GUEST EDITORIAL
By Dan O’Keefe Dag nabbit! I’ve been roaming around this campus fer three days now and I ain’t seen one reason why any o’ you whippersnappers ought not to be drafted. Ceptin’ for the ladies, of course, on account of their natural inability to lift things or make quick decisions. Why, in my day, every...
Food Guide Pyramid Scheme Unveiled
By James Weissinger Americans everywhere these-a-days are “counting carbs,” questioning the nutritional value of every Better Cheddar, Fig Newton, and deliciously expensive Pepperidge Farm Novelty Cookie which passes their lips. Accordingly, this obsession with carbohydrates has thrown into question the grain-saturated society in which we live, rocking the very foundation of our culture-that’s right, grandma,...
ALUMNI PROFILE
By Matt Mesick As a lantern-jawed Haverfordian thug, I often forget that our neighbor to the west, Bryn Mawr College, has produced some pretty darn smart and talented people. Katherine Hepburn, Marilyn Monroe’s character in Some Like it Hot, and countless other distinguished and powerful women come immediately to mind. Indeed, Bryn Mawr women have...
Philly Phanatic
By Caitlin CoslettStaff Writer / Columnist Let’s forget for a minute that the Eagles can’t stop the run and that they were unceremoniously crushed by their instate rivals, the Pittsburgh Steelers. Let’s also forget that the Eagles represent Philadelphia’s only chance to win a championship for at least the next five years and probably more....
Haverford Needs More Protective Smoking Policy
By In the 1950s both Bryn Mawr and Haverford College allowed smoking in residence halls. Smokers could continue to smoke at will until confronted by a concerned party. Haverford retains this policy but has begun questioning it. Bryn Mawr, however, has a much more stringent policy and this year Bryn Mawr instituted an even stricter...
Dispelling the Myths of Large Universities
By Greg Reed Like many of my fellow students, I attended Haverford for its prestigious reputation, academic excellence, community ideals, and, most of all, its small size. It may be a cliché, but I wanted to attend a college where I would be a name and not just another number. Haverford and its claims of...
Ask the Cleaning Lady
By David LangliebLast Word Editor The “red state/blue state” paradigm of electoral politics has become so firmly entrenched in recent discourse that few have taken time to investigate its origins. The concept was introduced on the night of the 1976 presidential election by John Chancellor, who thought it might pep up his network newscast to...
If You Build It, They Will Come
By Brendan WattenbergGuest Writer Let’s put on a play! Where shall we begin looking for a venue? Well, there’s Stokes auditorium (a lecture hall), Founders Great Hall (a giant ballroom), Founder’s Common Room (nice for brandy and fireside conversation), MacCrate Hall (wait, sorry, music students only!), and Marshall (a 750-seat monstrosity). Since theatre is about...
Trackless Track At BMC
By Molly Chidester As you should know, Bryn Mawr has a track team, with some very accomplished runners, but while walking around campus- from dining hall, to library, to classroom, to dorm- have you ever wondered where the track is? You always see those runners, but where are they going?