The Lafayette Food and Farm Cooperative (LaFFCo) works year-round to help students develop ecological citizenship with direct action involving food and agriculture.
“In basic terms, LaFFCo is the student...
After watching a special performance of "The Wedding Singer" by the Marquis Players, it is difficult for me to imagine that the group has met any challenges this semester.
The performance transcended...
Mario Sanchez ’21, winner of the 2021 H. MacKnight Black Poetry contest, wrote his winning poem about the symbolism of water and the transcendent nature of the human soul.
“The River (Body) Speaks”...
Ever since she moved to the United States from Poland at the age of 15, Milena Berestko '22 has made an effort to educate herself on topics of social justice issues like racism, homophobia and xenophobia....
When it comes to the arts at Lafayette, Katie Rice '21 has nearly done it all.
In the moments when she is not conducting or playing the saxophone in the pep and concert bands, singing in the concert...
After organizing dozens of headline-grabbing performances throughout her lifetime, Hollis Ashby is now being recognized for achievements of her own.
Ashby, the Artistic and Executive Director for the...
The McKelvy House means different things for different people here at Lafayette–for some, it is just an obscure, stone mansion off campus, and for others, it's something they’ve never heard of. But...
For Jake Hoffner ’20, papermaking is not only a long-time hobby but also a way to stay connected to his alma mater in a unique and sustainable way.
Hoffner began making paper back in high school while...
Hafizah Geter believes the literary canon is "illegitimate."
“The canon of American literature allows marginalized voices to exist in opposition to it, never beside it…Blackness in opposition to and...
For Jean Corrie Poetry Prize winner Maya Nylund ’23, poetry hasn’t always been her preferred medium. Yet she finds that when compulsive feelings arise, she cannot ignore the organic words that simmer...
Being hundreds of miles apart has not stopped Lafayette students from coming together. Five new student-led organizations that debuted last spring just prior to the coronavirus shutdown or over the summer...
For Emily Emick '20, music is a way to express herself. And the lessons she has learned through her experiences singing and conducting at the college have not only expressed her genuine love for classical...
