The Case for Studying Abroad at McDaniel Europe
Have you ever considered studying abroad at McDaniel Europe, our branch campus in Budapest, Hungary? While McDaniel College offers many study abroad programs to students, the stand-out in the bunch…
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Misery or Bliss: Purchasing Textbooks
Stress, anxiety, and panic— every student comes to the crushing realization at the beginning of each semester that buying textbooks is unavoidable. Some cringe and others groan at the thought…
Airing out Dirty Laundry: Problems with McDaniel’s laundry facilities
Laundry is one of the biggest lifestyle changes college students experience. Some students come to college not knowing how to do laundry, while some others do. The students who live close…
Targeted Advertising Online: Good or Bad Use of Personal Information?
Millions of Americans browse the Internet daily, or at least once a week. You may have noticed while browsing the Internet that sometimes ads seem suspiciously relevant to your life….
Why students should learn another language
I know when you are sitting in a foreign language class, you might think that you do not need to learn the language. However, you are incorrect in this thinking….
Students’ Responsibility: Recognizing Gender Roles in Nostalgic TV Series “Full House”
As children born in the ’90s, we grew up in a time when Cosmic Brownies were the only desert you wanted in your lunch box, Blockbuster was the place to…
SCANDAL: A Trailblazer for Women or A Capsule of Hidden Gender Roles?
WARNING: Spoilers In ABC’s relatively new drama ‘Scandal,’ the lovely Kerry Washington plays former White House press secretary Olivia Pope. Creator Shonda Rimes (‘Grey’s Anatomy’) fills the show with loads…
Diminishing Face-to-Face Contact with Professors Potentially Threatens Student-Teacher Interactions
Once upon a time, meeting with teachers or professors required interpersonal communication between students and their educators. Today, we rely heavily on the convenience of our technology, which has led…
“Blank Space” Reactions Prompt Lesson in Media Literacy
We all saw it – the avalanche of news-feed clogging reactions to Taylor Swift’s “Blank Space” video. Interestingly enough, the public seems unable to reach a consensus, with some reactions…
The Lighter Side of Campus Safety
It seems normalcy has again returned to the semi-peaceful campus of McDaniel, with no major alerts or serious incidents in the past few weeks. Now it’s all smooth sailing, with…
The Lighter Side of Campus Safety
Well guys, Homecoming week was as crazy and rambunctious as ever, and now that the dust has settled, we gaze upon a whole pile of wreckage and some incredibly awful…
Halloween-y TV Shows: Witch to Watch?
This Halloween, get in the spooky spirit by watching the best of what television has to offer. Of course, you can’t go wrong with shows like The Walking Dead, American…
The Lighter Side of Campus Safety
So McDaniel, the town of Westminster seems to really be trying to keep us on our toes. First we had the now almost ancient Great Pizza Robbery, and now we…
The Bryn Mawr Controversy: A Question of Perception and Precedent
When two students at Bryn Mawr College in Pennsylvania decided to put up a Confederate flag in their window recently, it is unknown whether their actions were at all derived…
Courage and Teamwork: Experiencing ROTC Fall 2014 Training Weekend
We arrived at 8:50 p.m.–or 20:50 in military time. That’s what we had to go by: a clock foreign to Calvin Salacain and myself– reporters observing the ROTC training weekend…
The Lighter Side of Campus Safety
Well McDaniel, before Tuesday, I would have told you that this had been an absolutely dull week, but life’s full of surprises, isn’t it? However, I’ll be couth and refrain…
The Equalizer: Another Successful Denzel Film
Spend the eleven dollars. Do it. Spend the eleven dollars at the movie theater to see Denzel Washington’s new movie “The Equalizer.” Initially, after seeing the commercials and reading the…
The Lighter Side of Campus Safety
So McDaniel, I’m questioning now whether it’s within my code of ethics to ask you guys to commit some more varied offenses. Because although you certainly were quite rowdy this…
Westminster’s Got Heart
One of the things most McDaniel students seem to agree on is how much they hate Westminster. I hear it all the time; whether it’s the drunk kids complaining on…
The Lighter Side of Campus Safety
Well McDaniel College, I have to congratulate you all for taking my advice on relieving yourselves in the proper locations this week, opting for toilets instead of parking lots and…