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The Lafayette

The Oldest College Newspaper in Pennsylvania

The Lafayette

The Oldest College Newspaper in Pennsylvania

The Lafayette

Much of Lafayette College’s heating comes from a steam plant on campus, which is responsible for roughly 56% of the campus’ direct emissions.
‘We don’t know how we pay for it’: Lafayette College maintains 2035 carbon neutrality goal in new climate plan, financial uncertainty remains
By Benjamin White, Managing Editor • June 20, 2026

Lafayette College’s Board of Trustees unanimously approved the newest iteration of its carbon neutrality plan last month, though funding for the plan has not been secured. The initiative, Climate...

"Terracycling" stations offer a specific waste stream for traditionally non-recyclable items such as toothbrushes.
Re-CAP: Looking back on Climate Action Plan 2.0
By Jada Kinney, Contributing Writer • May 8, 2026
What’s in an anniversary? A history of Lafayette College celebrations
What’s in an anniversary? A history of Lafayette College celebrations
By Harrison Meyer, Assistant News Editor • May 8, 2026

From sermons, baseball, pristine pageants and promenades, Lafayette College has found no shortage of ways to mark its anniversaries...

This is the inside of a "Gay Agenda" notebook, held by the college's archival collection on student group QueST, Questioning Sexual Taboos, which was previously distributed by the organization.
‘Invisible’ then, what now?
By Selma O'Malley, Managing Editor • May 8, 2026
Jen and her many new friends. (Graphic by Jen Parsons '26)
Jen Tries: Saying goodbye
By Jen Parsons, Design Director • May 8, 2026
Letter from the editor
Letter from the editor
By Elisabeth Seidel, Editor-in-Chief • May 8, 2026

To the Lafayette community, I write these words, knowing they are likely to be my last to appear in The Lafayette, unsatisfied. I’ve made my peace with that. I...

A still image from "Inertia," a documentary produced in Drew Swedberg's DOC 250 course by Lauren Ritchie '27 last spring. (Photo courtesy of Lauren Ritchie '27)
Op-ed: In defense of the documentary storymaking minor
By Drew Swedberg May 8, 2026

On August 29, 2016, I walked into Lafayette College’s 248 N. Third St. as a student registered for DOC 150, the first course offered in the new LVAIC documentary...

The women's varsity four team's victory marks its first national championship since 2022. (Photo courtesy of Annabelle Witkowski '26)
Crew caps off spring season with strong nationals showing
By Dan Sullivan, Managing Editor • June 16, 2026

The crew team ended its spring season at the American Collegiate Rowing Association National Championship Regatta in mid-May. After three days...