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I Believe Statements from Lisa Breslin’s FYS: Journalism in the 21st Century

I Believe Statements from Lisa Breslin’s FYS: Journalism in the 21st Century

Lisa Vasapollo, Features Editor December 9, 2011 No Comments

I believe in love, karma, manners, aliens and dinosaurs. I believe Elvis is alive and that impossible is nothing. I believe the Jets are good at football and everything happens for a reason. I believe most people in this world can do more to help. I believe in not stereotyping, best friends, and family coming ...

Phi Beta Kappa Lecture Unravels Archimedes

December 1, 2011 No Comments

Written in Syracuse, Greece in the third century B.C., deposited by an anonymous collector at the Walters Art Gallery in Baltimore in 1998, and presented in a slideshow here at McDaniel earlier this month by at the annual Phi Beta Kappa lecture, a book that came to be known as the “Archimedes Palimpsest” certainly had ...

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Kidsave International Provides Homes for Children of Orphanages

Kidsave International Provides Homes for Children of Orphanages

Trevor Hammond, Contributor November 30, 2011 1 Comment

Statistics show that there are between 143 million and 210 million orphans worldwide today. Studies have shown that each year, approximately 14 million of those children worldwide grow up and age out of orphanages by approximately 18 years of age. In Russia and the Ukraine, 60% of the girls become prostitutes, and 70% of the ...

The Current Outlook: From the Director of the Program & the President of Honors

November 30, 2011 No Comments

Dr. Stephanie Madsen, Chair of the Psychology Department, claims to have the “best job on campus.” Not only does she get to oversee a good population of the student community as an advisor, but she interacts with many other faculty members, staff, and alumni in the McDaniel College community. Dr. Madsen loves “to connect with ...

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Poetic Homecoming: Alum Jim Minick does poetry reading at McDaniel

November 29, 2011 No Comments

The atmosphere in the Richwine room was ideal for Jim Minick’s poetry reading. The sunlight streaming through the curtains and onto the friendly faces in the room created an environment that was comfortable and warm; contrasting to the chill of the autumn air outside of the library. Jim Minick, poet and blueberry farmer, returned to ...

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Dr. Panek Publishes Tenth Book on Detective Fiction

November 24, 2011 No Comments

For professor emeritus of English Dr. LeRoy Panek, retirement is by no means synonymous with abandoning academic work. In fact, he just finished his tenth book, titled “Before Sherlock Holmes: How Magazines and Newspapers Invented the Detective Story.” Of his newest work, Dr. Panek explains, “This book essentially rewrites the history of American detective fiction ...

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The Big Deal Behind Protect IP and SOPA

Depending on where one goes on the Internet, people generally find two narratives about this bill.  One of which...

Five Quirky Facts about the Men’s Tennis Team

Bet you didn’t know these facts about the men’s tennis team! 1. The team has a nickname for head...

Silverstein Remembered Through New Book

Every Thing On It is a new book of poems and drawings by Shel Silverstein that was discovered after...

McCribs: Holiday Edition

The theme behind this North Village apartment common room is the word “family.” During this holiday season it is...

FIFA 12 Review

FIFA continued its successful gaming franchise with it’s most advanced game ever: FIFA 12. The most noticeable difference that...

Spotlight on Kelsey Gondek

Kelsey Gondek is a sophomore from Avondale, Pennsylvania. She is majoring in Theatre Arts and has been involved with...