Bryn Mawr Ponders Curriculum Requirements
The Bryn Mawr faculty will soon be considering whether or not to implement a dramatic change to the college’s current distribution requirements. Under the current system, students are required to take at least two classes in three divisions: humanities, social sciences and math/science. The proposed system would create five areas called “Approaches to Inquiry.” Students...
Head to Head: America
Yeah, almost all the reasons why people love the United States are bullshit. To say it is democratic is inane when in so many other places, people have just as much say in how they are governed as we do in America, if not more. The inspiration for American democracy cannot be credited to Americans....
Vivian Girls, Post Post play Lunt Basement
by: Rachel Kobasa “Mayonnaise! Mayonnaise!” The very first time I heard the Vivian Girls, I thought they had a song about sandwiches. The true lyrics, “Wild eyes! Wild eyes!” don’t quite conjure the image of a bologna sandwich, but the Vivian Girls are cool nonetheless. I had been waiting for this FUCS concert since I...
Haverford Farm Gets Go-Ahead
By Will Stone Amid the hopes for a greener future generated by the Copenhagen Climate Summit, Haverford might have its own very small part to play: a farm. While still in its infancy, this farm project has been gathering momentum since CPGC-funded summer interns Andrew Bostick ‘12, Fay Strongin ‘10 and Peter Block ’11 got...
Silence the Cab Drivers!
By Lillie Williams Staff Writer I’m not antisocial. I love a good conversation as much as the next person, maybe even more so. I live for chance meetings with interesting strangers, making friends with someone I meet at a café late at night, chats with my friends over lunch, or deeply philosophical discussions in the...
Kannerstein Football Article
Ursinus Bears Lash Randallmen; Surpirse Fords with 22-6 Win By Greg Kannerstein Haverford’s football forces held Ursinus in check for a half last Saturday at Collegeville but fell to a second-half rally led by freshman quarterback Dennis Quinn and bowed, 22-6. A 46-yard pass from Garry Mitchell to Joe Schulze in the fourth quarter was...
Head to Head: England
By Hannah Jaenicke England is tea and cricket and crumpets and other words you don't quite understand. It is Hugh Grant, it is Sherlock Holmes, it is bumbling foppish-haired chaps with stammers. It is the Queen and Prince William and, of course, Princess Di. It is London and rolling green hills gently interspersed with...
Baseball Team Collects Toys for Santa Claus
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...
IMPACT
By Evelyn Yinghan Pan < ![endif]--> By Evelyn Yinghan Pan It’s one thing to want to make a meaningful contribution to the world. But how can students make a difference in a sustainable and effective way? And here, on campus? IMPACT aspires to answer that question by coming up with innovative solutions to social...
Baseball Team Collects Toys for Santa Claus
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...
Action Movies Are Critically Misunderstood
By Meena Seralathan As finals week gets underway and my brain begins to dissolve under the strain of exams and other responsibilities, I’ve decided that the best way to spend my time when I finally get home is to start watching a bunch of mindless action flicks. Naturally, this led me to try reading reviews...
Campus Corner Delivers the Munchies
By Mallimalika Gupta You're a college student. The dining halls shut down five hours ago. You’re writing a 10 page European History paper that's due tomorrow morning. It's midnight and you’re on page one. What you need now, in addition to some motivation and your cup of coffee, is calories. Lots and lots of calories,...