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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...

Student Government votes in ex officio members at brief summer meeting

Student Government votes in ex officio members at brief summer meeting

By Selma O'Malley, Managing Editor June 30, 2024

Student Government voted in two ex-officio general body representatives and reviewed reminders for members during its June 27 meeting. This is the first meeting held this summer by the organization, neglecting...

Former Leopard Jake Bloss '22 throws a pitch against the Baltimore Orioles before exiting in the fourth inning. (Photo courtesy of The Athletic)

Former Leopard makes MLB debut

By Benjamin White, Assistant Sports Editor June 25, 2024

Former Leopards pitcher Jake Bloss '22 made his Major League Baseball debut for the Houston Astros this past Friday night, joining David Bednar ‘17 as the only active Lafayette College alumni in MLB. Bloss...

The investigation was a result of a complaint made against the college to the Office for Civil Rights last year. (Photo courtesy of Center for American Progress)

Lafayette settles months-long Department of Education investigation

By Isabella Gaglione, Editor-in-Chief June 20, 2024

The college has committed to a resolution plan including policy revisions and campus-wide discrimination prevention training following a Title VI investigation by the Department of Education Office of...

Peter Milius' formal arraignment is expected to take place in Courtroom 1 of the Northampton County Courthouse.

Peter Milius waives preliminary hearing, formal arraignment to come

By Elisabeth Seidel, Managing Editor June 18, 2024

Peter Milius, the former Lafayette College student charged with possession of child pornography and invasion of privacy, waived his preliminary hearing before Magisterial District Judge Robert Weber last...

The faculty meeting on Thursday was the last of the academic year.

Administration, faculty discourse over pro-Palestine protest continues

Several faculty members expressed discontent with the Lafayette College administration’s response to last month’s pro-Palestine protest at a Thursday faculty meeting — the latest in a series of contrary...

The proposed dates for the vice presidential debate are currently July 23 and Aug. 13. (Photo courtesy of The New York Times)

Lafayette’s future as vice presidential debate host uncertain

By Andreas Pelekis, Assistant News Editor May 15, 2024

Following an announcement from President Joe Biden on Wednesday that he would not participate in debates hosted by the Commission on Presidential Debates this fall, it was confirmed on Thursday that...

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