McDaniel Searches for its Ninth President
College Gathers Committee, Consultant, Focus Groups to Learn What to Look For in Next Leader Juliann Guiffre Co-Editor-in-Chief On April 18, 2009, President Joan Develin Coley announced her plans to…
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Ira Zepp: Words We Will Remember Him By
Angela Baldwin Copy Editor Verses from the Bible. The Lord’s Prayer. The Qur’an – in both English and Arabic. The rousing sound of an African-American spiritual. And a Muscogee Creek…
Swine Flu Fears Approach Campus
Administration Urges Students to Stay Smart, Practice Healthy Habits Katelynn McGinley Staff Reporter As the H1N1 virus – commonly referred to as the swine flu – continues to spread, colleges…
College Installs Sanitizers to Prepare for Flu
Scott Welkos Staff Reporter “Think of everything that you touch,” urges dean of Student Affairs Beth Gerl. Indeed, if one does consider all that they touch throughout the day, then…
The Lighter Side of the Campus Safety Blotter
Welcome Back, McDaniel – guard your golf carts and your propane tanks Katelynn McGinley Staff Reporter The Ravenstown training camp is always a pretty good time on campus – unless,…
First Year Team Offers Advice
Megan Robinson News Co-Editor Dean Violanti, Dean Johnson-Ross, and dean Towle comprise the first year team. These women organize first year programs to make the transition to college life as…
Meet Your Class, 2013!
Incoming Freshman are Diverse, Accomplished Roxanne Fleischer News Co-Editor Congratulations are in order for members of the class of 2013. You one of 2,006 first year students who made it…
Coley’s Retirement Proves Bittersweet
Jen Noel Staff Reporter When Dr. Joan Develin Coley arrived at McDaniel in 1973, she didn’t envision becoming the first female president of then Western Maryland College. She began her…
O’Malley visits Mcdaniel
Katelynn McGinley Features Editor For one day only, McDaniel students could say they went to school the state’s capital city. As a part of the “Capital for a Day” initiative,…
Hit-And-Run Suspect Faces Charges
Kate Delenick Co Editor-in-Chief Shawron Gabriel Bibbs, of Reiserstown, is facing charges of negligent manslaughter by automobile, theft of more than $500, and unlawful taking of a motor vehicle, as…
Arabic students get Minor Approval
Roxanne Fleischer News Editor After 14 students signed a request for an Arabic language minor, Provost Thomas Falkner approved of the 3000-level class needed to make it possible. “The interest…
Glass Door shattered on Spring Fling
Danielle Azoulay Staff Reporter After a long day of fun filled activities and drinking at McDaniel’s annual Spring Fling, the residents of Garden Apartment 155 reported that the glass of…
Dino Head taken from Lewis Hall
Brent Lowe Staff Reporter Sometime between last Monday, April 20, and last Tuesday, April 21, a vandal (or vandals) stole the head from a wooden dinosaur skeleton out of Lewis…
Lighterside to the Campus Safety Blotter
Students are living the ‘high life’ at McDaniel Jen Noel Staff Reporter As the saying goes, all good things must come to an end. With that being said, I am…
Students Give Blood, Save Lives
Laura Hutton Co Editor-in-Chief On April 8, McDaniel College’s students and staff saved up to 348 lives at the blood drive hosted biannually by the College Activities office. Through donations…
College Hiring Freeze is More Like ‘A Chill’
Katie Smith Staff Reporter At the moment, McDaniel’s hiring freeze appears to be more of a chill than an actual freeze. The freeze went into effect in November 2008, when…
“Note This” Raises Money for Relay
Jenna Little Staff Reporter The Commuter Student Association presented the first annual “Note This: McDaniel’s Own Musical Showcase and Competition” to showcase the best musical talents of McDaniel. Performers competed…
News in Review
President Coley announces retirement plans On Saturday, April 18, President Joan Develin Coley announced to the Board of Trustees that she will retire at the end of June 2010. She…
Arabic Language Students Petition for a Minor
Roxanne Fleischer News Editor At a meeting with Provost Thomas Falkner on Friday April 16, students handed him a petition asking for an Arabic Language minor at McDaniel. To fulfill…
Operation Prom Dress: Students Fight Appalacian Poverty with Fashion
Caitlin Flynn Staff Reporter Professor Julia Jasken of the English department is giving her students a little more than an English lesson this semester, one which will not only give…