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Daily archive Apr 26, 2010

‘Big Cheeses’ Talk Guild, Health Center

By Elizabeth Held News Editor SGA hosted its semi-annual “Big Cheese” forum on Sunday night. President Jane McAuliffe, Dean of the Undergraduate College Karen Tidmarsh, Chief Enrollment and Communications Officer Jenny Rickard, Chief Financial Officer John Griffith and Chief Administrative Officer Jerry Berenson were all on hand to answer student’s questions. Students asked about the...

HC Students Hope for Stairs after Successful Dorm Meeting

By Carrie Kolar Stairs are back on the agenda for Haverford's newest dorm, built by internationally-renowned architecture firm Tod Williams Billie Tsien Architects (TWBTA), following an open meeting held a week ago by Director of Facilities Management Ron Tola. Although one of the reasons for the meeting was the campus-wide discussion about the proposed lack...

HC’s Final OMA Candidate Visits Campus

By Carrie Kolar Staff Writer As a part of Haverford’s ongoing search to fill the position of Assistant Dean and Director of the Office of Multicultural Affairs (OMA), the fourth and final candidate arrived on campus Tuesday, April 13. Few students attended the dinner meeting with Candidate Four, but those who did grilled Four on...

Head to Head: Godspell

By Margaret Ernst Editor-In-Chief In high school I played Frenchy in “Grease,” from which the only line I remember was “LINE." That’s about the extent of my theater career. But for a few summers I did intern at a summerstock theater in my town, where people were a few years older than me smoked, read...

Why Haverford is Not Interested in Drinker Drama

By Kayla Hoksinson For twenty years, Drinker has been the home of Haverford’s beloved baseball team, and the brave residents of apartment 800 are well aware of this fact. They are also aware that the baseball team is bigger than they are (numerically) and can find other uses for their countless bats (uses that do...

Forget the Future, Seniors, and Savor the Present

By Liz Hood Columnist The time of year has officially come when my fellow seniors and I are inundated with the inevitable question: “Do you know what you’re doing next year?” I’ve realized you can only say “Nah, I’m not sure yet” so many times before you start to wonder if maybe you’re doing something...

Hip Hop Revolutionaries Come to Haverford

By Daniel Weaver Staff Writer For the third year in a row, the hip hop symposium “AcadeMIX” has brought in hip hop artists whose music often includes intellectual considerations to participate in a panel and performance expressing their musical and academic pursuits. This year they had by far the most impressive lineup at both Thursday...

Letter from Abroad: Paris

By Natalie Zych Since most of my family lives in Poland, I know all too well what it’s like to have my heart stretched across the Atlantic like a taut shoestring. And as a native New Yorker, I also know what it’s like to live in one of the greatest cities in the world. That...

Rape and Sexual Assault Resources

By Alex Obando