News

Alumni Team Recognizes Veterans

By Paige Kube Elm Staff Writer - Photo courtesy of Katie Manion The Awards Committee of the Washington College Alumni Association seeks to recognize the... 

WC Advances With New VP

By Emily Blackner Copy Editor - Photo courtesy of Kay Macintosh After a lengthy search, this spring semester Washington College will be welcoming a new... 

Documentary Celebrates 100 Years of WC Bball

By Paige Kube Elm Staff Writer Kurt Kolaja’s documentary series features WC basketball throughout the years, including the team pictured above. - Photo... 

Charlie Glowacki: WC Remembers

By Maegan Clearwood News Editor - Photo courtesy of Justin Barker This Tuesday evening, Tawes Theater was filled with memories, friends, and laughter in... 

Harvey, Antonio Lead Conference

By Rebecca String Elm Staff Writer Business professor Dr. Michael Harvey and senior Andrew Antonio will host a leadership workshop as a part of the National... 

Winter Break-in Suspects Charged

By Maegan Clearwood News Editor After a careful eight-month investigative collaboration between Washington College Public Safety and the Kent Bureau of... 

Opinion

Reagan’s Dirty Trick and the Drinking Age

By Chris Cronin Elm Staff Writer At 21, the United States of America has the highest legal drinking age in the world. With the exception of Sri Lanka and... 

I Hate It Here: A Response to Lit House Changes

By Will Malkus Elm Staff Writer So, the Lit House. You don’t care, right? And when I say “you,” I’m referring to the vast majority of our campus,... 

Lifestyles of the Rich, Famous, and the Stupid

By Allison Schoenauer Elm Staff Writer I would like to start this article with a simple statement of opinion: I hate Kim Kardashian.- I hate everything... 

Bringing Tidings of Good Cheer and Holiday Spirit

By Katie Tabeling Opinion Editor T’was the week before winter break, and all through the college, the students were brimming with holiday cheer. Pine... 

Surviving Final Exams: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly

By Emily Harris Elm Staff Writer Somehow it’s already December, and the semester is coming to an end. Instead of winding down however, it seems as if... 

Student Life

Dream Share Project Films Documentary, Shares with WC

By Kim Uslin Elm Staff Writer Believe it or not, life after WC does exist. The goal of your years spent here are to realize those dreams and passions,... 

“Why I Relay. . .”

“I joined Relay for Life because of my grandfather, who died from Lung Cancer when I was six years old. Then just two months ago my mother had a small... 

November is For Moustaches and Fundraising: The brothers of Kappa Sigma grow moustaches for philanthropy

By Alexa Appel Elm Staff Writer The WC chapter of the Kappa Alpha Fraternity has been growing moustaches and putting out collection boxes for “Movember,”... 

Annual Cake-Off, Everyone Wants a Piece

By Kim Uslin Elm Staff Writer The annual WC Cake-Off is anything but a piece of cake. 13 teams have 45 minutes to shape and decorate their own cake. During... 

Schindler, Wiest Lead ‘Wild’ Demo for Locavore

By Natalie Butz Editor-in-Chief In an effort to promote sustainability and expose the Washington College community to under-utilized portions of wild... 

First Annual Chestertown Locavore Lit Festival

By Kim Uslin Elm Staff Writer Washington College recently hosted the first half of the second annual Chestertown Locavore Lit Festival, a festival which... 

Sports

The Tebow Debate: The Believers and the Haters

  By Tim Marcin Elm Staff Writer   Here it is: the obligatory Tim Tebow article.  I’ll start this article with a little bit of a warning. ... 

Goucher Gets Gotten By WC Basketball

  By Claire Mattox Elm Staff Writer The Washington College men’s basketball team  started off the season with a tough loss at home to St. Mary’s... 

Jason’s NFL Picks: Week 12

By Jason Bryden Elm Staff Writer   Atlanta (7-4) at Houston (8-3) Two teams with hopes to play in January collide this Sunday at Reliant Stadium as... 

Women’s Basketball Go 1-1 in Nail-biters

By Hillary Kane Elm Staff Writer   The Washington College Shorewomen started off their 2011-2012 season with a pair of action-packed games, each resulting... 

Shoremen Battle F&M

By Samantha Gross Elm Staff Writer   Need further proof that the Men’s Swim Team is seeing some vast improvements this year? They made defending... 

Dunked by Dips

  By Gabby Devaud Elm Staff Writer   The Washington College women’s swim team was defeated by Franklin & Marshall last Monday in a conference... 

Lifestyle

Enjoying Winter Break, ‘C-Town Scoop’ Style

By Jackie Kelly Elm Staff Writer The holidays are almost here, so I figured my last C-Town scoop could be a jumble of things that will help you have an... 

Polanski Proves Himself a God of ‘Carnage’: Strong Cast, Clever Script Makes Chaotic New Film a Pleasant Absurdity

By Valerie Dunn Elm Staff Writer Few directors could film two couples arguing in a living room for 79 minutes and produce an entertaining movie, yet Roman... 

Sex and the Chester: The Consequence of Consistently Saying “Yes” to a “No” Kind of Love Life

By Alyssa Velazquez Elm Staff Writer When someone asks you to go to dinner–someone you’re familiar with, that you get along with–and you know that... 

The C-Town Scoop: Stop End of Semester Stress

By Jackie Kelly Elm Staff Writer Oh, Thanksgiving break you’re such a tease. Well, we’re all back at WC and, of course, back to the old  grind. And... 

It’s a Wonderful Radio Play at Prince Theatre

By Ji Kim Elm Staff Writer Inside the Prince Theatre in downtown Chestertown, I stare at the two most prominent pieces of the stage where most of the action... 

What the What!?: Look! It’s Frosty the Conman!

By Amanda Whitaker Lifestyle Editor Frosty the Snowman was a jolly, happy soul. With a corn-cob pipe and a removable head and a penchant for abusing officers...