Head-to-Head: Is NASCAR a sport?
By Theo Feder Sports Editor Turning left. That’s pretty much all there is to NASCAR. Just about anyone with a Southern accent, a hunter’s permit can be a stock car racer. A driver’s license isn’t even necessary, as racer Kyle Busch proved when he lost his after a 128 mph joyride in August. Otherwise,...
Sneetches Finish Season with Trip to Nationals
By Matt Lowenthal Staff Writer Looking at the results of the Bi-Co Women’s Ultimate team this past spring, one could easily suspect a few typos. After all, this was the team that, just one semester earlier, won a grand total of one game by a margin of one point. Nobody would believe that this...
Mixed Response to New Food Cart at Canaday Plaza
By Paige De Rosa and Maggie Xiao News Editor and Staff Writer First, there were the signs. They all pointed towards Canaday Plaza, the location of the new food cart on campus. The as-of-yet unnamed cart is open most fair-weather days and provides an eclectic assortment of snacks and beverages to passing students. The cart...
Sex and Politics: How The Public can Better Handle Political Sex Scandals
By Raymond Scott Opinion Editor Congressman Anthony Weiner decided to stage a press conference after his admission that a recognizable bulge confined by a wafer thin overlay of drab boxer briefs delivered to a young female in Bellingham, WA was indeed a snapshot of his protuberance. The reporters in attendance acted like a pack of...
Sampling in Australia
By Matt Fernandez Arts Editor Howard Brown ’12, known by his stage name Gabriel Stark, definitely had a busy summer. In addition to releasing his sophomore album Starky Hendrix, the underground rapper spent this summer traveling in Australia where he finished recording his upcoming third album of the year and managed to record yet another...
Having Fun Yet?
By Julie Gorham Staff Writer Hands up if your school thinks you should have more fun. Oh, hey Mawrter, how’s it goin’? For those that haven’t heard, Bryn Mawr’s Dean of the Undergraduate College emailed us in the summer, encouraging us to add more play-time to our schedules. Minutes after the message went out, Facebook’s...
From One Mawter to Another
By Megan Garvin Staff Writer Shimmering in the near past is your summer romance complete with tubing, sexually charged rom-coms, photo-documented drunken nights, and awful tan lines. But you’ve finally put your bathing suit in a cardboard box to wait for warmer days and now autumn scarves are in order. What now? Let your love...
Head to Head: Is NASCAR a Sport?
Head to Head: Is NASACAR a Sport? By: Nicole Lantz Sports Editor The butt of the “constant left turn” joke, NASCAR takes a lot of heat up here in the north. Most people opposed to calling NASCAR a sport argue that there is no physical aspect beyond the coordination needed to manipulate a machine. Well rifelry...
Close Encounters of the Merion Kind–The True Story of Lillian Vickers
By Rachel Ohrenschall Staff Writer Most students at Bryn Mawr have heard of the ghost who haunts Merion 3rd . In fact, she is as much a part of the college lore as Parade Night or Senior Row. But few know her by her real name, Lillian Vickers, originally from Los Angeles, who was a...
Bryn Mawr Students Get a Free Ride
By Lise Wagnac Staff Writer On Aug. 29, Mawrters received an e-mail with subject line “New SEPTA Fare Request Form.” In a matter of minutes, inboxes were flooded and Facebook statuses eagerly announced the good news to students who had not yet checked their computers or smartphones. A new Bryn Mawr tradition – one of...