The Problem of the Personal Story
By Rosie Dillon Each time a new semester begins and we once again take our seats in Stokes, Sharpless, Hall, and Hilles, an old acquaintance slips into the room and props it feet up on the back of our chairs. Undoubtedly, we’ll be hearing from it throughout the semester. But shopping week is high season...
Inside Athena’s Circle, Bryn Mawr’s Pagan Club
By Juliana Reyes Features Editor It’s a Thursday night in Thomas 223 and Athena’s Circle, Bryn Mawr’s pagan club, is having its weekly meeting. The club’s head, senior Olivia Coplan, sits on the couch at the back of the classroom, near the windows. She admits to the 12 students around the table that she has...
Two Years of Traditions Mistresses Reflect
By Mallimalika Gupta Staff Writer Whether we are consciously aware of it or not, traditions play a huge role in the lives of students and their experience at Bryn Mawr. Each year, two brave and willing Mawrtyrs step up to the task of "womanning the fort" and take on the position of Traditions Mistresses....
Keeping the Time at Bryn Mawr: The Historic Grandfather Clock
By Jessica Watkins Staff Writer President Jane McAuliffe’s office on the second floor of Taylor Hall looks especially majestic as the midday sun filters in. The hardwood floor, pale blue walls offset, and white moulding, all overlooking the grassy area in front of the Pems, are fit for a queen. Amidst the decorative splendor...
Professor Profile: Professor Denise Su
By Vanessa Sanchez Staff Writer She was four years old when the Neanderthal man looked back at her from the cover page of her older sister's "Time Life" book. It was in that moment that Anthropology professor Denise F. Su found her true calling. She just didn’t know it yet. While growing up,...
Ashcraft’s Antics Shift From Suburbs to Second City
By Lauren Smith Managing Editor Kady Ashcraft BMC ’12’s fall semester schedule is probably cooler than yours. Instead of taking Introduction to Computer Science and Problems in Satire, which she pre-registered for, Ashcraft will be enrolling in Writing Comic Scenes and Physical and Vocal Training. The goal is to learn how to write funny,...
Independent Studies Give Students Chance to Design Own Courses
By Eleanor Easton Staff Writer Have you ever had an idea for a course you would want to take that is not offered? Maybe, The Writings of Kirkegaard, Islamic Philosophy, or Protestant Theological Tradition? "Students with a strong background in a particular field" can do an independent study, according to the Bryn Mawr website....
The Legacy of the Taylor Bell
By Sowmya Srinivasan Staff Writer The Taylor bell is accessible from the attic across from the Registrar’s office on the 3rd floor of Taylor, the building named for Joseph W. Taylor, Bryn Mawr’s Quaker founder. Inside the attic, there is a rickety set of spiral stairs that lead to the bell tower. The bell rang for...
Bryn Mawr’s Graduate Student Mentoring Program
By Ryan Fealy Guest Writer Recently exciting developments have taken place in reviving the graduate student mentoring program. In the past there was a link in the Graduate School of the Arts and Sciences (GSAS) website for the above mentioned Mentoring Program. It was originally meant to be for graduate student-undergraduate student relations. From...
Open Letter to President Emerson About Teresa Tensuan
Dear President Emerson: I am a recent graduate of Haverford (class of 2009) who has had the privilege of partaking in (what I consider to be) one of the most rigorous and intellectually stimulating departments in the humanities at Haverford: the English department. While I have not had the opportunity to experience Theresa Tensuan...
Freshman Hopes Haiti Will Feel Like Home Again
By Juliana Reyes Features Editor Freshman Ralph Alexis is full of hope. He’s overflowing with ideas and vision for the future. His current fixation is the runway show he wants to organize next year, which won't be just some students strutting through Gummere Basement with a DJ spinning in the back. Ralph is thinking bigger....
UN Peacekeeping General in Rwanda Speaks at Haverford
By Sophia Guida Staff Writer Lieutenant-General Romeo Dallaire fixed his piercing blue gaze upon his audience and challenged them with a question: “Are all humans human, or are some humans more human than others?” Dallaire, a native of Quebec, commanded the U.N. peacekeeping force in Rwanda during the genocide in 1994. He came to...