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Milo Watson

Milo Watson, Opinion Editor

Milo Watson, ’26, is from Delaware. He double-majors in English with a focus in Nonfiction Creative Writing and Environmental Science & Sustainability. This is his second year on staff and first as Opinion Editor. He enjoys reading outside.

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Volleyball team celebrates Senior Day, falls short of victory against Saint Vincent College

Milo Watson, Opinion Editor • October 31, 2025

The house at 286 Jefferson St. has hosted Allegheny College presidents during their tenures at the college since 1955. It is now listed on Zillow for $498,000.

Historic presidential abode on the market for $498,000

Milo Watson, Opinion Editor • October 31, 2025

To rest your head in the same place as the most recent past presidents of Allegheny College, all you need is half a million dollars and a whole lot of lawn care equipment. The college-owned home traditionally...

The interior of Thrive Beauty Bar hosts three haircutting stations and a shampoo wash station to serve multiple clients simultaneously.

Thrive Beauty Bar replaces The Head Shed

Milo Watson, Opinion Editor • October 31, 2025

Seven years into her career as a hairdresser, Olivia Minor is no stranger to guiding style transformations. “Anytime someone wants to go blonde, I’m like, ‘Heck yeah, let’s go,’” she said. For...

The insanely cheap, bottom-shelf wine that’s worth all the hype it’ll never get

Milo Watson, Opinion Editor • October 31, 2025

People who write wine reviews, I guess, are probably supposed to know what they’re actually talking about. I don’t. I’m a 22-year-old who can’t digest beer (a terrible tragedy), and my wallet...

Cussewago Square is characterized by red brick, white paths and manicured gardens. The development is located on Spring Street at 118 Cussewago Square.

At Cussewago Square, construction gives way to commerce and community

Milo Watson, Opinion Editor • October 3, 2025

What does economic redevelopment smell like? One month after the frozen yogurt store Cup n’ Spoon’s soft opening in August at its second location just off Spring Street and Race Street in Cussewago...

Two students admire the artwork at the Allegheny alumni art exhibit on Tuesday, Sept. 9. The piece on the left is acrylic on canvas by Janos Cseh, ’15, and the work on the right, titled “Alterations of real time” is acrylic yarn and monks cloth by Josie Freeman, ’20.

Art gallery opening: Allegheny Alumni art exhibit

Milo Watson, Opinion Editor • September 12, 2025

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[Photo] Caflisch lawn developments yet to materialize

Anna Westbrook and Jay Shank • September 12, 2025

The best opinion? Sometimes, none at all

Milo Watson, Opinion Editor • September 5, 2025

The word “ammil” is a term from Devon, England which means “the thin film of ice that lacquers all leaves, twigs and grass blades when a freeze follows a partial thaw.” Landscape words like this...

Investigation of Oddfellows reveals sewer trouble

Milo Watson, Layout Editor • April 25, 2025

Users of GatorHub would have noticed an alert on March 28 offering relief and resolution to an alarming suspicion that had interrupted 9 a.m. classes in Oddfellows earlier that day. “Early Friday there...

Students staying on campus over break reported being served smaller-than-normal portions at McKinley’s Dining Hall.

[Photo] Campus dining falls short over spring break

Otis Thomas, Contributing Writer • March 21, 2025

Students staying on campus over break reported being served smaller-than-normal portions at McKinley’s Dining Hall.

Students staying on campus over break reported being served smaller-than-normal portions at McKinley’s Dining Hall.

[Photo] ASG announces candidates for election

Anton Hodge, Staff Writer • March 21, 2025

Students staying on campus over break reported being served smaller-than-normal portions at McKinley’s Dining Hall.

The slime mold protrudes from the men’s bathroom windowsill in Oddfellow Hall’s philosophy wing. The mold has formed fruiting stalks to spread further.

Slime mold inhabits Oddfellows Hall

Milo Watson, Layout Editor • February 21, 2025

Listen up, English majors. An ancient life form has sprouted in Oddfellows Hall. Professor of English Matt Ferrence noticed it first on Feb. 3. “It was very hot and humid in the building. And I...

CATA presents the route of 17 stops that The Loop services every Thursday from 4 to 9 p.m. Allegheny students and faculty can ride the bus for free if they present a valid Allegheny College ID card.

