Features

There’s nothing innately wrong with the gay boyfriend that offers unique emotional support, writes Leah Beck We see it in pop culture, literature and our everyday lives. It’s not something…

By Michelle Menner The lights were lowered, the stage was set, the music was pumping, the clothes were fabulous and all of the glitz and glamour was for a great…

By Julia Heck Drinking can save our lives? Recent studies across Europe and the U.S. tie drinking alcohol to maintaining a healthy heart. In a recent BBC article Ellen Masson,…

‘Transform a Future’ program inspires students to think about their futures By Geoff Peckham, News Co-Editor The dreams of the students of West Baltimore Middle School run high. Thirteen-year-old Diamond…

By Ryan Barre, Contributor Throughout the past 15 years, the McDaniel Bookstore has been what every college wants from a bookstore. McDaniel doesn’t have the biggest bookstore with the most…

Biology and business majors spend an estimated $550-700, while English majors spend around $300 By Christine Boynton, News Co-Editor As an English major with a business major roommate, I’ve always…

Deaf conference explores the creativity that flows in various deaf cultures By Rachel Hooper, Features Co-Editor A conference that stretched the mind and the imagination was held from February 29…

Here at the McDaniel Free Press, we are always attempting to increase our knowledge and learn new relevant skills to produce the best newspaper possible. So when we learned of…

Herb Smith’s life passions inspire students and peers By Juliann Guiffre, Features Co-Editor Writing a book on Maryland politics and government, working as a consultant for the Democracy Group, teaching…

By Julia Heck Christine Brechbill, a health conscious freshman at McDaniel, swipes her card at Glar, chats with Lucille and heads for the salad bar. Although she misses her mom’s…

From server problems to privacy issues, Chris Palsgrove makes the McDaniel network work By Ashleigh Smith The McDaniel College community constitutes 8,500 e-mail accounts between the students, faculty and staff….

By Djerdj Matkovic, former Co-Editor in Chief Kosovo’s declaration of independence on February 18, 2008, struck a deep thorn into the hearts of many Serbs. It’s extremely difficult for a…

By Rachel Hooper, Features Co-Editor “How to get your first job in Television” read the brochure. The Career Forum sounded like it was going to be informative, exciting and worth…

Almost two decades after the Last Crusade, Dr. Henry “Indiana” Jones, Jr. is back in action. By Juliann Guiffre, Features Co-Editor It’s been more than 18 years since Harrison Ford…

By Laura Hutton, Budapest Correspondent “It was a much bigger love than my first husband,” said Linda Van Hart, visiting professor from the Westminster campus of her jewelry making. Spending…

By Chris Higgs John Brown’s Body is a group of the world music genre comprised of eight men out of New York and Massachusetts who stay true to the roots…

Freshmen revisit their beginning at McDaniel at the start of their second semester By Ashleigh Smith We all remember what it was like to be a freshman. Getting lost on…

By Roxanne Fleischer There is nothing like missing a deadline by several months and still accomplishing the mission. Dr. Bryn Upton of the history department knows this first hand. While…

By Mike Habegger