Greek life is popular at Lafayette College, but did you know that its most famous chapter isn’t a social organization at all? Alpha Phi Omega, commonly known as APO, is a co-ed service fraternity and...
While Lafayette has several vibrant opportunities for students to involve themselves in theater, the Lafayette faculty used to performed their own play, too — one entirely written and designed by them.
The...
By Kristen Vincent, Assistant Culture Editor
• March 22, 2024
Since 1984, The Lafayette has celebrated April Fools' Day by publishing an edition consisting of satirical articles now known as The Scoffayette.
The first April Fools' edition of The Lafayette was...
Susan Trotter considers herself a pioneer. Along with Joyce Cohen ‘74, an Easton native, she was the first woman to submit her enrollment deposit for Lafayette College – just three days after she was...
Before students could study in the Leopard’s Lair, grab lunch at Lower and pick up their mail in the post office, Lafayette’s student center looked a little different. In April 1988, the college's...
The President’s House has stood on Cattell Street for over 150 years, but it hasn’t always been occupied by the college president.
Prior to 1884, most presidents lived either in their own residences...
After the October 2021 retirement of Rick Fisher, the man behind the Leopard mascot for the past 15 years, the identity of the new Leopard has remained largely a secret — until now.
Some assume the...
By Dylan Gooding, Contributing Writer
• March 10, 2023
From All College Day to the Spring Concert to now Lafchella, the end-of-the-school-year concert has evolved over the last 40 years in an attempt to keep things entertaining, safe and sustainable while...
Lafayette College's radio program first came on the scene in 1922. In the past century, it has gone through a variety of changes. Larry Fast '73 and Frank Urbaniak '75 helped usher in a new era for the...
The Red Scare and McCarthyism swept the country in the 1950s, bringing with it a wave of fear toward communism. This fear did not bypass Lafayette’s campus.
One man, the college librarian, challenged...
By Paige Mathieu, Contributing Writer
• February 3, 2023
A name can tell a story that runs deep, often changing understandings of history.
For Black History Month, Thomas Lannon, director of Special Collections & College Archives, created an exhibit in...
Because of its towering stature, role as a home for a variety of educational departments and location in the center of campus, Pardee Hall serves as a symbol of Lafayette. But the history of Pardee Hall...
