Earlier this week, I stumbled bleary-eyed out of an official Educational Testing Service testing center, having just finished my first go at the Graduate Record Examination — better known (un)affectionately...

Alola Pokémon trainers! It seems that after the nuclear ending of the six generations of Pokemon games—set in some caricature of France—the Pokemon franchise has washed up on the shores of Hawaii. Wait,...

With boxes of bees in hand, Paige Hickman, ’17, paid a second visit to Sam Droege, wildlife biologist, at the USGS Bee Identification and Monitoring Lab in Beltsville, Maryland as part of research they...

Miharu Koh “I’m frustrated, at the same time frightened,” said Miharu Koh, ’20, of the recent election of Donald Trump to the office of president of the United States of America. “Even though...

The Dean of Students office hosted a presentation on tips for safe partying on Monday, Oct. 17. The talk, titled “Party Smart,” featured speakers who offered advice on all aspects of party culture...

On my drive back to Allegheny from my home near Washington, D.C. after Fall Break—the seeming epicenter of more political infighting and fractured party lines than I have ever experienced in my adult...

Under President Richard Cook in 2007, Allegheny College signed the American College and University President’s Climate Commitment, overseen by the nonprofit organization Second Nature. The goal was set...

I was standing on a platform, waiting for a train to come and take me into the heart of Washington, D.C., when I received the text from my friend. “Plenty of Magikarp down by the waterfront,” he said....

A few weeks ago, in a dimly-lit chandeliered chamber, I heard the name of a ghost. “I’ve never wanted to tell this story because where I come from, we believe that to speak the name of a ghost is...

Daniel Hall, associate professor of surgery at the University of Pittsburgh, delivered the 11th annual Lehman Ethics Lecture this Wednesday, Feb. 24 at the Quigley Hall auditorium. His chosen subject for...

The Japanese video game series Pokémon turned 20 years old last Saturday, Feb. 27. Of course, “Japanese video game series” feels like a complete cop out and loss of journalistic integrity. The name...

Speaking from St. Peter’s Square, this Sunday, Feb. 21, Pope Francis called upon world leaders to abolish the death penalty worldwide for the duration of the Holy Year of Mercy. “The commandment ‘Thou...

On Sept. 14, 2015, detectors at the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory facility in Livingston, Louisiana picked up a curious signal from the background noise of the universe. 10 milliseconds...

Allegheny College’s student-run, non-profit coffee shop, Grounds For Change, hosted its first open mic night of the semester on Saturday, Feb. 13, and I dearly hope that nothing about that sentence surprised...

Two weeks ago, on a Tuesday morning around 8 a.m., while walking to the laundry room in Walker Hall’s lowest corridor, I was surprised by a pair of wings that swooped down from above, fluttered around...

A recent display in the campus center lobby involving recreational drugs has stirred a range of responses among Allegheny students, from the tepid to the irate. The display presented short blurbs on several...

A couple of weeks ago I attended the Single Voice Reading event which, contrary to the title, featured two discrete voices at the podium: Brian Barker and Nicki Beer. The readings were engaging; the poets,...

Allegheny College has been selected by the Council of Undergraduate Research to receive the Award for Undergraduate Research Accomplishment. The award is offered to the top three schools in different classification...

Aimee Knupsky, associate professor and chair of the psychology department at Allegheny College, and M. Soledad Caballero, associate professor of English, were selected this past May to receive a three-year...

Allegheny students and faculty gathered at Ford Memorial Chapel to experience a different kind of speaker on Monday Sept. 21. Nobel Laureate Dr. Robert Howard Grubbs, professor of chemistry at the California...

Let’s plant a flag here. No one should be told who they can or cannot marry, and no one should be told as to what gender they should or cannot identify as. With that in mind, let’s talk about Ellen...

Dr. Ronald Mumme, professor of biology at Allegheny College, describes himself as a behavioral ecologist and field biologist. “My job is to learn new things about the natural world,” he explained....

Every year, the week of spring break presents an interesting challenge to many of Allegheny’s international students: what do you do for a week when you have no easily accessible home to return to? In...

On Friday, March 6 at 7:30 p.m. in the Ford Chapel, Alec Chien, professor of music, will play his last performance with the Alexander String Quartet before he retires. The following afternoon, Saturday...