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The spinning rainbow wheel of life
1:24 a.m. My eyes are weary, drunk on blue light from the computer. I’ve been laying out the newspaper’s design for almost seven hours straight, the Mac computer full of opened Google docs, downloaded files and one essential InDesign page. As I make my changes to the page, the computer freezes up. A rainbow circle, the “Rainbow Wheel of Death” loads on the screen. Then the computer goes black.
Twins galore! - The Muhlenberg Weekly
When I tell people at ‘Berg that I am a twin, one of two things happens. Either they will look up from their Canvas pages, eyes widening and gasping, saying, “You’re a twin? That’s so cool!” Or, the more surprising option, “That’s really cool, I think [insert other ‘Berg student] is a twin too!” The latter option took me aback; I am no longer the only twin in my small school. But as I like to say, part of a secret society: the ‘Berg community of twins.
New director helms “Head Over Heels” production
On Friday, Feb. 16, the company was informed that former Director and Adjunct Professor Daniel Kutner abruptly left the “Head Over Heels” production due to directorial differences. Intimacy Coordinator Alessandra Fanelli is set to replace the director, though many are still apprehensive about the recent changes made. In response to stepping up to this new role, Fanelli said, “I’m genuinely honored to be a part of this collaborative effort.
It’s significant: Muhlenberg adds a new statistics major
On Jan. 31, 2024, Muhlenberg announced that they were offering a new statistics major starting in the fall 2024 semester. The new major will be a collaboration between the Math and the Computer Science departments and is aimed at helping to prepare students for the fast-growing field of statistics.
A review of "The Laramie Project" at Civic Theatre
Trigger warning: hate crime, mentions of violence When you enter the theater, the first thing you hear is the wind whistling. It is the wind of Laramie, Wyoming, the last thing university student Matthew Sheppard heard as he lay dying, beaten and tied against a metal fence. The play, “The Laramie Project”focuses on the town of Laramie and how they were affected by Sheppard’s death at the hands of a violent anti-gay hate crime.
Reflecting on The Great Allentown Fair: A nostalgic romp? Or a relic of a crueler past?
Every year around the first week of classes at Muhlenberg College, The Great Allentown Fair holds a 5-day festival filled to the brim with classic fair activities. The last time I had been to the fair was in preschool, so I decided to give it a visit to see if it was really as “great” as the name suggested. The fair has a storied history, spanning over a century. “In its 171-year history, it has weathered pandemics and epidemics, world wars and the Great Depression.
‘Berg hosts heated congressional debate
A horde of students and supporters gathered in the Seegers Union Event Space on Oct. 6 for what turned out to be an impassioned debate. Competing for Pennsylvania’s 7th Congressional District seat in the U.S. House of Representatives in this midterm election are incumbent Congresswoman Susan Wild (D) and President and CEO of Silberline Manufacturing Lisa Scheller (R).
Midterm Madness - The Muhlenberg Weekly
The Muhlenberg Weekly is committed to informing the student body about the upcoming midterm election. In our new column, we will outline key races that ‘Berg students can vote in. We have reached out to every candidate for their responses on a couple of critical questions.
College sees decline in enrollment
Muhlenberg has consistently prided itself on being a small school where students can engage one-on-one with professors and gain a rich liberal arts education. Now, these traits which once served as attractive factors for high school students choosing where to spend their next four years may be the reason why fewer high schoolers are deciding to become Mules. Melissa Falk ‘92, dean of admissions and financial aid, noted that at their point of entry the class of 2023 was at 538 students.
Midterm Madness - The Muhlenberg Weekly
The Muhlenberg Weekly is committed to informing the student body about the upcoming midterm election. In our new column, we will outline key races that ‘Berg students can vote in. We have reached out to every candidate for their responses on a couple of critical questions.
Monkeypox at Muhlenberg
The Monkeypox outbreak has made its way onto Muhlenberg’s campus and was reported on Sept. 7 in an email from Dean of Students Allison Williams. “A person who was on campus last week self-reported a recent positive test for monkeypox. The individual is not a student and does not live on campus. The person is now in isolation,” stated Williams in the message.
Will the overturning of Roe v. Wade puncture the ‘Berg bubble?
On June 24, the United States Supreme Court released their ruling on the highly anticipated Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization case. The case involved a contested Mississippi law which banned abortions after 15 weeks of gestation. The ruling came almost two months after a majority decision draft was leaked to the press indicating that the landmark 1973 case, Roe v. Wade, would be overturned.
“Take Back the Night” highlights survivors’ experiences
photo credit: instagram.com/muhlenbergcollege. Survivors telling their stories as spectators listen. On Apr. 6, a “Take Back the Night” event was held on the East Chapel Lawn. This gathering was meant to serve as a dialogue for survivors of sexual violence to share their experience in front of a group of understanding individuals. Several students came forward and shared either through personal spoken statements or written testimonies that were read by a non-student.
