Nanuchka and Chin Chin Play Lunt
By David Wicks Many people who regularly attend Lunt shows know how poorly attended they can be, yet even with La Fiesta happening, Nanuchka and Chin Chin were both able to put on a show that drew the crowd in and kept them there for an impressive time. Even when the crowd was thinning out...
Canaday Classics: ‘Broken Blossoms’
By Rachel N. Carpenter Last spring, I watched a silent Canaday Classic during Plenary, so this Fall Plenary, I thought that I would continue this tradition with “Broken Blossoms,” a 90-minute silent film by the acclaimed director D.W. Griffith. Starring Lillian Gish and Richard Barthelmess, “Broken Blossoms” is seen by some as D.W. Griffith’s attempt...
Music and Conversation: The Momenta String Quartet
By Danny Weaver This past Friday, Haverford’s “Music and Conversation” series brought the Momenta String Quartet, with thereminist Dalit Warshaw, to Marshall Auditorium. Before the concert, Warshaw, a proponent of the theremin in classical and neo-classical music, gave a demonstration of the theremin and its unique history.
Gillian Grassie BMC ’10 Places Second in New York Songwriting Competition
By Nina Zipkin Gillian Grassie, harpist, songwriter and Bryn Mawr junior, placed second in the New York Songwriters Circle (NYSC) contest in New York City on November 5. NYSC is an organization dedicated to discovering and supporting young songwriters and musicians. NYSC has helped launch the careers of many musicians, including Norah Jones and...
Post Post: Bryn Mawr’s Lone Rock Band
By Melissa Carn Between the hours of 5 and 7 p.m. on Fridays and Saturdays, Erdman, collectively considered the "quiet dorm" on Bryn Mawr’s campus, is flooded with a deluge of amplified guitars and crashing drums. This is not the sound of an Erdmanite leaving her stereo on obscenely loud and her door wide open....
Maud McInerney Gets Medieval
By Walker Anderson Professor Maud McInerney, recent recipient of the Phi Beta Kappa Excellence in Teaching Award, gave a talk Thursday in Sharpless Auditorium called “Getting Medieval and Why it Matters,” describing the role of a Medievalist and generally the field of Medieval studies in the 21st century.
Behind the Lens: ‘Maquilopolis’
By Beth Patel Pantyhose, television parts, trash bags: how often do we consider where these products come from? There are over four thousand factories on the border between the U.S. and Mexico, the majority of which are located near Tijuana. In an effort to get Haverford students thinking about these factories and their...
The “Real People” of HCA
By Cameron Scherer One might assume that a group of college kids make less-than-ideal neighbors. Parties that last until the small hours of the night and loud music are not exactly what most people look for when house-hunting. But the non-student residents of apartment 808, often called "the real people" of HCA, have few complaints...
Modern Sex: This Column Is Brought to You By the Letter “G”
By Kama Yama I’ve mentioned G-spot toys several times in this column, but it occurred to me that some people may not know what the G-spot is, where it is, and the pleasures it affords women. So, today’s article is dedicated to the G-spot.
On a Fine Fall Day, Quidditch
By Juliana Reyes It’s a brisk morning after the raucous Halloween party at Bryn Mawr College, but there is no time to nurse a hangover. It’s game day. For Quidditch.
Smoothing Over The Democratic Process: Smart Women Vote
By Margaret Ernst A little after at 7pm on Election Night, Caroline Troein ’09 smiles with relief. She is working the last shift as a student advocate at the polls, ready to solve problems that may arise for student voters. “Nothing big really went wrong,” Troein says, looking around at the carpeted lobby of Bryn...
Helping Mawrtyrs Help Their Bodies: The BIC
By Vicky Chu There is little doubt that sex toys can be considered taboo, even at a campus as progressive as Bryn Mawr's. Yet over a month ago, a certain e-mail caught many Bryn Mawr students’ attention— it was advertising a Sex Toy Demonstration workshop, sponsored by the Bryn Mawr Body Image Council (BIC) and...