April Fools: “The Gates” artists choose Bryn Mawr as next venue
By Hannah Mueller Anyone who has any interest in the art world, along with anyone who happened to be in Central Park during the month of February in 2005, knows about The Gates, an installation of 7,500 saffron-colored gates by Bulgarian artists Christo and Jeanne-Claude. I was a big fan of The Gates, so...
April Fools: I Don’t Feel Strongly Enough to Write a Full Article
By Rosie Dillon I’ve been struggling for an idea for this article like none other. Everyone I’ve asked has told me that I should write about “Haverford’s newest anonymous confession board”, the hot topic on everyone at Haverford’s lips. If you’ve been living under a rock or don’t attend to the Bi-Co (hi Mom), allow...
Memoirist Patricia Hampl Reads at BMC
By Rachel Tashjian Bryn Mawr College’s Thomas Great Hall was the scene last Thursday of a reading by Patricia Hampl, the memoirist best known for her books “A Romantic Education” and “Virgin Time.” The Hall lent its reliable majesty to the event, and attendees not from the college—who often make up much of the...
April Fools: Cellar Dweller: “The Wide New World of Moonshine”
By Oscar Wilde Last weekend I stumbled upon a new and intriguing brand of wine; it wouldn’t be going too far to say that the drinking world’s future favorite can only be found in one particular place: the corner of Broad and 78th Street, at a charming local Bistro known to the locals as “The...
SC Addresses Extracurriculars and Academics
By Claire McCullough Students’ Council held a forum for students to discuss the relationship between extracurricular activities and academics at Haverford on Thursday. Nearly all those in attendance were freshmen or sophomores.
April Fools: First Bonds, Then Clemens, Now…Emerson?
By Brad Gibson Legend has it that the early success of the Haverford lacrosse team was born purely out of a love of the game. If only it were that simple.
April Fools: Mighty Ducks to Help Out Lame Ducks
By Calvin Okoth-Obbo In response to dwindling popularity and interest in the activity, current Lame Ducks Ice Hockey commissioner Sunny Singh ’08, announced on Tuesday the conclusion of a deal that will bring Dean Portman and Fulton Reed (aka The Bash Brothers) to the weekly hockey outings for the rest of the Spring semester....
To Confess or Not to Confess: The Perils of the New Boards
By Kayla Hoskinson Graduation day of high school was the most liberating day of my life. Seriously. Finally I was out of a place where publicly expressing one’s opinion was frowned upon, but everyone talked shit about everyone else.
Beautiful Spring at Bryn Mawr and Haverford
By Kelsey McMillen Spring here in the Bi-Co is so beautiful that it has the rare quality of being able to distract the otherwise focused students and remind us of the beauty of the area—and of nature in general.
A Comparison of Two Main Line Food Joints
By Andrew I. Lipstein Absolutely no offense to Haverford’s Dining Service, but eventually a man (or woman) has to break out of the pattern of devoting his daily dinner to Pepperoni Calzones and fill in your least favorite eastern European country Vegetable Soup, V (for Vegan.) Eventually a man has to venture out into...
Why Do People Confuse Fame with Talent?
By Alex Stratyner I doubt that anyone will be thrown into a state of shock when I say that I’ve stopped being surprised that personal goings-on in the lives of entertainers entertain our society more than their actual (or supposed) talent. I’m no longer even slightly amused by the fact that Britney Spears’s career...
Watch ‘The Wire’ and Learn About Life
By Anders Hulleberg Who said the following to whom, and when? “Don’t matter who did what to who at this point. Fact is we went to war, and now there ain’t no going back. I mean, shit, it’s what war is, you know: once you in it, you in it. If it’s a lie,...