Get in the loop about The Loop

Milo Watson, Layout Editor • February 7, 2025

Allegheny students are going places — and on Thursdays, that list of places now includes the 17 stops serviced by The Loop, a Crawford Area Transportation Authority bus route that relaunched earlier...

Cussewago Square is located off of Spring Street and Race Street in Meadville’s Fifth Ward neighborhood. The revitalization efforts led by former Actutec Precision Aerospace CEO Rob Smith are planned to conclude as soon as June 2025.

Cussewago Square: An all-season cultural hub

Milo Watson, Layout Contributor • November 22, 2024

For 30 years, former Acutec Precision Aerospace CEO Rob Smith watched as a set of abandoned buildings crumbled into the wetlands surrounding Spring Street and Race Street in Meadville’s Fifth Ward neighborhood....

Binnington demonstrates the improper way to drink tea. “We do not drink tea with our pinkies up,” Binnington said, referring to British people. “That is something you Americans made up.” During the event, Binnington also made clear his distate for microwaving water for tea. “The hell is wrong with you?” Binnington jokingly asked a student who had raised the subject.

[Photo] Gator Day centers wellness and civic engagement

November 8, 2024

Students ride the shuttle on their way to the polling location at Grace United Methodist Church in Meadville.

Campus worms dethrone squirrels in popularity

Milo Watson, Layout Contributor • October 25, 2024

Something strange began to happen when my older friends went off to college in 2020 and left me to finish out a final year of high school alone: we began to talk about squirrels. College campus squirrels,...

Red Russian Kale: Kale’s anti-bitterness critics should consider giving this variety a second chance to prove its merits on the plate. The LA Times proclaims that “red-stemmed Russian kale may be the sweetest of all.”

The Carrden supplies the ‘yum’ to campus events

Milo Watson • September 20, 2024

    From its tucked-away nook just off the foot-traffic expressway between Brooks Hall and Oddfellows Hall, the Carr Hall garden — affectionately known as the Carrden — can seem peripheral...

Sustainability is for everyone. Let’s teach it that way.

Anna Westbrook and Milo Watson • April 19, 2024

Outside the bounds of Allegheny’s neatly divided areas of academic study, environmental problems impact all forms of life on Earth — including you, regardless of your college major. We can see how...

DeRose and Colabawalla win presidential election

Milo Watson, Contributing Writer • April 5, 2024

On Friday, March 29, the results of the Allegheny Student Government presidential election were released via the ASG Instagram (@alleghenyasg). Ella DeRose, ’27, and Ray Colabawalla, ’25, beat Kaleialoha...

Sam Ault, ’26, and Kaleialoha Froning, ’25, (left) and News Editor and debate moderator Anna Westbrook, ’26, listen to Ella Derose, ’27, speak with her running mate Ray Colabawalla, ’25, in the Shafer Auditorium on Tuesday, March 19.

[Photo] Cordial ASG presidential debate discusses finances, dining

Sami Mirza, Editor-in-Chief • March 22, 2024

Sam Ault, ’26, and Kaleialoha Froning, ’25, (left) and News Editor and debate moderator Anna Westbrook, ’26, listen to Ella Derose, ’27, speak with her running mate Ray Colabawalla, ’25, in the...

The PAM House is a small red house located in between Arter, Carr and Brooks halls, and is open 24/7 for members of the Allegheny community.

ICA hosts ‘reopening’ event in the PAM House

Milo Watson, Contributing Writer • February 2, 2024

Thursday, Jan. 25, may have been wet and gray outside, but as dusk fell it was bright and warm inside the Prayer and Meditation House, where the Islamic Cultural Association put on a reopening celebration...

Bella James, ’24, sings a solo during the Jazz Ensemble concert on Sunday, Dec. 3, in the lobby of the Henderson Campus Center.

Review: Jazz Ensemble thrills audience with Stevie Wonder

Milo Watson, Contributing Writer • December 8, 2023

At the Jazz Ensemble performance Sunday, Dec. 3, band director Rob Roth emphasized that this semester’s rehearsals have been defined by a single mood: fun. The concert, which took place in the lobby...

How many items in your daily life contain plastic? Observe and share your results with us with the QR code above:

Microplastics are a major issue

Milo Watson, Contributing Writer • October 6, 2023

Which scientist, musician, award-winning writer and elected government official lives in an all-plastic, highly-stylized miniature house with all her friends? It’s not just Barbie. In between chem labs,...

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