Archive for December, 2009

Speech Competition Has Rich Roots

December 2, 2009 No Comments

McDaniel’s Communication Department will host its 13th Annual Speech Contest Thursday, Dec. 3, from 6:00 p.m. until 7:30 p.m. in Decker Auditorium Featured speakers/competitors will be from public speaking classes past and present. Roots for this contest date back to 1890, the time that the college’s Department of Elocution launched a contest and offered $20 ...

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A Different Kind of Mail

December 2, 2009 No Comments

Jenna Little Staff Reporter You hear upbeat music coming from the Forum and upon entering, you can see the room is full of tables and chairs where students are sitting, busy addressing letters while talking with friends and enjoying a soda and a snack. Tuesday, November 3, from 4:30 p.m. to 11 p.m, the college’s ...

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Off-Campus Party Report Released

December 2, 2009 No Comments

Kate Delenick Co-Editor in Chief After filing a Freedom of Information request, Free Press received the police reports from the night of September 25, when McDaniel students were cited at an off-campus party bust. Seven female McDaniel students were issued civil citations and charged with one count of “possession of an alcoholic beverage by person ...

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Local Bon Appetit Food Service Focuses on ‘Social Responsibility’

December 2, 2009 No Comments

Juli Guiffre Co-Editor in Chief For Bon Appetit food services, social responsibility is the number one priority. Their motto is “food services for a sustainable future.” According to Normal Zwagil, general manager of Bon Appetit at Goucher College, sustainability refers to food that is “a lower carbon footprint, uses less energy, healthier with respect to ...

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Presidential Search Committee Reviews Candidates

December 2, 2009 No Comments

Juliann Guiffre Co-Editor in Chief The Search Committee is looking at a “sizeable” pool of candidates, according to Mary Lynn Durham, chair of the committee, and they continue to receive submissions. The committee cannot comment on the viability of any of the candidates in order to protect their privacy. Durham said that the committee is ...

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Health Care Vote Stirs Debate

December 2, 2009 No Comments

Laura Thompson Staff Reporter “What do you know about the health care debate?” “Not as much as I would like to,” says junior Julia Strumpell. This was a common answer amongst student interviewees when prompted to share their perception of the health care debate, though many admitted with a shrug of their shoulders that they ...

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Provost Thomas Falkner to step down, return to teaching

McDaniel College Provost Thomas Falkner has announced that he will resign from the college’s administration effective Dec. 31, according...

Rouzer Meeting Addresses Recent Vandalism

McDaniel’s got 99 problems and Rouzer Hall is most certainly one of them, or at least that’s what Michael...

Archway Woes

A lot of us here have experienced troubles with the Archway. And it seems that at least once a...

Archway Failure: A Q&A with Dean Breslin

Following the crash of the Archway on the evening of Wednesday, April 11, I got in touch with Dean...

Provost Tom Falkner resigns

McDaniel College Provost Thomas Falkner has announced that he will resign from the college’s administration effective Dec. 31, according...

Students, Community comment about PA Ave disturbances at City Council meeting

Concerning the recent issue with residents along Hersh and Pennsylvania Avenue and disrespectful and noisy McDaniel students, McDaniel students’...