Jan 7, 2019
The Class: “Bread”
By Bill Landauer What’s it about? Whether it’s the bag of Wonder you find on the grocery shelf or the marble rye your grandmother baked, bread sops…
Humanities
Dec 16, 2018
When Art Forms Meet
Story by Stephen Wilson, photos by Clay Werzynowicz A woman writes, legs elevated in what looks like a patio recliner, with a notebook and pen in hand…
Dec 7, 2018
Becoming a Poet
By Kathleen Parrish Jovante Anderson ’19 won the Young Writers’ Prize for Poetry at the inaugural celebration of World Poetry Day in Jamaica this year…
Dec 3, 2018
FilmStruck’s Demise Could be Good for Movies
The Washington Post published an opinion piece today by Katherine Groo, assistant professor of film and media studies, titled “FilmStruck’s Demise Could…
Nov 8, 2018
‘I Enjoyed Every Single Minute’
By Bill Landauer Over four decades at Lafayette, Diane Cole Ahl has helped countless students around the world find their way through the sophisticated…
Aug 28, 2018
First Day of Class
By Bill Landauer Ed Kerns runs his fingers over the four edges of a rectangle of watercolor paper. “I used to have a teacher,” the Clapp Professor…
Jul 20, 2018
Reviving Ragtime, an American Original
By Bryan Hay There’s a certain nostalgic purity about ragtime, musical qualities that inspired Josh Kwak ’18 to complete some posthumous business on…
Jul 2, 2018
Ryan’s Reveille
By Bill Landauer Forces often pull Ryan Dupuis ’16 in opposite directions. A love of science brought him to Lafayette. After he graduated, a passion…
Jun 20, 2018
The Art of Information Literacy
By Stephen Wilson A student draped in a flowing white smock steps out of Farinon swaddling a raw, bloody roast. Around her neck hangs a chain of hot dogs…
Jun 1, 2018
Trash to Treasure
By Bill Landauer Silver tags and teardrops ripple on a chain-link fence near the center of Karl Stirner Arts Trail. Each inch-wide drop is hiding something…