Letter to the Editors
I am writing this letter to the editors as someone who constantly reads your publications, but also as someone who loves McDaniel, or I mean, Western Maryland College. I bring…
Jimmy Calderon
Campus Profile: Peter Lynn, Head of E.T. Department
After multiple complaints by students, Campus Safety has finally agreed to investigate the claims that I.T. Department’s Peter Lynn. is an extraterrestrial. It all started with a claim from Laurissa Trump,…
Editors Create Smallest Orchestra to Console Whining Editor
On the night of Wednesday, March 30, Free Press editors Hannah Krauss, Melanie Ojwang, Kelsey Mannix, and Jimmy Calderon created the smallest string orchestra in the world during that night’s…
Writer of the Week: Clamp
Clamp is an all-female, Japanese manga artist group consisting of artists Nanase Ohkawa, Tsubaki Nekoi, Satsuki Iragashi, and Mokona. The group started in the mid 1980’s as a Dojinshi—a self-published work—and contained…
Writer of the Week: Laila Lalami
Laila Lalami was born and raised in Rabat, Morocco. She earned her BA in English from Mohammed V University, and later on, in 1990, received a British Council fellowship to…
Writer of the Week: Patrick Modiano
Patrick Modiano is an acclaimed French novelist and winner of the 2014 Nobel Prize in Literature. He was born on July 30, 1945 in Boulogne-Billancourt, a commune in the western…
Writer of the Week: Marsha de la O
Born and raised in Southern California, Marsha de la O earned her Master of the Fine Arts from Vermont College, and later worked as a bilingual teacher in Los Angeles and…
Writer of the Week: Brandon Sanderson
Born in December 1975 in Lincoln, Nebraska, Brandon Sanderson has had an affinity for literature since childhood. As a child, he enjoyed reading, but it wasn’t until eighth grade that…
Writer of the Week: A New Column within the Arts & Culture Section
After revisiting the mission statement of my section, I noticed that I have not been fully acknowledging the vision established by Teal Koch, creator of the Arts & Culture section….
Hello from the Other Side [of Space]
As something taken out of a sci-fi film, the collision of two black holes was recorded by the Laser Interferometer Gravity-Wave Observatory (LIGO) in the form of gravitational waves. These…
Can you NOT be my Valentine, please?
It’s that time of the year again, and no, I’m not talking about Super Bowl weekend, that was last weekend (and Beyonce slayed that Halftime Show!). I’m talking about Valentine’s…
The Vagina Monologues: A Photo Essay
Defend Yourself: Campus Safety Offers Free of Charge Self-Defense Lesson
On Saturday, Feb. 5, Campus Safety organized a free-of-charge, self-defense class as one of their many efforts to make McDaniel students feel safer. The event was organized by Campus Safety…
Speaking of the V-Word: The Vagina Monologues
The Vagina Monologues made its annual return this past weekend, with two showings, one Friday night and one Saturday night, marking the 13th year of McDaniel’s production of the play. This…
RA Event – Everything you want to know about sex but you’re too afraid to ask
Six RAs from McDaniel Hall and DMC gathered in the lobby of Hill Hall Wednesday night to play a game – everything you want to know about sex but you’re too…
Hoover Library: Home of the Hundred Death Masks
McDaniel College is a place where the arts can flourish. A testament to this statement is the newest exhibition at Hoover Library. The most recent art exhibition at McDaniel is…
Joe Hernandez-Kolski: Latinos Know How to Laugh
The evening of Wednesday, September 30, students gathered in McDaniel Lounge to welcome Joe Hernandez-Kolski, McDaniel’s Latino Heritage Month Keynote Speaker. The Emmy-Award winner and two-time HBO Def Poet, Joe…
The Truth Behind the Aryan Race as Presented in “The Aryans”
“The Aryans” is a 2014 documentary by Mo Asumang. In this documentary, Asumang, an Afro-German film director, gets to the heart of right-wing movements worldwide and their completely wrong interpretation of…
Hast Thou Been Charmed by the Music?
A combination of violins, violas, and cellos has never sounded as exquisitely delightful as on the evening of September 20. Chamber Music on the Hill presented the afternoon of Sunday,…
New Additions to McDaniel Student Organizations – Part 2
2015 is the year of new growth at McDaniel. With a number of new organizations joining the McDaniel community, The Office of Student Engagement (OSE) prepares for what might be…