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From the Editor

November 19, 2011 No Comments

Editorial   The Free Press has been going through a lot of changes lately.  You may have noticed the downsizing of our print efforts and more frequent posting to the website.  This is in an effort to join the ranks of other college and real-world media organizations in exploring what online journalism has to offer. ...

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Understanding the Republican Party

November 8, 2011 1 Comment

Democrats should not confuse the GOP as being a gigantic monolith that is stereotyped by those in the progressive media as being against Medicare, against minorities, extremely nationalist, against social values, and as a bunch of neoconservatives (liberal Republicans who have broad reaching foreign policy goals).  There are Republicans who have conservative social beliefs, economic ...

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Local Film Group looks for McDaniel student volunteers!

November 6, 2011 1 Comment

As McDaniel students, we want to be as involved in the local Carroll County community as much as possible. There’s one local film group that is always looking for new volunteers. Come check out Film Lovers in Carroll County (FLICC) and you’ll be in for a nice treat!   In 2007, FLICC was created in ...

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Anwar-Alaki: The Killing of an American Citizen

November 4, 2011 No Comments

Anwar-Alaki, a Muslim terrorist, was shot and killed by a drone aircraft in Yemen on 30 September, 2011. He worked for Al-Qaeda, and he is accused of many things (on shaky grounds). These include attracting other major terrorist over to the organization like the Fort Hood shooter Major Hasan. (www.christianpost.com) the Times Square car bomber ...

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Adventures in Budapest, Part 2

October 31, 2011 No Comments

So, about a month has passed since I last wrote. Here’s what I’ve been up to in that time: The Balaton trip was really fun. We got to see some Roman ruins on the way there, and there we saw an old church, a palace, and a cave. We rode a boat on the lake ...

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Starbucks: Caving in to Commercial Interests?

October 13, 2011 No Comments

Tired of drinking Seattle’s Best at the Budapest Café? Do you long for the almost metropolitan feel of a Starbucks vente in your hand? Has drinking the watery coffee in GLAR day in and day out made you look at a bag of Starbucks coffee grinds in the grocery store like a bag of fine ...

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Why the divide?

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Fraternally Speaking to the Administration, and to the Community…

Things aren’t going well. We haven’t been the neighbors that we need to be for each other for a...

McDaniel Continues to Increase Bandwidth

Faster Internet is not just a hope for students at McDaniel, it’s an ongoing process. Esther Iglich, chief information...

Is the new iPad worth the upgrade?

It’s not abnormal today for people to upgrade their cell phones once or twice a year, and upgrade computers...

McDaniel versus Westminster

If you are a McDaniel student that partakes in partying and socializing you have probably heard about the many...