If You Feel Down
Sam Segal Staff Reporter “Time stands still best in moments that look suspiciously like ordinary life” -Brian Andreas These are the moments in your life that will stay with you…
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“The Legend of 1900”: What American Dream
Yichong Li Staff Reporter When my father showed “The Legend of 1900” (Italian: La leggenda del pianista sull’oceano) to me for the first time, I was twelve. The highlight of…
Lend a Hand this Holiday Season
Stephanie Cover Contributor Look at the person sitting to your right. Now look at the person sitting to your left. Today, it is difficult to tell who could use a…
A Review of Wonder of the World
Zachary Brown Staff Reporter McDaniel Theatre presents another great show in the Studio Theatre with David Lindsay-Abaire’s “Wonder of the World.” This outrageous comedy follows Cass Harris (Nina Minadakis) as…
Dinner with the President
Zachary Brown Staff Reporter Reading through the campus announcements on Nov. 4, I came across the heading, “Dinner with the PREZ!” I couldn’t resist reading through the explanation, so I…
The Top 10 Things I Want to Say to . . . The 10% of People that Legitimately Think Obama is the Anti-Christ
Nathan Wuertenberg Co-Commentary Editor Top 10 Things I Want to Say to . . . the 10% of People that Legitimately Think Obama is the Antichrist 1) REALLY?! 2) Just…
Thirsty? Bring a Cup.
Kim Williams Editor in Chief If you’re on the go and prone to thirst, bring a cup or water bottle, or brush up on the whereabouts of the nearest water…
Sex on the Hill
Clara Burgess Staff Reporter “Masturbation is the ongoing love affair that each of us has with ourselves, throughout our lifetime” “Sex, like any other skill, has to be learned and…
On Eating Animals: Part 4
Dani Allen Staff Reporter I’ve been a naughty little nugget. I’ve still been eating meat. Or at least I was until I read about how chicken in processed in this…
Why aren’t more students recycling?
Caitlin Roetheli Contributor I grew up in a household where my mother was very adamant about recycling. All plastic, paper, metal, and glass was sorted and then recycled. My mother…
Bullying in College: No longer Playground Taunts
Kyrstina Shultz Contributor The old saying “Sticks and stones may break my bones, but words can never hurt me,” finds students once again trying to ease the emotional and mental…
The Top Ten Things I Want to Say to . . . Tea Party Activists
Nathan Wuertenberg Co-Commentary Editor 1) I don’t want to see the pictures you have of aborted fetuses for the same reason I don’t want to see pictures of the animals…
On Becoming a Non-Vegetarian
Nick Turissi Staff Reporter Cheesesteak. The smell coursed through my nostrils, and beckoned to me to take a taste. After 7 years of smelling meat and being repulsed, why am…
Skip a Latte, Save a Life
Mara Seibert Staff Reporter Imagine waking up one morning to the news that 2,000 children had been killed in a series of planned bombings of schools all around the world….
A Take on the New SGA Allocations Process
Masha Makhlyagina Staff Reporter The SGA allocations process was long, tedious, and frustrating. If I was into metaphors, I would suggest that it was similar to having that one place…
A Night with the Gorillaz
Charles Mullen Staff Reporter “We’re finally here! I’m sorry it took ten years though,” Damon Albarn, lead singer of the Gorillaz, said after performing “Super Fast Jellyfish.” It was well…
On Eating Animals Part 3
Dani Allen Staff Reporter It’s been 16 days since my last written account about my journey to the land of no meat. I have not read a single page of…
Give Me Tofu or Give Me Death
Cara Goodman Staff Reporter Almost every incoming freshman wonders how to avoid the infamous “freshman fifteen.” With the help of Glar, I have found a solution: veganism. The stunning lack…
On Eating Animals: Part 2
Dani Allen Staff Reporter Today, like every other, Monday, Wednesday, and Friday, I went to have lunch at Glar. I got in the sandwich line, ordered my usual, and sat…
The Top 10 Things I Want to Say To . . . People that Annoy Me
Nathan Wuertenberg Co-Commentary Editor 1) You’re not an artist, stop playing your guitar in the Quad. 2) Making your status song lyrics doesn’t make you deep, it makes you annoying….