College Activities Office reorganizes
Megan Robinson News and Web Editor At the beginning of this year, an announcement was sent out to students about the reorganization of the College Activities Office, newly renamed the…
College Activities Office reorganizes
Senior teaches children in Ghana
Ben Grant Staff Reporter Last year senior Amy Kachel read a campus announcement email about an opportunity to travel to Ghana. Katchel responded, and was selected to travel to a…
Freshmen class has increase in first generation students
Amber Slater Staff Reporter Amid the chaos of saying goodbye to family, trying to fit all their belongings into a cramped space, and meeting the stranger they were to live…
McDaniel removes dorm landlines
Simone Davis Staff Reporter McDaniel has stopped providing campus phones from all dorm rooms. The phones, removed every year in late spring before campus opens up to summer programs, simply…
Hoover Library Designates New Silent Floor
Megan Robinson News and Web Editor Hoover Library has made many changes this past year, the new study spaces, the website redesign, and the latest addition, the silent floor. The…
Hoover library launches new website
Megan Robinson News and Web Editor On August 22nd Hoover Library launched its newly redesigned website. This redesign added several new features and improved others to make it more user…
Economy affects summer employment
Krystina Shultz Staff Reporter Once again I find myself saying, “Goodbye, sleep,” and “Hello, textbooks!” College is just starting and I already find myself drawn to spend money on posters,…
Proposition 8: A Hearts vs. Minds Approach
Meg Bollwerk Staff Reporter Proposition 8: An Emotional Argument As the whole controversy over Prop 8 continues, I have given some thought to the idea of gay love. I have…
Hurricane Earl Kicks Up Waves of the Year In Ocean City
Cullen Murray-Kemp Staff Reporter When a hurricane or tropical storm rides up the eastern coast, the mundane Ocean city-ites prepare themselves for the worst- stock up on water and supplies,…
Working With Workman: The Director of Student Engagement
Paige Price Staff Reporter The 2010 Fall semester brings new students to the Hill along with new administrators. Christine Workman, the Director of the Office of Student Engagement, began her…
Is everybody drinking?
Brittany Robinson Staff Reporter “That party last night was awfully crazy/ I wish we taped it/ I danced my ass off and had this one girl completely naked/ Drink my…
New Face in Foreign Languages
Emma Simon Features Editor Along with a new class of students, some other new faces have arrived on campus, including Dr. Sonia Kpota-Richardson, the newest addition to the Department of…
The rise of the states’ rights conservatives
Jacob Siegel Staff Reporter What is the difference between the Tea-Party and the Republican party? One might think, based on what they see and hear from the news media, that…
Sex on the Hill: Commitment and Monogamy
Let’s consider the setting: there’s drinking, there’s short skirts, there’s low-cut shirts, there’s people who wander around their residence halls without noticing that their boxers are around their ankles. In…
From Amish Town to the Hill
Cullen Murray-Kemp Staff Reporter Disappointment, confusion, nervousness, slight anxiety, and serious back spasms were a few sweet emotions that I was greeted with when I moved into McDaniel this fall….
Aren’t we better than this?
Hanna Barker Co-Commentary Editor/Art Director I was embarrassed to be sitting in Alumni Hall the night Will and Company performed “The New Faces of America.” “We look to present work…
Birds and bees
Sex Education Pregnancy rates of United States teens, ages 15- 19 years, have continued to increase tremendously throughout recent years. In many places all around the world having children is…
President’s house
Megan Robinson News and Web Editor In early July, 2 College Hill welcomed two new residents: Dr. Robert Casey and his wife, Robyn Allens. Dr. Casey, the ninth president of the…
New President, New School Year
Dr. Roger Casey President My name is Roger Casey. Along with my wife, Robyn Allers, and our entire faculty and staff, I’d like to say, “Welcome home, returning students, and…
Confessions of a Former Freshmen
I almost didn’t join the staff of The McDaniel Free Press freshman year. I was intimidated by the collegiate level, even after my great experiences with newspaper in high school. On…