Bi-Co Administrators Seek to ‘Maximize Opportunities’ with New Schedule
By Molly Grote Staff Writer The past school year has been marked by efforts of students and administrators alike to strengthen the bi-co relationship. While administrators are working to increase collaboration in dining services and campus security, students at both schools presented a resolution to make it possible to use their OneCards across...
Fire Breaks out Across the Street From Dalton
By Pragya Krishna Staff Writer On Saturday, March 13, a fire broke out across the street from Bryn Mawr’s Dalton Hall, on the far side of New Gulph Road. It was a short blaze, caused by a tree branch falling and breaking some electric wires, igniting the wood. It was a rainy...
Nobel Prize Winner Jody Williams to Give BMC Commencement Speech
By Anna Merriman Staff Writer “It was important to me [that we pick] someone who was a strong, intelligent woman,” Co-President of the senior class Shannon Ryan said in reference to this year’s commencement speaker, Jody Williams. “It comes down to someone really strong." For both Ryan and Co-President Simran Singh, Williams seems to embody...
Cameron Partridge Narrates a Journey of Gender and Religion
By Sophia Guida Staff Writer Meet Cameron Partridge BMC ’95, who worked in Erdman and served on the Honor Board, who wore a duckbill to French class for Hell Week, who was a Customs Person in Brecon and had a relationship with the HA. Meet Cameron Partridge, who is a transgender Episcopalian priest.
SGA Election Results Confirmed
By Elizabeth Held News Editor When members of Bryn Mawr's SGA Executive Board went to the forum they convened to discuss the validity of their election, they planned to call for a re-vote to be held on the following Monday and Tuesday. Yet when members of the current and former Executive Boards...
Sex Columnist Dan Savage Gets Laughter & Cheers from Mawrtyrs
By Susan Gao Staff Writer Dan Savage, best known for his frank discussion of sexuality in the column “Savage Love,” showed a full house in Goodhart Theater last Tuesday why he has been acclaimed as the liberal and humorous expert on sex. “I know of him from before. He’s quite famous in...
HC Admin Rejects Dean’s Panels Resolution But Will Continue Discussion
President Dr. Stephen G. Emerson ’74 will not accept the “Clarifying Procedures for Dean’s Panels” resolution passed at Spring Plenary this year. Emerson’s decision comes after a meeting last week with the resolution’s presenters, as well as Students' Council Co-Presidents Harrison Haas ’10 and Will Harrison ’10, Dean of the College Martha Denney, and...
Sexual Assault Working-Group Tries to Find Middle Ground
By Carrie Kolar Staff Writer In the wake of recent sexual assault incidents and discussions at Haverford, a group of students formed a working group with the goal of changing the college's rape and sexual assault policies. The group is composed of twelve members, including members of existing groups that combat...
Haverford’s Plans for New Dorm Only Include External Stairs
Under current plans, Haverford’s new dorm will only have external stairs and no stairs indoors. The architecture firm hired by the College to create the Thomas Tritton dormitory, Tod Williams Billie Tsien Architects (TWBTA), has designed a two-story building to house 80 freshmen and upperclassmen in singles. The college aims to have dorms...
Lax Team Considers Applying for Drinker
By Robin Riskin and Will Stone Managing Editor and Sports Editor The Henry S. Drinker House, known simply as “Drinker” to most Fords, has long housed Haverford’s baseball team. With a large backyard, deck, and several annual parties, the spacious two-story home remains a prominent feature in the physical and social landscape of the College....
New Dorm Plans Percolate at Haverford
By Hannah Jaenicke News Editor Students were eager to shape the preliminary plans for Haverford's new Tom Tritton dormitory at a recent meeting with the architects and college staff. The firm chosen to design the building – Tod Williams Billie Tsien Architects (TWBTA) – has experience in building college dormitories and an international reputation that,...
Application Season
By Jessica Bawgus Staff Writer To get the most out of our education here, we must constantly face down the sinkhole of application processes. Internships, jobs, grants, and scholarships – the benefit of all of these is undeniable and much appreciated. The prospect of getting them, however, is just as tedious and...