Jonathan Slade: A Model Alumnus and Professor
Jonathan Slade, the chair of the communication and cinema department, six-time Emmy award winner, and McDaniel alumnus, is a man you want to get to know. Slade grew up here…
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The Merchant on Locust Lane
After negotiating a highly competitive deal on the hit television series “Shark Tank,” Total Merchant Resources has opened up an office in Westminster. Total Merchant Resources (TMR for short) is…
McDaniel’s Top Ink Choice
Tattoos have become socially normalized, appearing on everyone from our toughest football players to our actors on stage at school musicals and plays. Many McDaniel students sport them, and they…
Nigel Burdett: Renaissance Man
Professor Nigel Burdett has only taught at McDaniel College for two years, but his real-world stories and experiences are already leaving a lasting impression on business students. Burdett worked the…
BACA: The Best Organization You’ve Never Heard Of
BACA, or Bikers Against Child Abuse, is a national organization that operates throughout the United States as well as other countries around the world. Founded in 1995 in Utah by John…
What’s New Downtown: The Top Nosh Café
Looking for a new place to eat? Go to the Airpark! Come January 2017, you can find Top Nosh Café in Westminster at 125 Airport Drive in Suite 28, only…
From the Archives: Crosses, Apathy, Exams, Cinea, and Language Houses
Sept. 24, 2003: “Where Did all the Crosses Go? Big Baker Loses a Piece of its Symbolism.” In this article, author Bailey Fannin tells the real story of McDaniel’s dropping…
From the Archives: Food Riot, 60 Seconds, War, and DMC
Dec. 17, 1975, “Students Riot Over Food.” This newsworthy article, written by Jeff Robinson, reports the escalating events from the altercation of a student with a cafeteria worker to the 1,300…
Where in Westminster: Dutterer Family Park & Fields
Just steps away from campus, a grand entry leads to luscious fields, a sprawling play structure, a gazebo, and a winding concrete foot path. The grand entry leads to Dutterer…
McDaniel College’s Love Your Melon Campus Crew
Alpha Sigma Tau has recently announced that it has brought Love Your Melon to McDaniel College. Love Your Melon, or LYM, is an apparel brand that specializes in making hats…
McDaniel Volleyball Coaches Local Volleyball Clinics
Young kids these days sit at home on technology and don’t go out to get any exercise — but local volleyball clinics are changing that. Every Sunday until Oct. 30,…
Holocaust Survivor Peter Gorog Speaks at McDaniel
Holocaust survivor Peter Gorog visited McDaniel College on Wednesday November 2 to talk about his life story and the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. Gorog was born in Budapest, Hungary on…
In the Wake of Wakefield Valley Golf Course
As a community, we are in the “Wake” of Wakefield Valley Golf Course. Located only 3 miles from McDaniel’s campus, the course is a quick walk away through the Wakefield…
Where in Westminster: Baugher’s Orchard
The taste of picking your own apple is so much better than any apple from Glar. Don’t believe it? Take a trip to Baugher’s Orchard and see for yourself. Baugher’s Orchard has been a…
What’s for Dinner: Eating Outside of Glar
The Englar Dining Hall: it’s at the heart of campus, it’s open for every (well, most) meals, and its hallowed nickname Glar is part of the McDaniel vernacular. That said,…
The New Face of Inclusion
With additional reporting from Elijah Jones. “Social Justice is a process,” says Jose Moreno, the new head of the Office of Student Diversity and Inclusion. “It happens through education and…
The 2016 Presidential Candidates on Higher Education
Hillary Clinton The cost of a college education has become a central issue in Democrat Hillary Clinton’s platform, with the candidate believing that the cost of education is holding the economy…
Where in Westminster: King Park
Located at 43 Chase Street, just four blocks off Main Street, lies the City of Westminster’s King Park: a pleasant, spacious facility for the community. According to the City, the land…
Wine in Westminster
This weekend, a community larger than McDaniel’s entire student population gathered on the grounds of the Carroll County Farm Museum to eat, and more importantly, to drink wine. The 33rd Annual…
Coming to America: A New Perspective on Immigration
Carol Zaru, professor of Arabic at McDaniel College, was born and raised in Palestine. She came to the U.S. twice: first to get her college degree, then to live here with…