Head2Head: Quid Pro Quoetry, The Merits of Poetry
By Maddie Hoagland-Hanson Opinion Editor As I sit at my desk on this cold winter’s night, My taper burnt low and my ink well near dry, My quill scratching quiet across this papyrus, To prose’s fair challenge I make my reply. (I’d call on my muse but she now works two jobs On account of...
When You Cavort, Please Don’t Extort the Escort
By Maddie Hoagland-Hanson Opinion Editor Ordinarily I try to stay away from moralizing in my opinion articles. I see writing for this section less as an opportunity to fly my self-righteous flag high and more as a space to have an informal print conversation with a hopefully sizeable group of my peers about pretty much...
Tunisia’s Citizens Burn For Democracy, but Will They Get It?
By Raymond Scott Staff Writer If you want attention, light yourself on fire. The New York Times has been running a series of stories detailing the wave of self-immolations sweeping across northern Africa. So far, four Egyptians, one Algerian, a Mauritanian and a Libyan have set themselves ablaze. None of these self-ignited men, however, have...
“Happy Mediums Everyone Can Hate”: Let’s Kill Marriage
By Lowell West Staff Writer In the house where I grew up, if I wanted to go to the kitchen to grab food or a drink, I would have to go through the living room or the dining/storage/whatever-we-needed-it-for room. For years I went through the living room. There was no real reason for doing so....
Where’s the Political Diversity Among Faculty?
By Lily Hann Opinion Editor The turn of phrase “liberal arts” describes Bryn Mawr’s curriculum, but liberal is also an effective and appropriate adjective for describing the political and ideological tendencies of the college’s students and faculty. In my four years here, during which I have taken numerous classes at Haverford, I have never had...