The College Reporter

Dr. Robert L. Roschel ’54 and his wife Anna Roschel have committed to gifting the College $6.5 million, staged over several years, to officially name New College House. Henceforth, New College will be known as Roschel College House, President Altmann said.

On October 2nd and 3rd, the F&M Theater and Dance department put on their annual Fall Dance Event. However, this year, it took place socially-distanced, on the Armstrong North Field behind College Row. Pieces were choreographed by Faculty members, Jennifer Conley and Pamela Vail, along with a guest artist, Magira Ross.

On Wednesday, September 23, the Campus Climate Survey released the full report of the Campus Climate Survey conducted last year. The report, totaling more than 400 pages, provided data on the responses of more than 1,500 students, faculty, and professional staff and covered a range of topics centered around respondents’ feelings regarding the overall climate at F&M. The College Reporter created a collection of graphics that detail some of the important findings to come out of the report.

Bail modifications occurred this morning for the Lancaster Protesters arrested early in the week, including for Franklin & Marshall College Junior Kathryn (Kat) Patterson, whose bail was originally set at $1 million. Patterson’s bail was reset to $50,000 unsecured after petition by Judge Dennis Reinaker, former Lancaster County President Judge.

Early Monday morning, Kat Patterson, a Franklin & Marshall Junior, was arrested by Lancaster Police during a night of protests following the death of Ricardo Muñoz on Sunday afternoon. Since her arrest, student leaders at Franklin & Marshall organized the following letter addressed to Franklin & Marshall president Barbara Altmann

Shortly after 6 p.m. on Monday, residents of Brooks College House received an email notifying them of a recent wastewater testing result and requiring all residents in Marshall and Buchanan dorms to immediately quarantine and sign up for a mandatory COVID-19 test on Tuesday.

Many members of the F&M community participated in last week's Scholar Strike put on by the Black Student Union. "In the middle of a pandemic, people came together to voice their frustrations about police brutality and support our organization. said Rachel St Louis, President of F&M's BSU. St Louis then shared her hope that all those in attendance continue to show up and speak out. Protest. Donate. Act.

As the College wrapped-up its first two rounds of COVID-19 entry testing for all students last week, hundreds of students had still not completed entry testing, some students had never even received first tests, and turnout for the first round of surveillance testing lacked.

Late Sunday evening, hundreds of protesters began gathering outside the Lancaster police station and closed off Prince Street downtown, following the shooting of a Lancaster man by a police officer a mile away from Franklin and Marshall.

"The module system turned the focus of class from critical thinking and discussion to rout memorization and consumption. This mode of learning could have been a great opportunity for F&M to reassess its concept of quality education, yet we again conflate quantity of work with academic prestige" writes Junior Trinity Nguyen in her Op-Ed: "The Module System is Unsustainable, Here's Why."

"With around 30% of all F&M students living in off-campus housing this fall, a student pledge that provides little guidance for those properties, and an already rocky start to testing and quarantine plans, off-campus housing could potentially become a risk that at the least severely complicates F&M’s attempt to safely return to an in-person semester this fall." writes Investigative Reporter Daniel Robillard '22

"It is my opinion that a reasoned study of the above facts leads to the inevitable conclusion that significant Covid 19 transmission will occur on campus this fall." writes Dr. John Rigilano who spent the last 13 years doing College Health at both Millersville University and Franklin and Marshall and retired from clinical practice last month.

Making our voices heard is essential for change to be made. We are grateful to all of those who contributed to our latest edition, which is now up on our website. Check out these Opinion articles by the Black Student Union, alumni, and students. http://www.the-college-reporter.com//black-student-union-/ http://www.the-college-reporter.com//07/op-ed-to-see-color/... http://www.the-college-reporter.com//to-my-peers-of-privi/