What 2-0 or 0-2 team is either looking good or in trouble for the future?
Guru: The team that really has not impressed me so far is the Cleveland Browns. Coming into the season, and even coming from last season this was a break out…
September 2008
Terror Football: Looking for a Silver Lining
Chris Ferrick-Manley Staff Reporter The Green Terror football team heads into Family Weekend coming off back-to-back blowout losses at home to Moravian, and on the road at Catholic. They currently…
On the NFL: Skins edge out the Cowboys
After last season and my 82% winning percentage picking games at both collegiate and NFL football, it’s obvious that The McDaniel Guru would come back this season looking to add…
Red Sox Clinch PLAYOFF BERTH…BUT WHERE ARE THE YANKEES?
Christopher Ferrick-Manley Staff Reporter By the time the second issue of the McDaniel Free Press hits the campus, the Boston Red Sox will have clinched their fifth playoff berth in…
Tales of a college wife: Military wife and student Ashley Sizemore tells her story
Katelynn McGinley Staff Reporter To the casual observer, Ashley Sizemore, a pretty 19 year old junior with a big laugh, seems to be a college student like any other. Ashley,…
Standing in the face of danger
Juliann Guiffre Co-News Editor The worst was feared. Mass evacuations carried people far away from towns in Louisiana, igniting the fears that had just begun to bank after the horrible…
Claycombe takes semester off, for recovery
Danielle Azoulay Staff Reporter Dr. Richard Claycombe, professor of Economics and Business Administration, was in a bicycle accident in early July that flung him over his handlebars and landed him…
Armed Rouzer Robbery ends with prison term
Roxanne Fleischer Co-News Editor In late July, the McDaniel College community was able to finally find some relief and closure after the last of the three men arrested for armed…
Students help rock the vote
Kris Breeden Staff Reporter Reformers in the 20th century demanded a bipartisan administration to ensure that elections be more fair and allow for equal representation. According to Dr. Herb Smith…
New, rejuvenated fraternity promises to add “spark” to campus
Katelynn McGinley Staff Reporter McDaniel’s decision to crack down hard on underground organizations last year meant that the brother’s of Chi Delta Upsilon knew they had to make a decision…
Welcome to ‘Hotel Blanche:’ Residential Buildings get a Face-Lift
Katelynn McGinley Staff Reporter While some things will never change ? and while it is a strange comfort to know that the boys living in Rouzer will never stop trying…
Fang finds new home in history dept
Angela Baldwin Staff Reporter Dr. Qin Fang, new professor in the History Department, didn’t always desire to go into the History field. In fact, she originally wanted to major in…
Lighter side of the Campus Safety Blotter
Jen Noel Staff Reporter (Editor’s Note: This column by Jen Noel is dedicated to some of the most inane calls to which Campus Safety officers respond ? or should respond….
International Vacation: The Host
My country through the eyes of an American Nadejda Artiomenco Staff Reporter This summer I have hosted my friend and classmate, whom I met a year ago at an American…
International Vacation: The Guest
The word at the table James Clark Conner Drexel University I was sitting in a touristy restaurant outside of the Moldovan capital, Chisinau. Across from me sat the father of…
Europe gives new perspective
Laura Hutton Co-Editor-in-Chief Living in North Village, I never dreamed that I would want to be anywhere else my senior year, until I spent a semester in Budapest, Hungary. Before…
Biden: change or more the same?
Nathan Wuretenberg Staff Reporter Change. Barack Obama stands for change. At least, that is what everyone and everything, including his various campaign slogans, assures me. However, Obama’s campaign was recently…
Palin: Wildcard or sneak attack?
Kim Williams Commentary Editor Sarah Palin’s selection as John McCain’s vice presidential candidate is a wild card that not only will play an influential role in the upcoming election, but…
Turtle Buddy: New cd tells “hero” story
Casey Crough Staff Reporter You may have seen them walking the campus, accompanied by an interesting mix of musical instruments. Or maybe you have seen them at a campus event…
Lumi?res , Cam?ra, Action!
McDaniel College presents French Film Festival Colleen McCarrick Staff Reporter From its mysterious opening scene to the buried secrets eventually revealed at the end, the thriller Ne Le Dis A…