Profile: Lisa Breslin
Over the summer, a new Associate Dean of Student Academic Life was chosen- Lisa Breslin. For many years, Breslin was the director of the Writing Center, which I am sure…
Profile: Lisa Breslin
Students to participate in Walk to End Alzheimer’s
Alzheimer’s is in the Top 10 leading causes of death in the United States, and the only one in the list that cannot be cured, prevented or slowed, according to…
Si5s: A Club For All
How many people on this campus know ASL? Walking around campus, it is hard not to notice students and faculty signing to one another instead of speaking. American Sign Language…
The Save Point Brings Back Retro Gaming
Save Point Are you into retro gaming? Have some older games or older game systems that no one else will buy? Then I have just the place for you: The…
Program aims to make students wiser about alcohol use
This year, McDaniel College joins countless other colleges and universities in requiring freshmen students to take an online alcohol education course prior to beginning classes. This 90-minute course measures include…
He Said / She Said: Mood Music, or the Soundtrack to Bonin’
HE SAID: Silence So, this week we are talking about music. Everyone loves music. I think that this is a fairly basic statement that is almost universally true, whether…
Where in Westminster: Simple Shadows
The afternoon sun seeps through the room’s windows, framing the plants upon the cushioned ledge. Simply serene as it is, I knew I wanted a photograph. I’m afraid my skills…
Watch Instantly: Netflix Updates
Thousands of movies are on Netflix to watch instantly and more than half of them are crap. As a Netflix and film fanatic, I claw through the pile of bad…
Starbucks: Caving in to Commercial Interests?
Tired of drinking Seattle’s Best at the Budapest Café? Do you long for the almost metropolitan feel of a Starbucks vente in your hand? Has drinking the watery coffee in…
Bastion: Prepare to Rebuild!
The first game rising from Supergiant Games is the indie game, Bastion. Some people think that “indie games” is another way of saying games that are not mainstream, or worse,…
New Dance Team on Campus
One of the newest groups on campus is the McDaniel Dance Team. Directed by sophomore Shelby Toler, the novelty of the group has no correlation with the goals that the…
Is What You Wear Linked to How Others Perceive You?
Do you care what other people think of you? The answer, more often than not, is no. But think about it- when you get dressed for class, do you determine…
After Wild Finish, Baseball Postseason Begins
The 2011 MLB playoffs have finally arrived, but not before some late drama on the final day of the season. Baseball fans witnessed two of the biggest collapses in the…
Father Roy Bourgeois Speaks at Zepp Lecture
On Thursday, Sept. 22, McDaniel hosted “The Inaugural Ira G. Zepp Jr. Memorial Lecture.” This is the first lecture held by the college in memory of Ira G. Zepp Jr.,…
Eleven Minutes that Changed Baseball
Sports Illustrated baseball writer Joe Posnanski once said “I never argue with people who say baseball is boring because baseball is boring. But then, suddenly it isn’t. And that’s why…
Camping for a Cause
On Thursday, Sept. 22, students and faculty gathered to raise awareness about the devastating effects of Malaria in Africa during McDaniel’s Night of Nets. Although the mission of the night…
Adjusting to life in Eastern Europe
Getting up early and racing to catch trains and buses to get to school. Sounds like I’m a kid in New York City, right? No, I’m actually in Budapest, Hungary,…
Rollins on track to break conference, division records
At the beginning of every year, the Centennial Conference sends out the first of its weekly football releases. In the first issue, the Centennial Conference named some players to watch…
After Wild Finish, Baseball Postseason Begins
The 2011 MLB playoffs have finally arrived, but not before some late drama on the final day of the season. Baseball fans witnessed two of the biggest collapses in the…
Out-Pick Matt: Weeks 5 and 6
In “Out-Pick Matt,” football fans try to predict the outcomes of National Football League games better than McDaniel Free Press Co-Sports Editor Matthew Arnold. In our first edition, the challenger…