Archive for March, 2008

The Campus Safety Blotter

The Lighter Side of the Campus Safety Blotter

By Becky Snider, Blotter Reporter Editor’s Note: This weekly piece highlights some of the more inane calls and incidents to which campus safety responds. Well March is here. Now let’s talk about getting those parties started, or not. The campus has been eerily quiet. I personally blame the horrendous weather we’ve been wreaked with. Its ...

ROTC participates in annual field training exercises

By Scott Edmunds, Contributor The Green Terror Battalion has certainly been busy this year. If you are not familiar with the loud cadences the unit calls while running at 6:30 in the morning, then you have probably seen the cadets in uniform at sporting events or walking around campus. The new Battalion Commander, Lieutenant Colonel ...

McDaniel welcomes inner-city youths

‘Transform a Future’ program inspires students to think about their futures By Geoff Peckham, News Co-Editor The dreams of the students of West Baltimore Middle School run high. Thirteen-year-old Diamond Brock wants to be either a CEO or an actress. Eleven-year-old Terray Quickley wants to be a lawyer, at least if his NBA career doesn’t ...

‘Hey, it’s the bookstore guy’

By Ryan Barre, Contributor Throughout the past 15 years, the McDaniel Bookstore has been what every college wants from a bookstore. McDaniel doesn’t have the biggest bookstore with the most books, nor does it have the largest selection of apparel; however, the service it has provided is unmatched by most other schools thanks to manager ...

Bio and business top prices for college textbooks

Biology and business majors spend an estimated $550-700, while English majors spend around $300 By Christine Boynton, News Co-Editor As an English major with a business major roommate, I’ve always been amazed at how much more books can cost each semester, depending on your particular area of study. I would come back from the bookstore, ...