A day for celebration, goodbyes and forever: the history of Bryn Mawr’s May Day
By Rachel Ohrenschall Columnist The blossoming of trees throughout the campus, albeit early this year, signals the start of spring, the end of the semester and its climax: May Day. Initially celebrated across many cultures in the northern hemisphere as a festival to celebrate the coming of spring and the end of the planting...
Bang: Clowning Around With Desire
Ashley Reid Staff Writer Though I thought I’d walked into the Hepburn Teaching Theater, I quickly found reality to be a slippery concept; I had actually stepped into the strange world of “Bang.” “Bang”, a show by alumnae Charlotte Ford ’02, was a commedia dell’arte show that ran from April 6th to April 8th and...
Anne Carson’s “Cassandra Float Can” & “Bracko”: a Provocative Exchange between Modes of Expression
Taylor Stone Arts Editor This past Wednesday, audiences at Haverford College were treated to a unique array of stimulants during poet and classicist Anne Carson’s presentation of Cassandra Float Can (an essay on translation) and Bracko (an evocation of Sappho), collaborative pieces with Robert Currie, artist and Benjamin Miller, composer. The two creative pieces, though...
Of Monsters and Men: Far from Home but with Plenty to Be Happy About
By Lauren Gill Staff Writer In August 2011, Philadelphia’s Radio 104.5 debuted Of Monsters and Men’s triumphant wall of Icelandic sound “Little Talks.” Fast forward to April 2012 and the sextet has sold out shows in a matter of minutes across the U.S. even before their album “My Head is an Animal” hit American soil....
“Colors of Greece” Exhibit Displays Colorful Depth of Greek Modernist Art
Taylor Stone Arts Editor Nestled within the walls of the Rare Book Room of Canaday Library is a new exhibition exploring rich themes such as artistic design and cultural life in modern Greece, topics not easily confined in a single space but extraordinarily presented in this artistic display “Colors of Greece: The Art and Archaeology...
A Sneak Peak at “Strangeland”: A Return to The Old Keane Days?
Ashley Reid Staff Writer Chimes and a piano delicately ring. A drumbeat gradually appears. A bright and soft melody begins playing. Tom Chaplin’s voice sings, ”In a city like mine there’s no point in fighting/ I close my eyes and see, you and me driving, if I am a river you are the ocean. Got...
Writer Alice McDermott Charms at CWSR
Michelle Chung Arts Editor As described at Bryn Mawr’s most recent edition of the Creative Writing and Reading Series, visiting author Alice McDermott is among the “finest fiction writers today.” McDermott’s list of awards and nominations is extensive and includes a National Book Award for her fourth novel “Charming Billy” and two nominations for a...
Cousins making case for Most Improved Player
By Tolulope Oladele Columnist In the last eight games, power forward DeMarcus Cousins of the Sacramento Kings has averaged 26.9 points, 13.1 rebounds, 2.7 assists and 1.5 blocks. These beastly stats are a typical day at the office for players like Kevin Love and Dwight Howard, but not for the King’s hot-headed big man....
With injuries, Knicks must rely on Melo
By Tolulope Oladele Columnist It has been little over a year since Carmelo Anthony bullied his way to the New York Knicks in hopes of forming a “super team” along with Amare Stoudemire. Anthony lighting it up at Madison Square Garden was a strong aspiration–for both sides–so much so that the New York Knicks...
Spurs going all in for another title run
By Tolulope Oladele Columnist In the 2000’s, the San Antonio Spurs had a dominant run in the league, winning three NBA championships—four if you go back as far as 1999. The Spurs motto during this era was “defense wins championships,” an approach that proved to be very effective when they suffocated the New Jersey...
Top five NBA point guards
By Tolulope Odadele Columnist In the last decade, we have seen the NBA slowly shift from a “big men” oriented league to a point guard dominated league. This is supported by the fact that three of the last four first overall picks have been point guards (Derrick Rose, John Wall, and Kyrie Irving). In...
Letters from abroad: Melbourne, Australia
By Christine Wheaton Staff Writer I have always known that I wanted to study abroad. What I didn’t know when I was younger was where I wanted to go. I guess that I’d always assumed that I would go to Europe. Then, somehow, that shifted to Australia. Now I can’t imagine having this experience anywhere...