Senior Profile: Danielle Fatzinger
What is your preferred name and major(s) and minor(s)? My name is Dani Fatzinger and I am a English major with Journalism & New Media and Writing minors. What are…
Danielle Fatzinger
It’s so hard to say goodbye: The Free Press Seniors
Another academic year has come to conclusion, and with it a new class graduates. This year we say goodbye to the Class of 2016, a group of people with strong…
Coch Ness Monster Sighting
[Disclaimer: This article was originally published for April Fools’ Day, and it should not be interpreted as factual reporting.] This past weekend, Campus Safety Officer Miranda Wright made a surprising…
Squirrel Squag’s Hoard Found
[Disclaimer: This article was originally published for April Fools’ Day, and it should not be interpreted as factual reporting.] Have you lost your key or ID? Did it just disappear,…
Cat Control on Campus
Lucy Benson and Kelly Gibson, both McDaniel juniors, were walking down Pennsylvania Avenue one day when they heard meowing and saw some kittens under a porch. “I was so happy…
Dr. Mona Becker: A Little Bit of Everything
Dr. Mona Becker of the Environmental Studies Department has an unusual connection to the Westminster community: she is currently a sitting councilwoman on the Westminster City Council after being elected…
Video: the Swim Teams of McDaniel
McDaniel’s men and women’s swim teams know exactly what they’re doing at every practice. They come in one by one or in groups, depending on their schedules, change into their…
Why Should Students Care About the 2016 Presidential Election?
With classes, personal lives, work, sports, and extracurriculars, it’s difficult for college students to invest much effort into following the presidential race for the 2016 election, especially since students might…
Encompass Distinction: Good for Students and Westminster
This semester, McDaniel College introduced Encompass Distinction, an entrepreneurial program with the slogan “Ignite Your Passion.” A combination of courses, workshops, field trips, public showcases, and connections with local entrepreneurs,…
SKEPSIS: Where Science and Art Meet
In McDaniel College’s Rice Gallery sits an exhibition that encourages investigation and an eye towards discovery: “SKEPSIS” by Breon Gilleran. The investigative aspects of the exhibition are noticeable from the…
Mid-Autumn Festival: A Photo Essay
60 Seconds: McDaniel Students on Hurricane Joaquin
Weather forecasters are predicting that a hurricane, named Joaquin, will travel over McDaniel this weekend, bringing a lot of rain and wind. McDaniel’s website currently has a notice up stating that…
Rolling Down the Hill: Relief Printing at McDaniel College
Changes accompany every new semester, and students that have walked through the first floor of Hill Hall might have noticed that the once bare walls of the lounge are now…
Donkey Kong to Shakespeare: A Profile of Paul Zajac
You may have seen him in Glar or walking across campus. He’s clearly not a student, but also seems too young to be a professor. He’s as new to the…
60 Seconds: New Late Enrollment and Withdrawal Charges
Recently, an email was sent out notifying students that they will receive a $30 fee if they enroll in a class after Friday, Aug. 28, 2015 at 4:30pm, with all…
60 Seconds: New Semester and Presidential Race
We asked students what they were excited about this semester and some of their thoughts on the current presidential election race. Janette Carpio First Year Excited About: Meeting new…
Live Vicariously: The IPO’s First Annual Photo Contest
The International Programs Office (IPO) is held its first annual campus-wide photo contest this year in order to advertise for their office and give students an opportunity to live vicariously…
You’ve Got the Power: One Small Step for McDaniel
Throughout March, Residence Life hosted a campaign called You’ve Got the Power. The campaign is a contest between certain residence halls on campus to see which building can lower its…
New Study Abroad Programs to be Offered by IPO
[Disclaimer: This article was originally published for April Fools’ Day, and it should not be interpreted as factual reporting.] A former student worker in the International Programs Office (IPO) recently…
Keep Moving Forward: Allen Calvert on Life, Happiness and Millennials
When I first meet Allen Calvert, he wears a smile and a tailor-made-by-his-award-winning-girlfriend blue and green Hawaiian shirt covered in flamingos. He invited me into his “natural habitat”: a double-turned-single…