GO Boards Spark Struggle
By Jesse Lee After almost an hour of discussion about a recent petition circulated by Amie Roe ’06 calling for a suspension of the GO Boards, Honor Council remained divided about its position and authority in the situation. Although the Council’s eventual statement will not have any direct impact on whether the Boards are suspended,...
Bouncers Debut
By L.K. Adriaansen At school-wide dances, a new group called the Quaker Bouncers will check student IDs, to ensure that all guests are either tri-co students or guests of tri-co students. Although this has been an SC policy for some time, now students will be paid to enforce these previously unenforceable rules. In dances to...
Students Apathetic Toward Forum
By Annemarie Gugelmann Last week, Bryn Mawr President Nancy J. Vickers led the last of this semester’s Community Updates, focusing this time on Bryn Mawr’s financial difficulties, as well as possible budget cuts. Even though the student forum attracted only three students, approximately 60 staff members attended the staff-specific meeting.
Goodbye SEPTA?
By Lauren Dubowski Earlier this semester the Southeastern Pennsylvania Transit Authority (SEPTA) announced that it would be forced to make cuts in all transit services and increase fares. The public transportation service faces a $62 million budget deficit for the 2005 fiscal year. These cuts would include the discontinuation of the R1 airport line and...
The King James Bible
By Frank Pittenger “Criminy” rhymes with Jiminy. “Jiminy Cricket” was another euphemism for Christ. Crickets are somewhat similar to grasshoppers. I’m an English major.
Guest Editorial
By Alex MilgromGuest Writer I’ll admit it, I f****d Harry Potter. I read the books, I watched the movies, I even f****d him. Consensually, of course. Plus, I have a scarf with Gryffindor colors. In fact, like most H. Potter fans, I would like nothing more than to attend the Hogwarts School for Witchcraft and...
Places We Should Bomb the Hell—Out—Of
By James Weissinger In response to the conservative outcry at the recent article, “Top Ten Places We Should Defect—To,” we at the Last Word thought it prudent to provide a balanced political viewpoint, one encompassing everything from Ross Perot to Timothy McVeigh. After all, not everyone is an abortion-loving, granola-crunching, Cosby-watchin’ communist. Thus, in the...
Quaker Bouncers Are the Right Move
By Over the last few weeks, the Quaker Bouncers Club (QBC) has sparked a great deal of controversy about the nature of community and the pros and cons of excluding outsiders from campus parties. QBC is a student initiative which is currently funded and supported through the Deans Office. Haverford students hired by the club...
A Bottle Of Wrinkle Cream, Please
By Erica Marcus My fear of the elderly began at nine years old, when I blithely agreed to perform at a local nursing home as a member of my elementary school string ensemble. Walking in, I was immediately overcome by a stench, the product of the lost bowel movement and overcompensation with various cleaning products....
Community Service Would Serve Us Well
By Caroline Kuhlman Many of us have been brought up in positive and stable, if not loving, environments. The majority of bi-co students fall into an upper-middle class economic breakdown, indicating that at the very least our parents provided well for us. Statistically, most of us have never been abused, homeless, or otherwise traumatized. But...