About Us
History Founded in 1909 as the Haverford News at Haverford College, and the College News at Bryn Mawr, The Bi-College News inherits a century-long tradition of excellence in college journalism. In 1968, the two newspapers merged under the banner The News, launching Haverford and Bryn Mawr’s largest student cooperative initiative. Christened The Bi-College News in...
Shakespeare and ‘Blending’ at Haverford
By Sean Hughes Haverford recently held its annual Mellon Fellow’s Symposium, “Shakespeare and the Blending Mind.” The Humanities Center’s Post-Doctoral Fellow, Michael Booth, an English Professor, organized the event.
Shakespeare Troupe Performs a Play by Shelley
By Melissa Carn Percy Bysshe Shelley’s 1819 play “The Cenci” is a highly acclaimed play, yet it is one of the most seldom-performed works in the body of western theater. Bryn Mawr’s Shakespeare Performance Troupe, performing the drama on April 17, 18, and 19 in Erdman living room, brought “The Cenci” eerily to life,...
Luke Wilson: Why Should Mawrtyrs Care?
By Liz Hood To preface what will turn out to be only a “bra-burning” rant, I would like to state that without even having wasted $10.50 to see it yet, I already hate the movie “Tenure”. Although this may come as a shock to the many women who have taken a sudden liking to...
HC Hosts Pan-Asian Cultural Show and Dinner
By Daniel Weaver Haverford students mostly think of Founders Hall as the area where FAB dances are situated. But last Saturday night Founders was filled with a different a different kind of dance, food, and music than is on those nights. Instead of pretzels and virgin daiquiris, the foyer was filled with Chinese, Indian, and...
A Few May Day Mistakes
By Mica Iddings It is often embarrassing to make a mistake. It is twice as embarrassing when one makes a mistake publicly, and not only makes the mistake, but also makes it in an angry, somewhat self-righteous way. Unfortunately, that is exactly what I did with my May Day article. I became so riled-up over...
Democrats Make Their Final Pitches: ‘This race is about character and choices.’
By Ryan Fackler “That’s who Barack Obama is in case you’re not sure,” Michelle Obama said on Tuesday afternoon to a gathering of two thousand bi-co students and greater Pennsylvania community members.
‘Massacre’ Threat on Swarthmore’s Anonymous Online Boards
By Miles Skorpen This article appeared in the April 17 edition of Swarthmore’s The Daily Gazette. For more Swarthmore news, go to daily.swarthmore.edu. Last Tuesday morning, police officers accompanied senior college officers to the dorm room of a freshman living in Wharton, investigating a threat of violence originally posted on the Daily Jolt, Swarthmore’s...
Letters to the Editor: HC, How Do I Love Thee? Let Me Count the Ways…
By Emma Shaw BMC ’09 A very interesting e-mail popped up in my inbox the other day. “And how do you feel about Haverford?” it wanted to know. “Tell us why.” Having read Joel Censer’s incendiary opinion piece (“BMC Should Embrace the Bi-Co Relationship”) some weeks before, I was thrilled to have at last found...
Bruce Partridge Reflects on 38 Years at HC
By Genna Cherichello What will you be involved in after you leave Haverford? The main way I’m going to spending my life for the next five years or so is working on some big science projects that got started many years ago but are now just coming to fruition. And I want to have...
Bi-Co Chorale, Orchestra Play Berlioz’s ‘Requiem’
By Daniel Weaver With more than 100 Bryn Mawr and Haverford students in addition to several faculty members and more than 50 members from the surrounding communities of Lower Merion and Haverford, the Bryn Mawr-Haverford Chorale performed Hector Berlioz’s “Requiem” to a fairly full Marshall Auditorium. Their deep vocal sound gave off an impressive air...
Great Food without Guilt at Philly’s White Dog Cafe
By Tess Clancy What would possess a Philadelphian to stand in his backyard in January, trying to grill sandwiches and flip hamburgers for a dozen waiting college students while bundled in a parka and huge mittens? What would inspire a young woman to sacrifice other aspirations in life to take on the all-encompassing job...