Reflecting on Alcohol Use in the Bi-Co
By Kelsey McMillen A couple of weeks ago, I celebrated my 21st birthday. It was a low-key event, and rather mild compared to what it could have been. It wasn’t the first time that I had ever consumed alcohol, either, as I have been around liquor in some form for my entire life. Yet now...
Obama’s ‘Team of Rivals’
By Eric Lundblade James Carville was at his most bizarrely astute when he said, “A campaign is the time to stab your enemies and a transition is the time to stab your friends.” A president-elect is faced with enormous pressure to reward campaign supporters with cabinet positions and other roles. It is an unfortunate fact...
Bryn Mawr’s ‘Big Cheeses’ Field Student Questions at SGA
By Katherine Bakke Bryn Mawr’s “Big Cheeses”—President Jane McAuliffe, Dean of the Undergraduate College Karen Tidmarsh ’71, Director of Residential Life Angie Sheets, Director of Student Activities Mary Beth Horvath, and Direction of Facilities Services Glen Smith—sat down at the November 23 Self Governance Association meeting to talk with students in a question-and-answer style panel....
Eliot Chang Addresses Race With Humor
By Hannah Jaenicke Thursday night’s entertainment at Haverford was provided by Eliot Chang, an Asian-American comedian whose post-show Asians in the Media workshop ensured that laughter was mixed with discussion.
Haverford Discusses Restructuring Social Justice Requirement
By Anna Brockway The future of the social justice requirement was up for discussion during Thursday’s open forum, which was hosted by the Educational Policy Committee, President Dr. Stephen G. Emerson ’74, and Students’ Council Co-Presidents Will Harrison ’10 and Harrison Haas ’10. Provost Linda Bell said that EPC’s goal is to come up with...
Asian Students Association Culture Show a “CelebrASIAN” of Women’s Empowerment
By Andrea Milne “Me love you long time”: It’s an iconic statement that was first popularized by Stanley Kubrick’s “Full Metal Jacket,” and has been a source of considerable controversy ever since. While originally uttered in the film by a Vietnamese prostitute, today the phrase is used by all kinds of people for all sorts...
Go! Boards Unexpectedly Fixed; Hunger Auction Continues with Adjustments
By Michael Novinson When the Go! Boards crashed last Monday, FIG President Colin Cross ’09 had resigned himself to weeks without the Boards before he accidentally stumbled upon a quick fix. Cross was messing around with the Go! administrative settings on Wednesday when he realized that he could switch the authentication system from the deceased Oak server...
Letter From Abroad: Obama and the Parisians
By Augusta Irele “So, Obama or McCain?” That was always the third question that people would ask me upon first meeting me (the first two being my name and where I’m from). It always seemed to me that the French were more anxious about the election than we were.
TriCo Program Challenges Issues of Diversity
By Robin Riskin Ninety students line up on Merion Green. Twenty minutes later, the students are all at different points on the lawn but there is an unmistakable divide among the races. White students are in the front, black students and Hispanics in back, and Asians and other races mixed between the two. What’s going...
Tunneling Through The Ghosts of Bryn Mawr
By Vicky Chu “Go back, go back, you’re off the track.” “Alas to say, we’re here to stay.” Despite the eerie claim written on a doorway of Thomas Great Hall’s basement, many students have been unable to quench their thirst to explore it and other lower levels of Bryn Mawr’s beautiful, old, and possibly haunted...
SAGA Celebrates Outweek Success, Growing Membership
By Abby Novick Proud possessor of the most colorful lounge on campus, SAGA is one of the largest affinity groups at Haverford. Even if there are still students who do not know what SAGA stands for (Sexuality And Gender Alliance, for those of you who find yourselves scratching your heads), the club’s exponential growth in...
Bi-College Orchestra Plays Fall Concert
By James McDowell The Bi-College Orchestra, conducted by Professor Heidi Jacob, presented its annual Fall Concert on Friday with a program that spanned the Classical, Romantic and Modern eras. The evening began with gusto in a performance of Brahms’ “Tragic Overture,” followed by a brilliant rendition of Haydn’s “Symphony No. 6,” and topped by a...