Weekly ArtDate
Museum Without Walls: Audio Tour! This is a FREE event for all people who want to go to Philadelphia for an “interpretive program for Philadelphia’s public art” that lets you walk up and down the Benjamin Franklin Parkway and Kelly Drive. All you have to do is call up this number on your phone (215.399.9000)...
‘In/Visible: Disability and The Arts Symposium’ Review
By Rachel Davis Arts Editor Friday’s In/Visible: Disability & The Arts symposium at Haverford College in Stokes Auditorium was a beautifully-intricate web of ironies. The program, featuring speakers from around the nation, was dedicated to “introducing students and faculty across the disciplines to the vitality and richness of disability arts and culture.” The speakers brought...
‘In/Visible: Disability and The Arts Symposium’ Review
By Rachel Davis Arts Editor Friday’s In/Visible: Disability & The Arts symposium at Haverford College in Stokes Auditorium was a beautifully-intricate web of ironies. The program, featuring speakers from around the nation, was dedicated to “introducing students and faculty across the disciplines to the vitality and richness of disability arts and culture.” The symposium itself...
BMC Sports Highlights (3/1)
Bryn Mawr Indoor Track The indoor track and filed team had its final meet of the season. The Centennial Conference Championships were held at Haverford College on Saturday. The Owls finished in 10th place with 4 points team points. April Stewart scored 3 points placing 6th in the 55 meter dash with a time of...
SGA Executive Board Proposes Eliminating Co-Head Position
By Julie Mazziotta News Editor The SGA board announced plans to eliminate co-head positions in SGA committees at the SGA meeting Feb. 27. This potential plan would mostly affect dorm presidents, and other positions where two people can hold the same title. SGA President Yung Jong Cho ’12 unveiled the plan at the first meeting under the...
Athlete of the Week (2/29/11)
With two first-place finishes, men’s indoor track runner Tim Schoch led his team to a victory in the Centennial Conference Championships this Saturday. He won the mile and 800-meter races with impressive times of 4:16.32 and 1:55.65, respectively. He also participated in the 4×400 meter relay, in which Haverford place second.
Sports Highlights (2/29/11)
This past Wednesday, men’s basketball guard Ian Goldberg ’12 was voted second-team all-conference by the Centennial Conference. In addition, Sam Permutt ’11 and Cam Baker ’13 were given an honorable mention by the league. Permutt and Goldberg were also named to the Centennial academic honor roll. In women’s basketball, Nina Voith ’13 was voted second-team...
News Briefs 2/27
2011-2012 Tuition Information Released The Haverford College Board of Managers has approved a 3.9% increase in tuition and fees for the academic year 2011-12. This matches last year’s increase, which had been the lowest percentage increase in 30 years. Total charges will be $55,050. “We want to do all we can to ensure that Haverford students...
Township Police Arrest 2, Cite 1
By Matt Fernandez News Editor Haverford Township’s police stopped by Haverford unannounced last week making two arrests and citing one student. According to Safety & Security Director Tom King this was “unusual,” but students should continue to prepare themselves to be under “greater scrutiny” by both the state and local police after the Lloyd raids...
With “THIS ROOM,” Student Composers Create Memorable and Mind-Melting Program
By Gavriella Fried Arts Editor The room I entered was a dream of this room. Surely all those feet on the sofa were mine. The oval portrait of a dog was me at an early age. Something shimmers, something is hushed up. We had macaroni for lunch every day except Sunday, when a small quail...
Media Brief: AJE in the USA
By Lawrence Miller Staff Writer Over the past four weeks, many Americans have been turning to internet news sources to keep updated about the revolts in North Africa and the Middle East. Most foreign reporters have been blocked from uprising regions, and cable coverage is therefore mostly confined to found video and talking heads in...
Keynote Speaker Dr. Marc Lamont Hill Inspires During Black History Month
By Paige DeRosa Staff Writer Members of the bi-college community and beyond gathered in Thomas Great Hall on February 23 to listen to Bryn Mawr’s Black History Month keynote speaker, Dr. Marc Lamont Hill. Hill delivered a speech entitled “The Educational Crisis, Democracy and Transformation.” The Keynote was organized by the Sisterhood, a support network for...