The Oldest College Newspaper in Pennsylvania. The future of funding at higher education institutions — such as Lafayette College — remains uncertain as President Donald Trump’s federal funding freeze saga continues.

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...

21 hours ago · Student Government’s most recent meeting consisted of a presentation from Dean of Students Walter Snipes on changes to the code of conduct and the introduction of a new representative. The meeting, which was originally slated to be held in person, was held on Zoom due to a rise in illness on campus. Student Government did...

Lafayette College President Nicole Hurd was the subject of a successful faculty no-confidence vote on Tuesday, a first in the college’s nearly 200-year history.

21 hours ago · Several residence halls on campus have reported mouse infestations throughout the 2024-25 academic year.. Residents of the Delta Kappa Epsilon house on March Field said they returned to campus after winter break to a new mouse infestation. “When we got back, there was a lot of mice feces and whatnot surrounding in all the rooms, so we had to deal with that the first week back,” house ...

Feb 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 said. “They all had something that they were passionate about in their application.” According to Brown, Student Government …

Feb 7, 2025 · Lafayette College has taken steps to resolve issues with the United States Department of Education regarding the college’s harassment and non-discrimination policies, according to an announcement from Ernest Jeffries, the vice president for inclusion. The agreement follows a DOE investigation into anti-semitism that concluded in June. Jeffries wrote in a campus-wide email on Jan. 28...

Dec 13, 2024 · The Oldest College Newspaper in Pennsylvania. The salad bar and deli area of Marquis Dining Hall was closed for several days to repair drywall and subsequently shut down for a health investigation last week.

21 hours ago · The successful no-confidence vote against college President Nicole Hurd came together in a matter of weeks, but the tensions that led to it were brewing for years, according to members of the faculty. The Lafayette compiled a rough timeline of events cited as motivators of the motion. The strain surfaced in 2023 with a proposal for a new dean structure and the sudden resignation of the faculty ...

Jan 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 committee into its standing Equity & Inclusion Committee and the responsibilities of the ad hoc polling committee into the standing Communications Committee. The...