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For the last 20 years, the Easton community has gathered together to celebrate one of the most beautiful facets of culinary life: garlic. Garlic can turn the blandest dish into a must-have experience. But it doesn’t always fit and can sometimes take away from the overall experience. And so, on a sleepy Sunday morning, I...
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Couples will drive nearly an hour through Pennsylvania to feel safe at the Pride events put on by Brad Scott Smith, better known as DJ Brad. Vault Brewing Company hosted a tea dance Sunday afternoon as a fundraiser for Easton Pride. The four-hour dance party raised over $600 for the local LGBTQ+ organization, according to...
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A collaborative mural celebrating Lafayette College’s bicentennial involving student input and alumni artistry found a permanent home outside the Marlo Room in Farinon College Center. The piece, four wooden panels forming a 12-by-4-foot image, was designed by Isabel Sorrells ‘23 in a paint-by-numbers assembly. Sorrells sketched the outline onto panels, and s
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Musician Mahmoud Chouki sat down on the stage of Williams Arts Center with a traditional Moroccan stringed instrument made from a cigar box, and began a spectacle of improvisation, collaboration and musical talent. “It’s a conversation,” said Chouki, referring to the act of collective improvisational musical performance, also known colloquially as “jamming,”
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The Trump administration overrode Biden-era regulations that expanded Title IX, a law forbidding discrimination based on sex in education programs receiving federal funding. The changes, however, have little effect on Lafayette College’s Title IX enforcement due to previous policy decisions. The update, announced by the Department of Education on Sept. 28, r
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When geology majors Jenn McAtee ‘11 and Bryan McAtee ‘11 started dating as undergraduate students at Lafayette College, they had no idea how far their shared love for the natural world would take them. “We always knew that we loved working with our hands and that we loved working with each other,” Jenn McAtee said....
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The field hockey team secured its ninth consecutive win last Friday, defeating American University in penalty shootouts, before seeing its streak snap Sunday at the hands of Penn State University in a 3-2 overtime loss. In Friday’s matchup, both teams remained scoreless through four quarters and an overtime period, with American (1-1 Patriot League, 6-6...
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After spending her first two seasons waiting behind a four-year starter and logging just five minutes of game action, junior field hockey goalkeeper Addison Kahn has seized her opportunity. Now the Leopards’ starting goalie, Kahn has quickly established herself as one of the Patriot League’s top netminders, earning Patriot League Goalkeeper of the Week honor
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A Lafayette College Public Safety investigation into last month’s vehicle-pedestrian collision — involving a Public Safety vehicle and a student — is still pending resolution, though the head of Public Safety contended the officer driving the vehicle was not to blame for the incident. “I don’t want people to get the impression that we ran...
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The women’s soccer team hadn’t beaten Boston University since 2019; their two matches last year were a 5-0 regular season rout and a 4-0 postseason trampling. “We wanted revenge,” senior forward Heather Plowright said. The Leopards got what they wanted in dramatic fashion, securing a come-from-behind win with a series of second-half goals to take...
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