Laurie Stone reading prompts the ‘Berg community to feel
photo by Sarah Wedeking '24 Hosted by the English department and creative writing program, award-winning writer Laurie Stone read and discussed some of her work, including unpublished pieces on Thursday, Apr. 7, in Moyer Hall’s Miller Forum. The event also included a book signing. “The reading was truly amazing,” Cristina Lewis ‘23 said.
Former Husker Rose-Ivey Gets Big Break With William Chrisman High
A major change is usually included with a honeymoon period. That is no different for a new high school football coach. “Being 0-0, you are the most popular guy until you go 0-1,” newly minted William Chrisman head football coach Michael Rose-Ivey said. William Chrisman High School is located in Independence, Missouri, a short 20-minute drive away from the hub of Kansas City. The Bears have not exactly been a powerhouse in recent years. They finished 3-7 last year, 2-9 the year prior and 3-7 in 2019.
Muhlenberg hosts first Democratic debate for PA’s U.S. Senate seat
Rebecca Clark '23. Representative Kenyatta and Congressman Lamb debating next to the empty podium where Lt. Governor Fetterman should have been. On Apr. 3, students, faculty, local community members and politicians gathered in the Event Space of Seegers Union for the first debate in the U.S. Senate race for Pennsylvania’s empty seat.
Omaha goalie keeps his eye on the puck
You would be hard-pressed to find a position in sports that requires better vision than an ice hockey goalie. Goalies need the peripheral vision of a quarterback, the depth perception of a sharpshooting guard, and the eye motility of a batter following a fastball from the hand of a pitcher. Tracking and throwing your body in front of a frozen, one-inch-thick black puck launched by a slapshot through crowds of players is no easy feat.
Rare books in Trexler collide with classwork
photo credit: Susan Falciani Maldonado. students looking at the College's archives on B level of the library Muhlenberg College’s Trexler Library contains rows upon rows of novels, records and written scholarship that students are free to check out at any time. However, there is a section of the library that is not as widely known: Muhlenberg’s Special Collections.
GASP defies Valentine's Day with anti-love songs
Photo by Jessica Rosen '24 | GASP posing for a photo after their show! On Feb. 12, 2022 at 9 p.m, The Great American Songbook Project (GASP), an ensemble covering music from the 1920s-60s, hosted their annual Valentine’s Day performance and fundraiser, entitled “GASP!: The Great American SINGLES Project” in the intimate setting of the Red Door Cafe. The ensemble focused on songs relating to “anti-love,” or themes of sadness, anger, and confusion surrounding love.
Coming back to ‘Berg
Photo courtesy of the Muhlenberg Office of Communications. Andréa Rodriguez smiling on Academic Row When most students commit to attending Muhlenberg, they believe that they will be at the College for about a four-year timeframe. However, after graduating, some alumni decide to plant roots in Allentown and work for the institution that granted them their undergraduate degree. This was the case for Morgan Tietz ‘21 and Andrea Rodriguez ‘21.
Omicron at Muhlenberg: What precautions are being taken?
The winter break in between semesters is meant to provide students, faculty and staff with much needed rest and relaxation. However, over this past break there was only one thing on the minds of every Muhlenberg community member: the omicron variant. This new, highly transmissible strain of the COVID-19 virus has forced the College’s administrators to revise their policies surrounding the pandemic.
Muhlenberg’s campus is open this spring, but will students return?
Photo Credit: Ayden Levine '23 After a semester’s worth of gossip and theories surrounding the Spring 2021 semester plans, Muhlenberg students finally received an answer. In a Nov. 11 email, President Kathleen Harring announced that all students would in fact be welcomed back to campus this spring. The new question is, however, as COVID-19 cases rise nationally and the college experience remains predominantly virtual, how many students will actually return?
‘BergVotes and CENTER host election night debrief event
Photo Credit: Ayden Levine '23 As the Nov. 3 election night hit the 8 o’clock hour, several Muhlenberg students paused their electoral map tracking to participate in an hour of stress relief activities. In a virtual Zoom event, hosted by ‘BergVotes and the CENTER (Multicultural Life and Community Engagement), students gathered to relax, play games and disengage from election results if only for a short while.
A creative approach to writing on campus
Featured speakers participate in a panel on creative writing. Photo Courtesy of Ayden Levine “I hate writing,” Tessa Fontaine proclaimed to a room full of aspiring and professional penmans. Discussing the struggles of writer’s block, she made it known that there never exists a good time to write. “If I waited for that block to dissipate, I’d never write anything.” Fontaine, Mitchell S. Jackson and Nadia Owusu were the featured writers at this semester’s “Writers at Muhlenberg” event.
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