Throughout Lafayette’s nearly 200-year history, the buildings on campus as we know them today have been ever-changing, many following the patterns of Greek life. One such building is the Ramer History...
From building bonfires as tall as Pardee Hall to hitting junkyard cars with mallets, Lafayette students have come up with many creative ways to show their disdain for Lehigh University after 138 years...
Corruption, political intrigue, showgirls, mobsters and New York City brothels were just a few puzzle pieces of the perplexing 1930 disappearance of Judge Joseph Crater, New York State Supreme Court Justice...
Vampires, beware! This weekend, downtown Easton hosted its 19th annual Garlic Fest, bringing stinky spirit to the city.
Vendors and visitors alike braved the rainy weather on Saturday and Sunday to...
Beginning next fall, the administration will be taking over aspects of sexual assault peer education at the college. This shift marks a change in the way peer education has been done on campus for years....
By Gilad Evans, Contributing Writer
• April 22, 2022
Buses and cars are generally thought to be the only forms of transportation available to Lafayette students in Easton. But for a good portion of the 20th century, another reliable manner of going to and...
By Yumna Hussain, Contributing Writer
• April 8, 2022
In April of 1917, the United States declared war on Germany, bringing the country into World War I. During this tumultuous time for the nation, Lafayette College was converted into a military training...
By Katie Frost, Managing Editor
• November 5, 2021
Before football games could be broadcast on national television, Lafayette alumni sat on the patio of the Chateau, the college's large Norman French-style house on College Hill, and watched every home...
Although it may go unnoticed by many students, Lafayette College’s affiliation with the Presbyterian Church has been present since 1854 and continues to the present day. While this affiliation does not...
Imagine a stroll across campus in 1945. There's a military drill taking place on the quad. A room in Kirby Hall is filled with firearms. Hogg Hall has a bowling alley in its basement. By college mandate,...
The COVID-19 pandemic is far from the first outbreak that Lafayette has faced throughout its history. How the College and the Lehigh Valley handled this pandemic and all pandemics past has been recorded...
“Currently, an ‘in’ thing for college students to do is to deprecate fraternities,” wrote a feature writer for The Lafayette. That was 50 years ago.
Now, in the fall of 2020, the newest movement...
