Soccer
By Max Reinhardt Columnist The English Premier League has a long-standing reputation as the best soccer league in Europe. Proponents of English soccer cite parity at the top as evidence of the league’s superiority. Spain’s La Liga, many argue, becomes boring because Real Madrid and Barcelona almost always dominate the rest of the competition....
Tell’em Tolu: MarShon Brooks: Darkhorse candidate for Rookie of the Year
By Tolulope Oladele Columnist During his college days at Providence College, the scouting report on MarShon Brooks was that he could flat out score in any possible way. He finished his senior year averaging second in the country in scoring at 24.6 points per game and he drew great fanfare when he dropped 43...
Sorry Valentine’s Day, I’m Just Not That Into You
By Esther Balogh Staff Writer It begins in subtle ways. Bits of pink and red all around town, hearts popping up in unexpected places, stores urging us to stock up immediately. And, each year, it progresses from these humble beginnings into a full-fledged panic, a flurry of red hearts everywhere, a frenzy of exclamations of...
A Real Hairror Show: Tales of the Merion Shower Drains
By Hannah Rossen Staff Writer We all know that college showers are nothing like home showers, what with the potential foot-bacteria, the subsequent necessity for flip-flops, and the puddles of water that flood the floor after seeping through the all-too-thin shower curtains. We understand that going to college involves some personal sacrifices in our normal...
Warm Welcome at Arnecliffe’s Open Mic Night
By Michelle Chung Arts Editor The way Arncliffe Art Studio transformed into a Friday night Open Mic was quick but nonetheless complete. The slate board welcoming students to the studio became a sign-up sheet. The white table usually scattered with sketches, fabric scraps, and art paraphernalia was cleared for boxes of different teas, hot chocolate,...
Voting Republican for Dummies
By Andrew Bennett Staff Writer The Frontrunners Mitt Romney- The More Money Mormon. The puppet-prostitute of the campaign, Mr. Romney is by far the most financially successful of the candidates and has reaped greatly though smart capitalist moves. Like a good defense attorney, Romney will say just about anything for a fat check. The man...
Senior Snapshot: Adelyn Kishbaugh, BMC
Interview by Amanda Gill Hometown: Merchantville, New Jersey Major: Psychology What do you do at Bryn Mawr besides study?: I’m a hall advisor, I play rugby, I am a social committee head for SGA, the major rep for psychology, and I hang out with preschoolers at the Phebe Atta Thorne School and basically feed them...
Athlete of the Week – Haverford 2/14/12
Junior Andrea Tocci of the women’s indoor track & field team finished in first place in the 3,000 meter run Lafayette-Rider Winter Games Invitational at the Armory in New York City. She had a time of 10:31.51, which was the sixth best time in the Centennial Conference this season. Right behind Tocci was second-place finisher...
Athlete of the Week – Bryn Mawr 2/14/12
Emily Levine of the indoor track & field squad set a new school record this past week at the Lafayette-Rider Winter Games Invitational at the Armory in New York City. She ran a 3:10.12 in the 1,000 meter run, which was two seconds better than the previous record, set by Joanna Simonis in 2005. Levine,...
“The Vagina Monologues” Triumphs Over Violence Against Women
By Taylor Stone Arts Editor To quote the Facebook page for Bryn Mawr College’s production of the “Vagina Monolgues, “The ‘V’ in V-DAY stands for Victory, Valentine, and Vagina”. BMC has a history of staging entertaining, profound, and unique productions. But it is the annual performance of Eve Ensler’s “The Vagina Monologues,” which was...
BMC has a history of staging entertaining, profound, and unique productions. But it is the annual performance of Eve Ensler’s “The Vagina Monologues,” which was put on this past weekend, that most evokes the spirit of BMC like this past weekend’s “Vagina Monologues.” “The Vagina Monologues”, is part of the “V-Day” movement, a global...
Miss Representation and Women in the Media
By Alicia Ramirez Staff Writer Did you know that we spend approximately 10 hours and 45 minutes a day interacting with media? This alarming question was posed by the documentary “Miss Representation” which was screened last Thursday at the Campus Center, in commemoration of Bryn Mawr’s Self Government Association’s 120th anniversary. According to the commentators...