Clayton Rosa Staff Reporter If the Africa we know comes from the representations streaming through our radios and news mediums, then Africa can be generalized in few words: famine, disease, war — and the all encompassing ? genocide. However, for four African-American students, their experience shined a light upon the “dark continent” that is rarely ...
FeaturesKate Maloney Staff Reporter Ten thousand people applied to become an Obama Organizing Fellow last spring. Thirteen hundred were accepted ? only 150 from Michigan. Our own Amelia Vance was one of them, a junior Political Science major from Michigan. Walking in the steps of Obama who was once a Community Organizer, Obama Organizing Fellows ...
FeaturesCasey Crough Staff Reporter “I want to see as much of the world as possible before I die,” said Jason Norton ’09, a senior who represents one of 20 students who have studied abroad in Budapest, Hungry. According to Rose Falkner, the Director of International and Off Campus Study, a total of 40 students traveled ...
FeaturesSamantha Lambert Staff Reporter It seems that there is a rising technological epidemic in the world today: text messaging. People, young and old, are using text messaging as an actual form of communication on a daily, even minute-by-minute basis. Not only is texting more convenient and more secretive than a phone call, texting is often ...
FeaturesRose Eney Staff Reporter It may come as a surprise to many McDaniel students that an average of 70 students per year transfer to our school. So why do they come in such large numbers? The most common answer is that they decided they wanted to be closer to home or that they wanted a ...
FeaturesBrent Lowe Staff Reporter Paul McCartney’s new CD, “Electric Arguments” combines the ex-Beatles’ classic style with more instrument heavy pieces that gives it an all new sound without losing that Beatles feel. “Picture it as a mix between Springsteen and U2″, says freshman Kristen Houpt. The album starts off with a very freaky melody that ...
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