Gatekeeping in Advertisements
Natalie Portman, an Oscar winning actress, is the face for Dior’s newest mascara. This ad displays Portman with long lushes eyelashes, promising that if the consumer buys this product their…
Letters to the Editor
Suggestions for the McDaniel Community
It is understood that college is first and foremost a place for higher learning. I feel blessed to be able to have the opportunity to attend McDaniel. It is a…
The Sound of Silence
Talking about war on the news is never easy. News reporters have this sense that talking about war is a sad experience and should only be reserved for the dead….
You Don’t Always Have to Join the Dark Side
Disney is about to gobble up Lucasfilms for $4.05 billion dollars. With the merger, current CEO Kathleen Kennedy would have to answer to Disney executives, while Lucas retires from his…
It’s Easy To Stay Connected
Did you grow up in church? Do you like being involved with the church? Why stop when in college? Have you never been involved with a church or want to?…
Letter to the Editor
I feel compelled to write this letter to a distressing incident that happened in a class. I am Jewish, and unfortunately the incident is related to that. This week in…
A Statement from Dean Gerl
Editor’s Note: Beth Gerl, Vice President and Dean of Student Affairs at McDaniel College, has sent The Free Press the following statement regarding Jason Stein’s letter to the editor on Englar…
Bringing new meaning to the word ‘Glarbage’
If you haven’t heard the usual adages about how similar Sodexo’s offerings in Englar Dining Hall are to prison food (we’re just one tier away…), hopefully my experience should give…
Regarding the Seibert/Baseball Article
This letter is regarding the article written by Shawn Beaumont pertaining to the apparent unfair punishment coach Seibert handed out to Sean Whalen. I would like to say this article…
Taking out the Glarbage
If there is one thing that really burns my toast, it’s being forced to dine on sub-par food every single day for four months. I grew up in a home…
After Son’s Suicide, Father Seeks Policy Changes
I need to clarify 2 incorrect points in this article. It’s section 152 of the Internal Revenue Code in relation to FERPA. As to my quote “I want to be…
Does anybody edit the Free Press?
So, I’ve never worked for a newspaper, or for that matter any publication. I’ll admit that. And I’m not an English major. I write a lot as a history major,…
In Response to October’s Sex on the Hill article:
“Sex on the Hill” Way to blame the victim, McDaniel Free Press! All sarcasm aside, I felt insulted by this piece not only as a woman but also as a…
Birds and bees
Sex Education Pregnancy rates of United States teens, ages 15- 19 years, have continued to increase tremendously throughout recent years. In many places all around the world having children is…
Invest in Self Respect: A Response to Sex on the Hill
If we all got dirt on our faces, I could almost believe that we’d all just leave it there, add to it, talk about how we like to wear it,…
Free Press Article ‘Professors On Film’ Favors Words to Images
I applaud the Free Press for highlighting a Communication Department course on interpersonal interviewing and documentary filmmaking (“Professors on Film,” Free Press, Vol 11, Issue 3, p. 4) that combines…
A Response to Katelynn McGinley’s Bailout Plan Editorial
Katelynn McGinley’s editorial in the last issue of the Free Press bothered me for a few reasons, and none of them political. My one major criticism of the Free Press…
Can We Trust Our Votes to Be Counted?
For most McDaniel students, November 4th was their first opportunity to exercise their 26th Amendment rights. This was certainly a reason to celebrate and get out and vote! Republican or…
Obama and his naivety hurt his campaign
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…
A poorly articulated but well-intentioned rebuttal
“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…