My Design expands in second year, looks toward future
In its second year, My Design, a January term course aimed at first-year students, made the jump from three sections to eight sections. Come 2020, the College is expecting about…
Articles by Atticus Rice
AVI Fresh introduced as College’s ‘culinary services’ provider
AVI Fresh has descended on McDaniel as the new culinary services provider. The company, part of AVI Foodsystems, Inc., was introduced to the undergraduate student body in a Jan. 27 email,…
English department proposes new writing and publishing major
Last week, English department faculty approved the final draft of a new writing and publishing major. The English department first started exploring the possibility of such a major in the…
President Casey talks academic changes, social media, Saturday protest
On Saturday, Feb. 23, the review of McDaniel’s academic programs reached its conclusion at a meeting of the Board of Trustees. President Casey sent an email to the College community…
Board votes to suspend art history, religious studies, French, German, and music majors
The Board of Trustees on Saturday unanimously voted to suspend five undergraduate majors and three minors, as well as the master’s in deaf education. Majors in art history, religious studies,…
Green Terror Ultimate still growing on the Hill
McDaniel College’s Big Baker Chapel bells toll for the second to last time each night at 9:30 p.m. For most students, this is the time to cozy up in their…
First-year residence halls outfitted with electronic card access system
Students living in Daniel MacLea, Rouzer, and Whiteford Halls will soon be using their McDaniel 1Cards to enter their buildings. Over Jan term, the College began installing the card access…
Decker College Center to undergo partial renovation
The Decker College Center will soon undergo partial renovations, according to Dean of Students Liz Towle and Associate Dean of Campus and Community Engagement Josh Ambrose. The two deans first…
Cup Tea Bar & Cafe looking to reopen with a McDaniel focus
Cup Tea Bar & Cafe hasn’t served a customer since Oct. 14. The popular 1 E. Main St. haunt was originally scheduled to close for a month for much-needed renovations. After…
Deans hold first ‘Ask McDaniel Anything’ open forum
On Thursday, Dec. 6, Liz Towle, acting dean of student affairs, and Josh Ambrose, associate dean of campus and community engagement, held an open forum with student organization leaders to…
AVI Foodsystems, Inc. announced as College’s new dining services provider
AVI Foodsystems, Inc. will be McDaniel College’s new dining services provider starting Jan. 6, 2019. The decision, delivered to the campus community in a Dec. 3 email, was made after a student-staff…
Financial literacy in college
The 2008 recession was basically the worst financial crisis since the Great Depression in the 1930s. In just over 19 months, the Great Recession wiped out trillions of dollars of…
Get ready for finals with these tips
It’s crazy to believe that finals week is just around the corner. Finals week is one of the most stressful times of the year, a time where students just want…
I didn’t think it would happen to me
One in four women will be sexually assaulted while in college, usually during their freshman year. However, only one in 50 will report the incident. I know the majority of women reading…
Mackenzie Goaneh wins SGA presidency
According to accounts on social media, Mackenzie Goaneh has won the race for SGA president. The sophomore public relations chair and former freshman representative won over Amara Foster, the current secretary and former…
Branden Muth ’15, post office hero, departs after storied time at McDaniel
For the first time since 2013, Branden Muth has departed McDaniel. Muth heads to the Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Lab to work as a government contractor at the administrator 3…
The superhero gaze
Superman was the first character to have a big-budget superhero film in 1978 when Richard Donner directed a film named after the character. It was a box office success that…
To be or not to be liberal arts
McDaniel students have the opportunity of choosing from a wide pool of different majors–a big reason why many students come to the Hill. Majors include offerings of business administration, cinema, German, kinesiology,…
Nicholas Kahn: Economically eclectic
As an undergraduate at the College of Charleston, Nicholas Kahn, Ph.D., started down the path of economics. As a graduate at American University, Kahn remained fixated on his passion for…
Elly Engle, professor of environmental studies, finds dream job on the Hill
Elly Engle, Ph.D., joined the environmental studies department this fall less than a year after earning her doctorate from Pennsylvania State University. “I remember exactly where I was when this…