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The Lafayette

The Oldest College Newspaper in Pennsylvania

The Lafayette

The Oldest College Newspaper in Pennsylvania

The Lafayette

Opinion

Op-ed: How fashion dictates politics

By Sam Semsel November 22, 2024

When examining historical periods, the fashion of the time is incredibly important in understanding the political landscape. It is a useful tool to understand the attitudes, behaviors and attributes of...

Editorial: The future of free press

By The Lafayette Editorial Board November 15, 2024

In The Lafayette newsroom, a quote on a chalkboard has remained for decades: "Were it left to me to decide whether we should have a government without newspapers or newspapers without a government,...

Op-ed: Strawberries blooming in November

By Sam Semsel November 15, 2024

On Nov. 8, I volunteered at LaFarm and I was working alongside the LaFarm Apprentice Jane McKenney. We worked in the strawberry fields, which are perennials and are planted with the aim to harvest them...

Op-ed: Moving forward

By Rebekah Lazar November 8, 2024

“The fight for a more just and compassionate world doesn’t end with one outcome. The work continues.” (We the Urban) Many of us awoke to a disappointing and frightening election result. There...

Op-ed: Write

By Emma Li and Kate SantaMaria November 8, 2024

To the Lafayette community, Election Day saw long lines and palpable energy from the Lafayette community. As students move forward and use this momentum to continue to push to amplify their voices, student...

Op-ed: The best of us

By Adam Fox November 8, 2024

We as citizens share a collective burden in ensuring the well-being of our world. The perpetual threat of our downfall is continuously staved off by those who understand that shouldering the burden is...

Op-ed: Write

By Emma Li and Kate SantaMaria October 25, 2024

To the Lafayette community, As the country approaches yet another contentious presidential election year with conflicts surrounding climate, migration, human rights and state conflict, there is, quite...

Letter from the editor

Letter from the editor

By Isabella Gaglione, Editor-in-Chief October 11, 2024

To our readers, Without a journalism major or minor at Lafayette College, The Lafayette is the best opportunity for students to practice and interact with journalism on campus, but there is only so...

Editorial: A call for campus contribution

By The Lafayette Editorial Board October 4, 2024

There are 32 days until the 2024 presidential election, and we want to know what the campus is thinking. Are you registered to vote? Who are you voting for? What issues matter to you? These, among others,...

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