To the Lafayette community,
I write these words, knowing they are likely to be my last to appear in The Lafayette, unsatisfied. I’ve made my peace with that.
I would rather bite off more than I...
Every newspaper starts as blank pages.
That might read as existential, or even cliche, but it’s become a practical notion to me as we head into The Lafayette’s 152nd volume and the college’s 200th...
To the Lafayette community,
A good college newspaper is not a given. There are plenty who cover events and call it a day.
As I reflect on the coverage we’ve done this year, I know — just as the...
We read with interest, "A look back at Lafayette protests," (May 2, 2025).
As class of 1969 history honors graduates, we were involved in two memorable anti-Vietnam War protests. First, in 1966, we...
Precision matters in this conversation. The original op-ed focused on commercially produced chatbots powered by large language models trained for next-word prediction. Here, I'll call them C-LLMs for specificity;...
We are pleased to report that Lafayette is doing incredibly well across the board under college President Nicole Hurd’s leadership. Applications have increased 28% since 2021 with a record 10,528 applicants...
To the editor,
I’m writing in regard to your article covering the successful no-confidence vote. In light of the situation, discussions have understandably become charged with emotion, frustration...
Dear editor,
Please allow me to address certain inaccuracies in the recent faculty motion regarding the college’s communications staff and my tenure as interim vice president of that team.
Contrary...
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...
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,...
To the Lafayette community,
Each year, we ask ourselves: what can you expect from a good college newspaper? It is our obligation as journalists to bring our audience all the facts from all sides of...
To the editor,
I am writing to express my dismay at the open letter written by several Lafayette College professors and staff calling on the college to apologize for issuing a warning letter to student...
