Bryn Mawr Athlete of the Week 11/2/10
Aybala Ozturk ’12 scored her first try against East Stroudsberg University in the Horned Toads’ third league match, and had a great game.
Journalist Elisabeth Bumiller Steps Out of Warzone into Pen Y Groes
By Amanda Kennedy News Editor Over salmon and salad, fruit and cookies, Elisabeth Bumiller, woman of the hour, discussed her experiences in journalism with Bryn Mawr students. A New York Times Pentagon correspondent, Bumiller kicked off the first of President McAuliffe’s Pen Y Groes seminar series. The last articles she published were part of a series following 40 female...
Volleyball’s Surprise Rise
By Aigné Goldsby Staff Writer Bryn Mawr volleyball was the team to watch out for this fall sports season. The team was ranked 11th at the beginning of the season and finished in 6th place. The team members are very excited about their newfound success. “We are the only Bryn Mawr team this season to...
The Greatest Game Ever…Until It Wasn’t
Joshua Studnitzer Staff Writer It was all but inevitable. As the Rangers and Giants concluded their Championship Series upsets over the Yankees and Phillies respectively, the stage was set for game one. Lee vs. Lincecum: a World Series match-up to dream about. It was a sure thing. This was, after all, a season...
Sorry Radnor, But You Don’t Get to Meet Joe Biden
By Julie Mazziotta Opinion Editor With an important mid-term election today in our swing state of Pennsylvania, beloved politicians are high-tailing it to our area. Last Thursday, Former President Bill Clinton visited Bryn Mawr’s campus to campaign for Senate hopeful Joe Sestak, and President Barack Obama headed to Philadelphia on Sunday for an 11th hour...
Fetus Accompli: The Moral Pitfalls of the Pro-Choice Position
By Alexander Lopatin Staff Writer This is a response to Julie Halterman’s Oct. 26 op-ed on the upcoming congressional elections and their implications for nationwide, and specifically Pennsylvanian, abortion “rights.” Halterman’s opening paragraph offers a glimpse into the moral emptiness of the “pro-choice” position. She notes that one-third of women will, at some point in...
Urgent Message for Democrats: Go Vote
By Janna Frieman Staff Writer It’s Election Day, and the great state of Pennsylvania has one of the closest, most highly-watched Senate races in the nation. The polls showed the two contenders: Democrat Joe Sestak and Republican Pat Toomey are in nearly a dead heat. Toomey, the former president of the Club for Growth, an...