Nov 15, 2015
From the Archives: Table Matters
By Diane Shaw, College Archivist, and Elaine Stomber ’89, Associate College Archivist The Early Years In 1832, Lafayette opens and operates on the manual…
From the Archives: Table Matters
Nov 13, 2015
Manila, 1973; Immigrate
Rice still stuck in her hair she turns from the jetway tosses the bouquet to weeping family hand clenched around his the ring pressing hard against bone…
Nov 13, 2015
Advocate for Disadvantaged Youngsters
When Amanda Evans ’13 first proposed a partnership between The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, where she works, and SPARK, a nonprofit mentoring…
Nov 13, 2015
Documenting Delectable Journeys
Kathleen Squires ’88 used her English degree to build an editing career with a major New York City book publisher, and by 1997, she was living the dream…
Nov 13, 2015
Wine and Words
A degree in English may seem like unusual preparation for a professional oenophile, but Laura Wickiewicz Battiato ’05 is a wine expert because of words…
Nov 13, 2015
Think Then Do
Jiselle Peralta ’13 remembers Mary Armstrong often telling her students that they were great thinkers, but that it takes physical action to use that…
Nov 13, 2015
Unraveling the Culture of Bullying
Being bullied is universal. The effects linger and foster a feeling of shame, says Laura Martocci ’84, author of Bullying: The Social Destruction of…
Nov 13, 2015
Artististic Sensibilities Flavor Indian Eatery
Fire. Anil Bathwal ’91 first wielded that element as an art major, often torching his paintings for effect. Now an executive chef, he uses it to forge…
Nov 13, 2015
The Long, Winding Road
Driving across country in a beat-up 1973 Mustang, feeding his insatiable post-college wanderlust, a then 22-year-old Phil Reisman ’76 had a striking…
Nov 13, 2015
Labor and the Locavore
When Margaret Gray ’90 spoke to the Lafayette community last month, she was accompanied by thousands of invisible exploited workers. In researching her…