Feb 29, 2016
President’s Ball is the Bee’s Knees
Students broke out their headbands, beads, shawls, and flapper dresses for 11th annual President’s Ball. A Lafayette tradition since 2006, this year’s…
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Feb 26, 2016
Oscar Picks from The Lafayette’s Arts & Culture Editor
Happy Oscar weekend! My name is Jay Bickford ’17, and I am the Arts & Culture editor for The Lafayette, the oldest college newspaper in Pennsylvania (excuse…
Feb 23, 2016
The Power of Love
Diane Nash’s life was threatened many times during the Civil Rights Movement of the 1960’s. As cofounder of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee…
Feb 10, 2016
Record-Breaking Growth
Much of this can be attributed to admission officers’ personalized approach to student recruitment. They have built relationships with schools and organizations…
Feb 2, 2016
95 Students Named to Patriot League Academic Honor Roll
From the College’s seven Division I fall sports teams, 95 students were named to the Patriot League Academic Honor Roll. To be eligible for the honor…
Jan 19, 2016
Exploring the World
Almost 200 students are studying in China, England, Hawaii, India, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Latvia, Madagascar, Peru, Russia, and South Africa during winter…
Jan 12, 2016
Greening the Commons
One of the newest Lafayette plans to be more neighborly with nature doesn’t involve engineering or scientists peering at DNA strands through microscopes…
Jan 11, 2016
Matthew Maher ’16 is Hands-on in Hollywood
The tire on Tom Cruise’s motorcycle shrieks and the guitars kick in. “Bada, bada, bump b-b-bump b-b-bump …” At the opening strains of Led Zeppelin’s…
Jan 11, 2016
Collin Albershardt ’17 Named Academic All-Star
Collin Albershardt is one of 52 student-athletes in the nation named to the 18th annual Football Championship Subdivision Athletics Directors Association…
Jan 4, 2016
New Smart Geology Lab Reveals Minerals’ Mysteries
Tucked in Van Wickle Hall’s basement near a display of fossilized dinosaur bones and rock specimens, is Lafayette’s smartest new classroom—the Petrographic…