Living on a Movie Set
By Kelsey McMillen I am a complete movie-lover, and I get excited about the littlest aspects of film. In fact, up until these past few weeks, I would have considered myself lucky to be on a movie set. Then of course, “Tenure” came to Bryn Mawr’s campus.
AAC Investigates Role of Extracurriculars at HC
By Cameron Scherer Homework, practice, meetings—it seems that life at Haverford is dominated by an endless series of activities. To address the increasingly pressing issue of competing interests in student life, the Administrative Advisory Committee recently hosted two forums to discuss means through which the administration could enhance students’ participation in both extracurricular activities...
‘Strange Ass’ at the ‘Ford
By Andrew Lipstein Recently a female friend noted that most of all, what she really needed was some “strange ass.” While I knew exactly what she meant and how she meant it, I also knew that the concept of “strange ass” and “Haverford” is a “contradiction.” And I think she knows that too.
Sports Briefs
Bryn Mawr Lacrosse Bryn Mawr 13 Immaculata 3 Bryn Mawr, PA – The Owls used an 8-0 first-half lead to close out their 2008 season with a 13-3 victory over visiting Immaculata University Thursday afternoon on Applebee Field.
The Primaries in the Bi-Co and in the Nation
By Liz Hood This past week, Pennsylvania got to experience one of its finest moments in presidential nomination history (or at least since the 1968 reforms). We as a state were able truly to have an effect on the nomination process. I would like to congratulate the passionate efforts of Smart Women Vote and...
The Coop Athlete of the Week
After nearly 50 years without a victory over Swarthmore, Haverford Men’s Tennis finally defeated the Garnet last Saturday at Johns Hopkins University, to earn a berth in the Conference Championship match. Junior Marc Rudolph was the hero, winning Haverford the final point in a 5-4 victory. Rudolph defeated Swarthmore’s Mark Wee at the fourth singles...
Canaday Classics: ‘The African Queen’
By Rachel Carpenter This week’s Canaday Classic is the 1951 film “The African Queen.” Starring Bryn Mawr graduate Katharine Hepburn and the famed actor Humphrey Bogart with appearances by Robert Morley and Peter Bull, “The African Queen,” boasts an all-star cast. The film tells the story of the effects of WWI in Africa from...
The SC Co-Presidents’ Disputed Endorsement
By Andrea Milne On April 14, 2008, Meghan McAllister and Fabrizio Barbagelata—the co-presidents of Haverford’s Students’ Council—stated their support for Barack Obama in the Pennsylvania primary. They wrote, “We must note that we are speaking on behalf of our own views as prominent student leaders at our institutions, not on behalf of the student...
Coming Home Again: A Diary
By Alex Quinn Monday, April 21: I haven’t worked on my thesis all weekend, and I have a meeting (last one) with my advisor tomorrow. Ok. I sit down for three or so hours and write – baseball as carnival. That works, right? Hmm… I have clowns (mascots and fans), I have the ‘grotesque’...
Cellar Dweller: HRM Rex Goliath! 47 Pound Rooster Pinot Noir
By Karen Tekverk When my youngest sister was just a little girl, she started experimenting in the kitchen, and one of her first solo recipes was so… powerful, that I’ll never forget it. She started by slicing bananas into a bowl, then crumbling bits of Milano over them. She took a spoon and mashed...
The Idiot Box: ‘SVU’
By Suzy Schwartz In the desperate search to find something, anything to write on, I turned to my friends to see what they consider to be quality entertainment. Needless to say I was disappointed when many of them fell back on the age-old excuse, “I don’t have time to watch TV any more.” I...
Students Perform Pinter Plays in New HCA Theater
By Justin Dainer-Best You’re in the basement of HCA 10, but rather than seeing a strobe light, there are chairs set up; there are hand-sewn curtains; George Urgo ’08 is strumming his guitar. This was the vision that Jacob Carroll ’09 and Liz Shriver ’08 had for their performance of two one-act plays by...