Haverford Examines Writing Program
By Jacob Horn Staff Writer Haverford faculty are concerned students are having trouble with academic writing, and Haverford deans are concerned students are having difficulty communicating effectively on applications for grants, scholarships, and graduate schools. In an attempt to address these concerns, the Educational Policy Committee (EPC) is proposing changes that would integrate more writing...
New Records at Haverford Holiday Meet
By Jordan Schilit
Haverford College hosted its annual Holiday Meet at the Alumni Field House on Saturday. Four meet records were rewritten by Fords and plenty of personal bests were posted.
The meet’s first race –- the 5,000-meters –- was swarmed with Goats. The men’s team secured eight of the top-10 places in that...
BMC Freshman Will Skate to National Ice Dancing Championships
By Amanda Kennedy Winter break has a lot in store for Bryn Mawr freshman Katie Zeigler. With ice dancing partner Baxter Burbanks, Zeigler will lace up her skates and participate in the 2010 U.S. Figure Skating Championships in Spokane, Washington. Occurring on January 14-24, the competition will feature Zeigler and Burbanks in the Junior Ice...
Three of Four Rock Owls Rese
By Margaret Ernst News Editor After a Godfather-like exchange on a street corner, three of the wooden owls that sit sagaciously on Rockefellar’s dark banisters have been returned. Rock residents have been discussing the loss of all four owl sculptures since before fall break, when the first owl went missing. According to Public Safety Officer...
TLI
by Juliana Reyes Features Editor Don Carroll and Emily Levine pore over a table in the Lusty Cup. Usually a place for students to meet with French tutors or discuss problem sets, the spot has become Carroll’s writing studio for the next two hours. Carroll sifts through a green folder as Levine examines the sea...
Financi 101: Your Money Over Time
by James Burton Columnist Today we are going to examine the “time value” of your money. The entire essence of this value can be summed up in one sentence: “A dollar today is worth more than a dollar at some time in the future.” At first glance, this idea may not appear to ring true,...
Flute Choir Review
By Julie O’Neil I really had no idea what to expect when I headed out of the cold winter evening and into the Goodhart Theater Music Room this past Friday evening around dusk. I had come to cover the Bryn Mawr & Haverford Flute Choir’s winter performance and I was worried. What did I know...
Idiot Box – Men Of A Certain Age
By Molly Parzen Staff Writer I am not a middle-aged man, nor have I ever been. That has not, however, stopped me from thoroughly enjoying Ray Romano’s new dramedy, Men Of A Certain Age, which airs on Mondays on TNT at 10 PM. Romano’s career has stagnated a bit since he rocketed to fame as...
Taking Over the Block, from the Blue Roofs to Bryn Mawr
By Margaret Ernst News Editor It starts with a crowd roaring. Then the beat. "Wake up!" someone screams. An emcee comes onto the mic, subduing the shouts and announcing the players. Sumayahh Abdul-Rahim, Ibrahim Abdul-Rahim's young daughter. Jessica Nelson '12, who met Abdul-Rahim behind the conveyor belt in the Erdman dish room last year. Allison...
Ford Focus: Kahmai Kirkland-Martin
By Nathan Karnovksy Normal 0 0 1 480 2741 Haverford College 22 5 3366 11.1280 0 0 0 Editor’s Note: In his new column, Nathan Karnovsky will “tell stories, in a sense, of people’s experiences at Haverford.” These stories will relate to an aspect of campus life. In this inaugural edition, he interviews a...
The Boys and Their Toys
By Hope Hart The week before finals is exhausting, to say the least. The majority of the Haverford Community is smothered in work, suffocating under masses of essays and pre-final study sessions. For many, it is easy to overlook the holiday season. The baseball team, however, does not. The team held its Fourth Annual Toy...
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By Nathan Karnovksy Editor’s Note: In his new column, Nathan Karnovsky will "tell stories, in a sense, of people’s experiences at Haverford." These stories will relate to an aspect of campus life. In this inaugural edition, he interviews a leader of the Black Students League for his thoughts about race on-campus. I sat down...