Sex on the Hill: On Top of the Hill
This feature is for all of the perverts at McDaniel College. I’m sure you skipped over the other sections of this newspaper and came right to this one, didn’t you?…
Articles by Kaitlyn Vadenais
The Vagina Monologues: A Feminist Tradition
With its 9th show coming up, “The Vagina Monologues” is an important tradition on the McDaniel Campus. Every year around Valentine’s Day, a group of McDaniel women get together and…
Administrators, Faculty Mull Changes to Honor Code
Professors and administrators at McDaniel College are currently reviewing the institution’s Honor Code and considering what changes may have to be made to it. A faculty board has been impaneled…
Partying is a Crime
Technically I’m a criminal. This past Saturday evening I maliciously broke the law with reckless disregard for any of my victims. Those harmed by my unlawful onslaught will never be…
Dare to Diversify
Although seldom students on McDaniel students may know about language houses on campus, the opportunity to partake in one of these experiences is well worth it. A few of the…
Phi Beta Kappa Lecture Unravels Archimedes
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…
Let’s Talk About Race Baby
At Goucher College in Towson, Maryland, there are 174 black students compared to McDaniel College’s 270 black students. Another small liberal arts college by the name of Hood College which…
My Path, Part 2
(Editor’s Note: All too often students and faculty members fall into the daily swirl and assume that everyone around them is surely going through similar motions – perhaps even the…
Kidsave International Provides Homes for Children of Orphanages
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…
The Current Outlook: From the Director of the Program & the President of Honors
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…
Phi Beta Kappa Lecture Unravels Archimedes
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…
Posters of Privilege
I never expected to be dabbing glue onto magazine cut-outs in college, but Dr. Julia Orza was offering extra credit. Dr. Orza, through the use of arts and crafts, led…
Poetic Homecoming: Alum Jim Minick does poetry reading at McDaniel
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…
Sex on the Hill: Everyone Dies Famous on a Small Campus
Here it comes. The awkward moment that you were hoping to avoid, but you know you can’t. Maybe if you quickly head down another sidewalk they will not notice you….
My Path
(Editor’s Note: All too often students and faculty members fall into the daily swirl and assume that everyone around them is surely going through similar motions – perhaps even the…
Dr. Panek Publishes Tenth Book on Detective Fiction
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:…
Hungover Glar
For most of us, we arrive to Glar on Saturday and Sunday morning caked in remains of last night’s makeup smelling of smoke and stale beer. As much as we…
Smoke on the Hill
I don’t enjoy having to get into Hill Hall as quickly as possible in the mornings simply to avoid my exposure to the stench of smoke. It forces me to…
Baring it All: Sex on Television and its Implications
We’ve all heard the Family Guy theme song. It’s ironic, bemoaning the lack of old-fashioned values on television, mostly because Family Guy represents anything but old-fashioned values. But it does…
Change the World
Change the world. People hear it all the time. But not long after people finish watching the thought-provoking movie or staring at the inspirational poster they give up hope. This…