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Dickinson administration has confirmed in the last few weeks that the college is facing an operational deficit. So, what is an operational deficit? An operational deficit, at the most basic level, occurs when there is more money going out than there is revenue coming in. Dickinson’s revenues are not keeping up with its expenses. The...
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As a rule, if a book I like has an adaptation, I will watch it. I’ll also probably watch anything with Florence Pugh in it, so needless to say, I’ve been eagerly waiting for the release of Netflix’s adaptation of John Steinbeck’s “East of Eden,” starring Pugh as Cathy Ames. It’s great timing with the...
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Parke, the popular lifestyle brand started by and named after Dickinson alumna Chelsea Parke Goles, has been experiencing the throes of this trend cycle over the past year and a half. The hallmark product, a mockneck sweatshirt with “PARKE” embroidered across the chest, has captured the hearts of many not only on Dickinson’s campus but...
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The recent release of the adaptation of The Love Hypothesis got me thinking about other book-to-screen adaptations. Shows like Off Campus, Percy Jackson, A Good Girls Guide to Murder, Bridgerton, Shadow and Bone, and movies like Project Hail Mary, The People We Meet on Vacation, It Ends With Us, and so many more. There are...
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“Let the people see what they did to my boy” Mamie Till-Mobley uttered these words in the late summer of 1955, demanding an open casket service for her brutally murdered 14-year-old son, Emmett. In doing so, Till-Mobley forced an entire nation to strip away its years of denial regarding African American violence, disenfranchisement and subjugation...
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Last month, a woman under the alias ‘Jane Doe’ filed a lawsuit against Cornell University, alleging that in 2024, she was raped by seven members of the Chi Phi fraternity on campus while under the influence of ketamine, marajuana and alchohol, and was also a victim of physical violence at the hands of the fraternity...
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Suzanne Collins’ fourth Hunger Games novel, “The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes,” elicited a curious response from fans, in that a multitude of audience members found the protagonist, tyrannical dictator Coriolanus Snow, horrendously attractive. Curious, as the novel details how the ruthless president of the original trilogy rose to power by enabling readers
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As the midterm election for 2026 rapidly approaches on November 3, it is important that all students are informed on how to vote, from changing registration to sending in a mail-in ballot. In order to vote, a voter must register with the state they reside in. Most of the time this is their permanent residence,...
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There are two things I appreciate more than anything in this world: music and good food. Thankfully, MOB’s All College Formal did not disappoint in either category. MOB, Dickinson College’s student-run programming board, hosted the equivalent of a high-school homecoming dance last Saturday, September 26. To say that this event went beyond my previous school.
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