The following is a selection of the legal challenges Lafayette College has faced over the past 10 months:
A federal antisemitism probe
A federal lawsuit alleging racial discrimination
A federal...
A criminal complaint from the Northampton County Magisterial District Court revealed more details regarding child pornography and invasion of privacy charges leveled against Peter Milius, a former Lafayette...
The Lafayette has received complaints regarding its reporting last week on a pro-Palestine protest on campus. After an internal review, The Lafayette acknowledges that the article over-emphasized the perspective...
Lafayette has a history of student activism. In the 1970s, students protested the Vietnam War. In 2016, students sat-in at Fisher field during the national anthem in protest of police brutality. In the...
I had the opportunity to interview 42 Lafayette students about their opinions of exercise as an alternative mental health treatment on college campuses for my honors psychology thesis. I went into this...
The decade-old tradition of the Pepper Prize winner hoisting the Marquis de Lafayette’s sword at graduation will be discontinued after the committee overseeing the ceremony received concerns about the...
How are the Pepper Prize finalists chosen? From firsthand experience, I can tell you that the process is thorough, but it is also thoroughly flawed.
That is because Student Government is the only student...
Editor of The Lafayette,
There's a rather enlightening Chinese parable that spins the tale of an ambitious thief. Once, he stumbled upon a gargantuan bell, too grand and heavy to spirit away as is....
To the editorial team of The Lafayette,
This is Daniel Hoover, president of the Astronomy Club. I gave an interview last Monday with William Gutiérrez. When I gave an estimate of an interval of 50-60...
The college, Student Government and Lafayette for Reproductive Autonomy, Justice and Empowerment, or L-RAJE, in a joint statement on Thursday announced that the Menstrual Equity Project would be institutionalized....
This article was updated on April 11, 2024.
A 4.8 magnitude earthquake shook the Northeast on the morning of April 5. As of April 11, no damage or injuries were reported in the Easton area.
The epicenter...
Lafayette College has named a new provost: Laura McGrane, the current associate provost for strategic initiatives at Haverford College. McGrane will be taking over as Lafayette’s chief academic officer...
