http://mcdanielfreepress.com/blog/index.php A place to read and discuss the publications of the McDaniel Free Press. en-us Nucleus CMS v3.32 © Weblog http://backend.userland.com/rss http://mcdanielfreepress.com/blog/index.php/nucleus/nucleus2.gif http://mcdanielfreepress.com/blog/index.php http://mcdanielfreepress.com/blog/index.php?itemid=597 Roxanne By Kate Delenick

The rumors are abundant and impossible to ignore: “Skipping classes are a rite of passage and a GPA boost is a guarantee.” But does a semester at McDaniel’s Budapest campus really live up to all the talk and expectations?

]]> News http://mcdanielfreepress.com/blog/index.php?itemid=597 Tue, 13 May 2008 14:11:22 -0400 http://mcdanielfreepress.com/blog/index.php?itemid=595 Roxanne By Rachel Hooper,
Features Co-Edtior

Award-winning reporter, John Sherman, from Channel 11 WBAL-TV in Baltimore, gave an inspiring keynote message at the Society of Collegiate Journalists’ annual event. His message, that reporting can be important work and that reporters play a vital role in keeping communities informed, was a high-point in the day-long event of workshops and networking.

]]> News http://mcdanielfreepress.com/blog/index.php?itemid=595 Tue, 13 May 2008 14:09:45 -0400 http://mcdanielfreepress.com/blog/index.php?itemid=593 Roxanne Becky Snider ‘09
Blotter Reporter

Editor’s Note: This weekly piece highlights some of the more inane calls and incidents to which campus safety responds.


An open 30 pack of beer, an orange parking cone, and rustling noises…what does one get with a combination like this? Surely something entertaining. You might have noticed that lately, the campus has been a regular circus, and I am not just talking about watching shirtless individuals stumble across Red Square.

]]> News http://mcdanielfreepress.com/blog/index.php?itemid=593 Tue, 13 May 2008 14:07:23 -0400 http://mcdanielfreepress.com/blog/index.php?itemid=600 Roxanne News http://mcdanielfreepress.com/blog/index.php?itemid=600 Tue, 13 May 2008 14:06:00 -0400 http://mcdanielfreepress.com/blog/index.php?itemid=591 Roxanne
Geoff Peckham ‘08
News Co-Editor

“I f#%&ing hate this place.”

Strong words, and a lot of us have said them. McDaniel College has been good to us, but not always. From the Wall to the Quad, from Blanche to the Mansion, many of us have had problems with this campus at one point or another.

Yet we’re still here.


]]> Opinion http://mcdanielfreepress.com/blog/index.php?itemid=591 Tue, 13 May 2008 14:03:00 -0400 http://mcdanielfreepress.com/blog/index.php?itemid=589 Roxanne
By David Robertson,
Interim Chief Photographer

Post-graduation: sandals? Cubicles? Volunteering? Weekly paychecks? The opportunities presented to students during their undergraduate career at McDaniel are endless.

For two students, seniors Katelyn Ryan and Autumn Hilsinger, their recent acceptance into AmeriCorps and the Peace Corps respectively will help alleviate some of their accrued financial debt as well as provide them the opportunity to step out of the confines of Maryland and truly experience the global community.


]]> Features http://mcdanielfreepress.com/blog/index.php?itemid=589 Tue, 13 May 2008 14:00:19 -0400 http://mcdanielfreepress.com/blog/index.php?itemid=588 Roxanne By Leslie Shirk

Several misconceptions and stereotypes have been made about Greek Life over the years, and still remain an issue on our campus. In clearing up these misconceptions, however, one can get a glimpse into what can be gained from being a part of this community. This particularly applies to what long-time Greek seniors have gained looking back on their experiences.

]]> Features http://mcdanielfreepress.com/blog/index.php?itemid=588 Tue, 13 May 2008 13:58:46 -0400 http://mcdanielfreepress.com/blog/index.php?itemid=586 Roxanne By Stuart Clarke, Reader

There have been a number of watershed events in American history, which irrevocably altered the course of this nation forever. We have just seen one such event in the form of a scandal surrounding Barack Obama’s former pastor, Reverend Jeremiah Wright. The recent comments by Senator Hillary Clinton prove that this issue continues to reverberate.

]]> Op-Ed http://mcdanielfreepress.com/blog/index.php?itemid=586 Tue, 13 May 2008 13:56:47 -0400 http://mcdanielfreepress.com/blog/index.php?itemid=601 Roxanne “We bombed Hiroshima, we bombed Nagasaki, and we nuked far more than the thousands in New York and the Pentagon, and we never batted an eye. We have supported state terrorism against the Palestinians and black South Africans, and now we are indignant because the stuff we have done overseas is now brought right back into our own front yards. America’s chickens are coming home to roost.” ~ Rev. Jeremiah Wright

By Mike Habegger,
Co-Editor in Chief

What bothers me the most about the “letter to the editors” printed above is that the writer has described the Reverend Jeremiah Wright’s speeches as “hate-filled.” I have a big problem with this statement because what Wright is talking about, even in his most controversial soundbites, sounds like the truth to me. It’s not hate-filled; it’s reality filled, and most Americans, including Obama, have chosen to ignore real issues raised by Wright.

The author of the above letter to the editors chastises Obama for rationalizing Wright’s statements instead of condemning them. Well, I’m here to rationalize them even further.

]]> Op-Ed http://mcdanielfreepress.com/blog/index.php?itemid=601 Tue, 13 May 2008 13:55:00 -0400 http://mcdanielfreepress.com/blog/index.php?itemid=584 Roxanne By Michelle Menner

Drinking, drugs, and getting into fights are all a part of one Baltimore guitarist’s world. By day he washes windows, and by night he is a part of a hard partying heavy metal band. His name is Scott, and his band is the subject of Taylor Hebden’s film for her senior project.

In addition to Hebden, seniors Steven Eggers, David Nasongkhla, and Billy Duffy have been working hard on their films this semester for their final project as film and video studies minors. Each had to overcome some challenges while filming, but their dreams for future filmmaking are still alive.

]]> Features http://mcdanielfreepress.com/blog/index.php?itemid=584 Tue, 13 May 2008 13:54:36 -0400