A New (Cool) First Stop: The First Stop Office
First year and transfer students are enjoying the First Stop Office, where they can freely come in and ask for help whenever they need it. Dr. Karen Violanti – better known…
Features
A Fact Check on Yik Yak
The McDaniel Free Press was lucky enough to recently interview Cameron Mullen, a representative from Yik Yak, the app sweeping McDaniel and colleges across the country. In the interview, special…
What Defines A Hipster?
The hipster movement originated in the 1990s, when millennials began to move to urban areas. At McDaniel College, there are many students from a plethora of different backgrounds, and array…
A New Perspective: A Profile of McDaniel’s Foreign Language Houses
To provide more options to students studying languages here at McDaniel, the foreign language department maintains language houses in Arabic, French, German and Spanish. Every year, native speakers of each…
McDaniel’s Secret Garden: A Hidden Gem
Students at McDaniel might think they know every single location on campus, but when you ask students about the location of McDaniel’s garden, most of the responses are along the…
Halloween Photo Essay
Many parts of McDaniel’s campus were decorated for Halloween. Staff and students alike dressed in costumes. Clubs sponsored events to celebrate Halloween
Students’ Sexual Assault Awareness Project Gains Traction
In the spring of last year, Leigh Brownell and Taylor Niemetz started their “Love Project,” a poster series about sexual assault that culminated in a display located in Ensor Lounge…
A Wish Come True: A Profile of Novelist Lisa Van Allen
Lisa Van Allen has been writing stories since she learned how to hold a pencil. Even before that, she would tell stories “to anyone who would listen,” she says. “I…
From The Archives: October
This year, we’re digging through the newspaper archives! McDaniel’s student newspaper has gone by many names through the decades: The Black and White, The Gold Bug, Scrimshaw, The Phoenix, and, of course, The McDaniel…
ACC’s Barrier-Breakdown Extravaganza
Introducing fun games like picking up skittles with chopsticks, serving bubble tea and Japanese cracker snacks, giving out cultural raffle prizes such as food box sets and educating participants about…
Finding Common Ground: Walt Michael
If you ask just about anyone at McDaniel where to find Walt Michael, they probably won’t be able to tell you. Walk into Thompson Hall, and you may get a…
Profile: Religious Studies Department
Interested in learning more about the Religious Studies Department? Look no further! Learn about the professors, classes, major and more.
People’s Climate March: A Photo Essay
Read more about McDaniel’s trip to the People’s Climate March.
New Programs Shed Light on Campus Sexual Assault
For the past four years, upcoming first year students have been required to complete an online alcohol education class during the summer prior to orientation at McDaniel. Now, upcoming first…
Body Acceptance: McDaniel Welcomes “The Body Project”
The Body Project, a national program that focuses on women’s body acceptance, has been changing women’s lives for a decade on many college campuses across the country. Now, it is…
Dr. Mohamed Esa: A Mainstay at McDaniel and the Hearts of Many
Dr. Mohamed Esa has been a full-time professor at McDaniel since 1993, teaching students the German language. He has been crucial to students receiving a balanced and interesting education at…
Is It Just Me Or Is It Hot in Here? McDaniel’s Pilgrimage to the People’s Climate March
Early on Sunday Sept. 21–and by early, I mean 5 a.m. early–38 McDaniel students and two faculty members (Dr. Scullion and Dr. Iglich) boarded a bus. Their destination: New York…
Where the Wild Things Are: Interview with Dr. Jason Scullion
Dr. Jason Scullion has only lived in Maryland for barely a month and he is already making big moves both in and out of the classroom. The Washington state. native…
On a Roll: Local Baker Shares Success Story
Students are curious to see what’s going on behind the windows of the recently closed Heinz Bakery. Early-birds who used to start their mornings with a walk into town for…
Welcome Week is Here
Now that everyone is back on the Hill for the fall semester, it’s time for Welcome Week. Sponsored by the Office of Student Engagement, Welcome Week activities are a chance…