Why aren’t more students recycling?
Caitlin Roetheli Contributor I grew up in a household where my mother was very adamant about recycling. All plastic, paper, metal, and glass was sorted and then recycled. My mother…
Why aren’t more students recycling?
Bullying in College: No longer Playground Taunts
Kyrstina Shultz Contributor The old saying “Sticks and stones may break my bones, but words can never hurt me,” finds students once again trying to ease the emotional and mental…
Late night confrontation between students and coach
Kim Williams Editor-in-chief Cullen Murray-Kemp Staff reporter At 1:20 a.m. on Oct. 15, an incident occurred involving one male and three female McDaniel students and the occupant of a vehicle…
Students Intern with Non-Profit for Scholarship, Stipend, and Experience
Dr. Tom Zirpoli Coordinator of the graduate program in Human Services Management & CEO of Target Community & Educational Services Since 1993 McDaniel College has been a partner with Target…
Greek recruitment to see changes in the spring
Hanna Barker Co-Commentary Editor/ Art Director Some Greek organizations experienced slight changes this semester during Fall Recruitment, but larger changes are in the works for this Spring. “Recruitment went well,”…
Budapest Cafe has extended hours
Kristen Behrle Staff Reporter Need a late night energy boost to finish that paper? The Budapest Café has extended their hours until midnight Monday through Saturday. The café used to…
The Top Ten Things I Want to Say to . . . Tea Party Activists
Nathan Wuertenberg Co-Commentary Editor 1) I don’t want to see the pictures you have of aborted fetuses for the same reason I don’t want to see pictures of the animals…
Sex on the Hill: Sex(iled) on the Hill
Sexile (n.): The state of being exiled from your room due to roommate fornication. You know the signs if it has happened to you. Having to wait outside for hours,…
On Becoming a Non-Vegetarian
Nick Turissi Staff Reporter Cheesesteak. The smell coursed through my nostrils, and beckoned to me to take a taste. After 7 years of smelling meat and being repulsed, why am…
Skip a Latte, Save a Life
Mara Seibert Staff Reporter Imagine waking up one morning to the news that 2,000 children had been killed in a series of planned bombings of schools all around the world….
A Take on the New SGA Allocations Process
Masha Makhlyagina Staff Reporter The SGA allocations process was long, tedious, and frustrating. If I was into metaphors, I would suggest that it was similar to having that one place…
A Night with the Gorillaz
Charles Mullen Staff Reporter “We’re finally here! I’m sorry it took ten years though,” Damon Albarn, lead singer of the Gorillaz, said after performing “Super Fast Jellyfish.” It was well…
On Eating Animals Part 3
Dani Allen Staff Reporter It’s been 16 days since my last written account about my journey to the land of no meat. I have not read a single page of…
Students save lives one pint of blood at a time
How can you touch the life of a stranger and possibly even save it by giving just over an hour of your time? Donate blood. On Wednesday, October 27,…
RA job has ups and downs
Ben Grant Staff Reporter Every residence hall floor and group of apartments has a Resident Assistant supervising them. Each one had to go through the same process to apply for…
Author speaks to Allies club
Masha Makhlyagina Staff Reporter On October 11th, Allies was graced by an inspirational speaker. Kristina Hernandez, a junior who is attending Slippery Rock University, bravely spoke of her journey to…
UN Millieum goals reciece mixed reactions years later
Jacob Siegel Staff Reporter The world has 1 billion people in living in extreme poverty, including in the United States. Issues such as poverty, illness, and premature death, are “problem[s]…
Does anybody edit the Free Press?
So, I’ve never worked for a newspaper, or for that matter any publication. I’ll admit that. And I’m not an English major. I write a lot as a history major,…
Relay for Life
Kaitlyn Vadenais Staff Reporter Over four million people in the nation participate in this event each year. Internationally, 21 countries take part. It is estimated that over 3 billion dollars…
Give Me Tofu or Give Me Death
Cara Goodman Staff Reporter Almost every incoming freshman wonders how to avoid the infamous “freshman fifteen.” With the help of Glar, I have found a solution: veganism. The stunning lack…