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Spoon rests are one of Earthen Goat's most popular products. (Photo courtesy of @earthengoat on Instagram)

Small Business Spotlight: Unearth the perfect gift from ‘Earthen Goat’

By Grace Hubler, Staff Writer February 14, 2025

Looking for a Valentine's Day gift, admittedly last-minute but thoughtful, nevertheless? The Earthen Goat has pottery as unique as its name. “The main goal is adding an artistic but functional product...

In 2024, 10 general body representatives resigned from Student Government.

‘We’re going to be the eyes and ears of Lafayette’

By Kate SantaMaria and Jadey Mercedes February 7, 2025

Student Government is turning its vacancy luck around with 13 new general body representatives for the 2025-26 year. “They are all very good people,” Student Government President Alex Brown ‘26...

Students gathered on the Quad this year to witness a historic solar eclipse.

Editorial: Reflecting on 2024, looking ahead to 2025

By The Lafayette Editorial Board January 31, 2025

2024 at Lafayette College was cluttered with change and disagreement but buoyed by a number of firsts. The first student-led theater department show. The field hockey team's first Patriot League championship...

College President Nicole Hurd began her tenure at Lafayette College in 2021.

Hurd to face historic faculty no-confidence vote

By Elisabeth Seidel, Managing Editor January 24, 2025

Lafayette College President Nicole Hurd will face a vote of no confidence from the faculty on Tuesday, two days into the spring semester. A successful vote of no confidence would be a symbolic declaration...

Student Government reorganizes committees at virtual Jan. 9 meeting

Student Government reorganizes committees at virtual Jan. 9 meeting

By Elisabeth Seidel, Managing Editor January 12, 2025

The executive board of Student Government pushed to reorganize the organization’s committees at the first meeting of its new general body last week. Student Government voted to fold its ad hoc accessibility...

A "Fake is Real" box, seen during a Northampton County fentanyl awareness campaign. (Photo courtesy of Northampton County)

New Narcan box available on campus

By Emma Li, Staff Writer December 13, 2024

Lafayette College has installed a box of Narcan — a naloxone medication used to reverse opioid overdose — in Farinon College Center to be freely accessible by students during operating hours. The college...

Democratic Vice President Kamala Harris delivers a speech to a gym full of spectators at Muhlenberg College.

Photo Essay: Kamala Harris in Allentown

By Emma Sylvester, Photo Editor November 5, 2024

Pennsylvania voter registration data has shown that the Democratic voter registration edge over Republicans throughout the state has slipped since 2020. (Graphic by Andreas Pelekis '26 for The Lafayette)

The 2024 election by the numbers

By Clara Witmer, Assistant News Editor November 5, 2024

Election Day has arrived, and voter registration data has been finalized. Before the 2024 presidential election is decided, let’s take a closer look at the final numbers. In the last month, Pennsylvania...

Pennsylvania remains one of the major swing states in the 2024 presidential election. (Photos by Emma Sylvester '25 for The Lafayette and The Associated Press)

Harris, Trump visit Lehigh Valley in week leading up to Election Day

By Andreas Pelekis, News Editor November 4, 2024

Vice President Kamala Harris, the Democratic presidential nominee, and former President Donald Trump, the Republican nominee, each paid visits to Allentown, Pennsylvania, of the Lehigh Valley on Monday...

Despite breaking up in 2016, One Direction still has almost 16 million monthly Spotify listeners. (Photo courtesy of Amazon)

Broken Hearts Go to One Direction’s ‘FOUR’

By William Gutiérrez, Assistant Culture Editor October 25, 2024

I have cried twice in my life. Once when I was seven and was hit by a school bus. And then again when I heard that Liam Payne had passed. The news of Payne’s death hit me quite personally. I grew...

The northern lights visibility resulted in a crowding of students on the Quad. (Photo courtesy of Gigi Rauchut '26)

Northern lights put on stunning show at Lafayette

By Andreas Pelekis, News Editor October 11, 2024

The sky above Lafayette College was lit by an aurora borealis on Thursday night. More commonly known as the northern lights, the bands of pink and green first appeared in Easton just after 7 p.m., according...

The incident comes nearly two months after a shooting occurred in Easton's West Ward. (Photo courtesy of City of Easton on X)

Shots fired into occupied Easton home

By Andreas Pelekis, News Editor July 6, 2024

A teenager fired shots into an occupied home in Easton on Monday, according to the Easton Police Department. No one was injured and the suspect is still at large. The reports of a shooting came at 1:30...

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