Lengthiness, ambiguity among student concerns
At a panel yesterday morning, students voiced their concerns to college officials that the college's internal complaint processes for sexual misconduct are...
In the last two years, survivors of sexual assault and allies have made their voices heard, in society and on campus. A subject once frozen in shame is beginning to thaw.
Survivors of sexual assault...
Dear Lafayette,
This week, I close out my second and final year as Editor-in-Chief. I feel lucky to have occupied the role for as long as I have. I'm proud of all that my staff and I have been able to...
On Tuesday, the student conduct committee presented a motion to the faculty with five changes to the student code of conduct, one of which was to remove the option of appealing a case to the president.
President...
Maddie Smart stumbled upon a sick Anna Nollan '20, being cared for by Alex Vogel '20, in a bathroom in Gates Hall their freshman year. She didn't know either of them at the time, but helped take care of...
Known for her "loving heart" and "goofy spirit," Maddie Smart died surrounded by family on Tuesday, after a valiant battle with cancer. Maddie passed away just over a month after she began treatment at...
Among former students and mentees of Robert Weiner, certain themes stand out about the history professor and co-leader of Hillel: he is an inquisitive spirit who makes a constant effort to include and...
A Moravian student filed a federal civil lawsuit against her college and alleged rapist last August, and a trial date for the matter was set for Oct. 28 a couple weeks ago. The student alleges that the...
Student government will be holding elections for eleven executive board positions on Monday. Five of these positions are uncontested, with only one candidate running for each role. Six positions, however,...
Student government president-elect Fraynette Familia '20 almost didn't end up at Lafayette. On her way home from a visit at Dickinson College, she and her family decided to stop at Lafayette along the...
Student government is going into its second year under its new structure, and both candidates are quite familiar with it. Mia Coutinho '20 helped create it and served on it last semester as Vice President,...
Tom Woods wanted to make one message particularly clear during his talk: anyone who keeps their story of trauma a secret does themselves a disservice.
"We are as sick as our secrets," he said. "And we're...
