Recycling for Art
By Taylor Stone Staff Writer Mother Teresa once said, “I only feel angry when I see waste, when I see people throwing away things we could use.” In the spirit of this attitude, the Bryn Mawr College Recycling Committee hosted an exhibition of artworks created by recycled materials in the Campus Center this...
Concerning Trust, Respectfully
Kevin O’Halloran Last Word Editor Emeritus Back in September, a couple friends of friends and I decided to go to a Founder’s dance. Before entering Founders, one of my friends, a Bryn Mawr student, said she forgot her tri-co ID card in her room. My other friend and I (we both had our IDs on...
Sports Sidebar 11/23/10
-Basketball will be playing tonight at 6 p.m. at Franklin and Marshall in their third game of the season before taking a Thanksgiving hiatus. The team lost to Smith in their last game of the Seven Sisters Classics, but individual play was at its finest. Nicolette Parmese recorded 19 points, a game and career-high.
Sports Briefs 11/23/10
Swimming BRYN MAWR, Pa. – The BMC swim team split a pair of meets Saturday afternoon with Dickinson and Juniata. The Red Devils of Dickinson topped the Owls, 149-53, in the Centennial Conference tilt while the Owls downed the Lady Eagles of Juniata, 125-52. Sophomore Meredith Davis won the 50 freestyle and 100 butterfly outright...
Late Night Lunt Stop – Who Knows What Grub You’ll Find
By Will Stone Managing Editor Walking into Lunt Café on a late Saturday night often holds the promise of pizza bagels, a milkshake, or simply a paper plate piled high with nachos. The café’s coffee-shop meets honest, home-cooked comfort food are staples of many a Ford diet. So when Lunt Café Managers Jane Holloway ’11...
Trend on the Rise: Concert Ticket Vendors Going Paperless
By Vanessa Ide Staff Writer When Arcade Fire went on its U.S. tour this summer, one stop was the Mann Center for Performing Arts, where tickets could be purchased from several outlets. But for their show in New York City, all general admission tickets were paperless and in Boston, only paperless tickets were available. The...
Timed Dancing
By Stephanie Matiello Staff Writer 7:35 Marshall Auditorium, a warm respite from the chilly November night, is brightly lit and is slowly beginning to fill with members of the Haverford community. Students and guests take their seats as an excited chatter fills the air. 7:47 Chris Flores HC ’13 and Elizabeth Svokos BMC ’11 take...
Rushmore Curated, Filmed, and Published, All on his Gap Year
By Rachel Davis Staff Writer Two minutes into meeting Michael Rushmore ’14, I already know he’s someone special at Haverford. He seems worldly, dropping names of famous artists and work titles as if he’s been doing it his whole life. His quick verse and easy knowledge of world-renowned graffiti artists’ works proved, for me, that...
Future Undergraduate Run Symposiums
By Gavriella Fried Staff Writer Re:Humanities was the first symposium run by students in the bi-co, usually something that falls into the faculty lair. The hope is that it won’t be the last. Those involved in the event are looking to make student-led symposiums a fixture. A symposium about digital media in academia, Re:Humanities took...
Sports Highlights: HC 11/23
- Women’s basketball will shoot for their third victory in four games in their Centennial Conference home opener against Johns Hopkins this Tuesday at 6 p.m. The men will follow with a game against Hopkins at 8, as they hope to ride the momentum from their 63-59 win against Clark this past Saturday. - Women’s...
Sports Briefs: HC 11/23
Men’s Fencing POUGHKEEPSIE, N.Y. – The Haverford College men’s fencing team took down strong squads from Vassar and Stevens Tech, as well as Division I opponent Sacred Heart, and Middle Atlantic Collegiate Fencing Association (MACFA) rivals Hunter, West Point and Yeshiva in its opening season dual meet Sunday at Vassar College. The Fords jumped to...
Coop Athlete of the Week 11/23
Anders Hulleberg ’11 finished a phenomenal year by winning the NCAA Division III Men’s Cross Country National Championship with a time of 24:22.2, leading his team (and Haverford College) to its first ever national title.