Local artists host annual Carroll County Artists’ Studio Tour
This week, past and current McDaniel students, faculty, and professors, as well as Carroll County community members and residents will all come together to celebrate the joys of art and…
Arts & Culture
Writer of the Week: Pablo Neruda
Pablo Neruda is one of the most, if not the most, influential figures of poetry in the twentieth century. Even from a young age, his raw passion for poetry is…
McDaniel to host Holiday Light Show
Nothing kicks off the holiday season better than driving around seeing red, green, and blue lights. This year, to celebrate the holiday season McDaniel will be hosting its first Holiday…
McDaniel College art department visits art galleries in New York City
On Nov. 4, the McDaniel College Art Department went on their biannual field trip to New York City. Each semester, two buses pick up the attending students and faculty and…
Giving back: The power of music
Every Thursday night a crowd of close to 45 students surrounds two musicians in the Gazebo. Simultaneously, a brisk autumn wind dashes by, snatching up a blend of laughter, singing…
McDaniel College Gender & Sexuality Alliance hosts Chase Ross
On Nov. 7, the McDaniel College Gender & Sexuality Alliance brought trans activist and YouTuber Chase Ross to campus. On his channel, uppercaseCHASE1, Ross makes videos about his experiences as a trans man,…
Sheikh Faruq Post: “Islam is Life, Islam is Freedom”
“No one can deny the fact that Islam is very much in the spotlight today,” said Sheikh Faruq Post, Imam of the Islamic Society of Western Maryland. On Tuesday, Oct….
HLA’s Quinceañera Dinner
2017 has truly been an eventful year for the HLA club. Earlier this spring, they officially changed their name from Hispanic-Latino Alliance to Hispanic-LatinX Alliance in order to be more…
McDaniel Art & Art History Department hosts guest lecture by Nikki Painter
On Oct. 5, 2017, McDaniel College Art Department welcomed visiting artist Nikki Painter to talk about her work. During her lecture, as she described her artistic journey, although she quickly…
McDaniel Theater performs “A Streetcar Named Desire”
The McDaniel College theater department has just finished its run of the Fall 2017 play: Tennessee Williams’ “A Streetcar Named Desire,” directed by Professor Gené Fouché. The show ran from…
Jared Reck: From teacher to novelist
On the most important day of his career so far, first-time author Jared Reck was still assigned to lunch duty, watching eighth grade boys compare armpit hair to see who…
“Truthwitch” by Susan Dennard
“Truthwitch” is the first book in Susan Dennard’s young adult high fantasy series The Witchlands, titled after the name of the fictional land in which it takes place. In the…
Artist Bart O’Reilly talks at McDaniel
On Sept. 14, McDaniel College’s Art & Art History department hosted its first speaker of the year, Bart O’Reilly. O’Reilly is an Irish immigrant who now resides in Maryland. His…
New at McDaniel: Slammin’ good poetry
For newly formed Slam Poetry Club founder and president Bailey Boyle, performing or viewing spoken word poetry is meant to move you, challenge your deepest held beliefs, and reject stereotypically…
Comedy-duo talks diversity at McDaniel
On Sept. 6 the Office of Student Diversity and Inclusion (OSDI) put on the Black-Jew Dialogues in order to acknowledge some of the different cultures that exist on our campus….
“Visions of the Circus”
After years of planning, hard work, and countless back and forth emails, McDaniel College’s very own Communication professor, Dr. Robert Lemieux, has put together a fantastic exhibit titled “Visions of…
Writer of the Week: Chinua Achebe
Back in November of 1930, when Nigeria was still a Protectorate of the British Empire, Chinua Achebe was born in the small village of Ogidi. His childhood was spent steeped…
Senior Art Exhibition: “Affect + Effect: Art and Social Responsibility”
In this last few weeks of the semester at McDaniel, the Rice Gallery is yet again setting up, this time for the second leg of senior art exhibits. Slightly different than…
Contrast Unveils 2017 Magazine
Spring is here, and the newest issue of Contrast, McDaniel’s literary magazine is, too! This year’s edition of Contrast was unveiled on Thursday, April 27, from 4:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. in…
Senior Art Exhibition: “(Global) Awareness”
As spring settles in at McDaniel, seniors frantically finish up their capstone projects and freshmen fear their upcoming finals. Things are no different for the students in the Art Department….