Skip to Main Content
The Oldest College Newspaper in Pennsylvania

The Lafayette

The Oldest College Newspaper in Pennsylvania

The Lafayette

The Oldest College Newspaper in Pennsylvania

The Lafayette

Editorials

Op-ed: Halftime: A moment for inspiration

By Lonan Jennings February 14, 2025

“What the hell was the halftime show even about?” Since Sunday, this question has found its way into every conversation I’ve had regarding the Super Bowl. Given my familiarity with Kendrick Lamar,...

Op-ed: Erasing identity erases reality

By Susan Averett February 7, 2025

Last Friday, I received a text from a friend who works as a government contractor, and her message left me deeply concerned. She spent her entire day at work simply replacing the word "gender" with "sex"...

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...

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...

Op-ed: Breaking the silence, Lafayette’s next leap

By Dongjoon Yoon September 6, 2024

Seventy years ago, my grandmother left her village in search of education and a better life. She grew up in rural Korea, where societal structures resembled the Middle Ages. Her life changed when she...

Op-ed: An open letter to President Nicole Hurd from concerned faculty and staff

Abridged version of an April 30 open letter signed by 52 faculty and staff: Dear President Hurd, On Thursday, April 25, 2024, several students received an email from Jennifer Dize (Interim Dean of...

Load More Stories