GOP tax plan sparks concern among graduate students
UPDATE: this plan was passed on Dec. 1. House Republicans unveiled a 400-page tax reform plan in early November that would, among other changes, consider tuition waivers as taxable income…
Articles by Kyle Parks
McDaniel’s take on World Philosophy Day
On the third Thursday of every November, calendars are marked for observation of World Philosophy Day, during which people around the globe take the day to honor and celebrate shared…
Africa’s Legacy hosts 8th annual dinner
On Thursday Nov. 16, Africa’s Legacy held their eighth annual dinner, a night of fun, food, and performances. There was an enthusiastic energy to the room the entire night, with…
Piscataway Indian nation gives a tribal tribute
“There’s tribes all across the United States, but when you walk down the streets, how many American Indians do you see? We are not extinct. For we have survived and…
McDaniel Theater performs “Carrie: The Musical”
McDaniel’s Theater Arts Department is back for the second show of the semester, “Carrie: The Musical.” The show was directed by Josh Selzer, an alumnus and art director of McDaniel College,…
20,000 leagues above my expectations
“Justice League” is the comic-bookest comic book movie I’ve ever seen. There are boomtubes and motherboxes and parademons, beautiful Jack Kirby nonsense. There’s Aquaman, chugging whiskey in slow motion while…
Local artists host annual Carroll County Artists’ Studio Tour
This week, past and current McDaniel students, faculty, and professors, as well as Carroll County community members and residents will all come together to celebrate the joys of art and…
Love Your Melon aims to help cancer’s youngest victims
Last year Erin Nelson, crew leader of McDaniel’s Love Your Melon branch, was given the opportunity to visit Sinai hospital in Baltimore. Nelson and other members of the campus group…
Where in Westminster: Baugher’s Restaurant
Over a century ago in 1904, Daniel Baugher founded the Baugher family orchard. Then, his family depended on the farm as their main source of food and income. Over the next decades, the farm…
Trump to work with GOP senators to pass tax plan
As Congressional Republicans plan to overhaul the tax code, President Trump plans to meet with several GOP Senators to discuss the plan. The lunch will be President Trump’s first appearance…
Access denied: Homeschoolers in public school sports
I’ve been playing basketball for more than a decade. As an eight-year old, I joined the county rec-league where I spent the next seven years playing for a variety of…
Jan Term at McDaniel: Three weeks of exploration
Senior Mark Gales says his favorite part of both of his Jan Terms abroad, to Berlin and Dublin, was connecting with fellow students and forging new friendships. He said the…
McDaniel College Gender & Sexuality Alliance hosts Chase Ross
On Nov. 7, the McDaniel College Gender & Sexuality Alliance brought trans activist and YouTuber Chase Ross to campus. On his channel, uppercaseCHASE1, Ross makes videos about his experiences as a trans man,…
Course evaluations changing course
For any upperclassman, the standard routine of finals week is all too familiar: you ingest way too much caffeine, stay up late in the library each night to cram for…
Sheikh Faruq Post: “Islam is Life, Islam is Freedom”
“No one can deny the fact that Islam is very much in the spotlight today,” said Sheikh Faruq Post, Imam of the Islamic Society of Western Maryland. On Tuesday, Oct….
Library woes
It was midterms week once again, and my dread for the approaching week would be beyond justified. During midterms, my daily “trips” to the library could have been better described…
DACA Teach-In: ‘Who’s Worthy of Being Protected?’
Emotions ran high in Red Square Thursday, Oct. 4 as the League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC) and the Office of Student Diversity and Inclusion (OSDI) hosted a DACA…
Farms to financial districts: Xiong’an
In April 2017, China made a major announcement: the creation of the Xiong’an New Area, which has been promised to become an eco-friendly megacity covering 2,000 square kilometers. Though projected…
McDaniel Theater performs “A Streetcar Named Desire”
The McDaniel College theater department has just finished its run of the Fall 2017 play: Tennessee Williams’ “A Streetcar Named Desire,” directed by Professor Gené Fouché. The show ran from…
ACC hosts Chuseok celebration
On Friday Oct. 6, the Asian Community Coalition hosted their second annual Chuseok, or Korean Thanksgiving. This year the event fell on the third day of the Chuseok celebration. The…