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Hood community works toward inclusivity
By Amanda Smith// With the recent surge in transphobic rhetoric in the United States, Hood’s increasingly diverse student body is attempting to uplift the transgender and nonbinary community through policy implementation and events. In many […]


The search on the best hot chocolate in Frederick
By Braden Weinel// As the temperature drops and winter approaches, there is always one drink that becomes a seasonal favorite–hot chocolate. Hot chocolate is easy to make and cheap to buy, but where can you […]

Hood student discovers mysterious plaque
By Dee Richardson// A mysterious plaque was discovered in the ground between Smith Hall and the Coffman Chapel on Oct. 21. The plaque was revealed to be a memorial plaque for Blaine Broadwater, a longtime Hood College business manager who died in 1974. He worked at […]

Students welcome the men’s and women’s basketball teams during Midnight Madness
By Aden Sievert// Hood’s annual Midnight Madness took place in the Volpe Athletic Center Arena on Monday, Oct. 17. The men’s and women’s basketball teams were introduced and celebrated in preparation for their upcoming seasons […]

Archaeology Club assists with cemetery clean up
By Sullivan McGee// The Hood College Archaeology Club has been assisting in a cleanup project of a historic African American cemetery in Hagerstown. The club has been helping to coordinate cleanups of Halfway Cemetery, which […]

New health building to open in 2023
By Rachel Sell A new building housing the Ruth Whitaker Holmes School of Behavioral and Health Sciences will open in spring 2023. The new building, called the Tollhouse Building, is located almost directly across from Frederick Health Hospital and will be used by […]

New students get ‘dinked’
By Braden Weinel// Approximately 300 first-year students began their college experience on Sunday, Aug. 21, with the long-standing Hood tradition… the dinking ceremony. This year, the freshman class color is yellow. The class of 2026 […]

New assistant professor joins Hood education department
By Braden Weinel// First-year teacher Amy Kilpatrick finds herself drawing on her elementary school experience to teach college students in the age of the pandemic. Kilpatrick, who joined the Hood education department in the fall […]