Lycoming

By Victoria Irwin
Lycourier Staff


Lycoming College’s dining hall celebrated Earth Day 2012 with the college’s first local foods dinner.

Photo ProvidedThe winners of the two faculty awards pose with Lycoming College President Dr. James E.

By Suzanne Smith
Lycourier Staff

 Robert Rinaldo/ Lycourier

By Aliza Davner
Editor-In-Chief 

Well Lycoming, here we are — the end of the road. I like to think of it as the end of an era, but I’m afraid that might come off as a bit too pretentious.

Two candidates were on campus this week to interview for the director of Residential Life and Conferences.
Students were invited to attend the sessions on Tuesday and Wednesday, Daniel Miller, dean of student affairs, said.

Students who planned to attend the sessions received the resumes and candidate evaluation forms prior to the interviews.

By Justin Ossont
Lycourier Staff

The Lycoming College Office of College Relations earned two awards during the 27th annual Educational Advertising Awards, sponsored by the Higher Education Marketing Report. This year, the total public relations campaign for Lycoming’s new admissions pieces was honored with a gold award and the annual President’s Report received a bronze award.

By Cody Marshall
Opinion Editor/ Lycourier


As finals are just around the corner, students are buzzing around campus with much on their minds. The semester end often comes quicker than students expect and course work builds up with little time to complete it.

By John Villarose VI
Lycourier Staff

By Kelly Prendergast
Lycourier Sports Editor

By Aliza Davner
Editor in Chief/ Lycourier

“Jerry Allen did not just teach us about theater, he taught us a lot about ourselves,” junior Molly Collier said as the rest of Alpha Psi Omega nodded in agreement.

Allen was such an inspiring character to the Theater Department as well as the rest of Lycoming College that APO dedicated a talent show in his memory.

By Samantha Ferraro
Lycourier Staff


Nothing makes a child happier than spending an afternoon dying Easter eggs or hunting for them, working on various crafts, and using their drawing skills with an expansive amount of sidewalk chalk, which is why the Student Pennsylvania State Education Association Easter egg hunt was such a successful event.

By Laura Walter
Lycourier Staff

On April 17 Alpha Xi Delta’s Iota Mu chapter will celebrate its seventh anniversary.

The sisters will observe the date with a special ceremony, a game night and ice cream.

The event will be held in Alpha Xi Delta’s lounge.

The women’s fraternity was added to the four other sororities at Lycoming College.

Elisa Becker  and Brandy Hale are doing a project  through  Dr. Payne’s Politics of Developing Countries class to raise awareness of an issue plaguing developing countries. They chose to look at fair trade, and then specifically coffee and worked with Nick Zolak in dining services to have a special coffee Wednesday.

By Robert Rinaldo
Entertainment Editor


“Resident Evil: Operation Raccoon City,” a third-person shooter co-developed by Slant Six Games and Capcom, is one of the most hyped-up games of 2012.

By John Villarose VI

Lycourier Staff


Hollywood seems to be following a trend in which critically successful Swedish movies are remade using American actors.

By Kelly Prendergast
Lycourier Sports Editor


The NCAA’s first Division III Week starts Monday and the Lycoming College Athletics Department will host two events in its honor.

The events will recognize the student-athletes of Lycoming College as well as their relationship with the school and the surrounding community.

By Victoria Irwin
Lycourier Staff 


A two-alarm fire the week before spring break was the talk of the campus as it destroyed the Buildings and Grounds Building and routed students from neighboring buildings.

By Aliza Davner
Editor in Chief/ Lycourier


While some students look forward to spring break as a time of rest and relaxation at home, the Lycoming College Tour Choir took a working vacation, traveling and performing through Southern California.

Dr. Wendell KatzThe Lycoming College History Department will host a lecture by Dr.

By Julia Cuddahy
Lycourier Staff


Recently, the only mascot at Lycoming College was Snowden Library’s “Snowden.” Although Snowden the snowman is adorable and an important part of “Snowden ‘til Two,” he is not fierce enough to be the symbol of Lycoming College’s sports teams and have never been considered the school’s official mascot.

By Alyssa Tomaskovic
Lycourier Staff


Throughout the process of trying to make Lycoming College more sustainable, one of the instrumental players in the whole progression has been a group that probably would not be the first to come to mind.