda Artiomenco Staff Reporter This summer I have hosted my friend and classmate, whom I met a year ago at an American…

The word at the table James Clark Conner Drexel University I was sitting in a touristy restaurant outside of the Moldovan capital, Chisinau. Across from me sat the father of…

Laura Hutton Co-Editor-in-Chief Living in North Village, I never dreamed that I would want to be anywhere else my senior year, until I spent a semester in Budapest, Hungary. Before…

Nathan Wuretenberg Staff Reporter Change. Barack Obama stands for change. At least, that is what everyone and everything, including his various campaign slogans, assures me. However, Obama’s campaign was recently…