Archive for February, 2009
By Robin Riskin
The Ira DeA. Reid House is supposed to be a black cultural center, a place for students to live and socialize, a gathering place and a point of pride on campus. Its current state, however, is far from optimal.
The carpet is ratty. Mice infest the stove and run through the walls. Heating and hot water are constant problems. There are barely enough chairs, and those that do grace the living room give their occupants rashes. The house has a plain décor, old furniture and a lone painting adorning the walls.
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By Margaret Ernst
During the slow hours in Haffner Dining Hall, utilities technician Arthur Taylor sometimes takes people aside and asks a question.
“Could you take a look at this?” he asks, pointing them to the back wall across from the window, where there is a rectangular, golden-wood cabinet at about waist-height, under a white sign:
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By Larry Miller
In the latest Honor Council Academic Trial, the confronted parties decided to break their confidentiality in order to facilitate dialogue within the community about issues in the mathematic department’s collaboration policy.
The “Odin and Thor” trial addresses academic collaboration policies, the seriousness of a frequent and pervasive infraction, and the potential value of a confronted party revealing his or her identity.
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By Shannon Murphy
Ana Maria Lopez, MD, ’82, spoke at Wyndham Tuesday, February 17, regarding women’s cancers. Dr. Lopez is an Associate Dean of Outreach and Multicultural Affairs, Associate Professor of Clinical Medicine and Pathology, and Medical Director for the Arizona Telemedicine Program. She is also a Katharine Houghton Hepburn Fellow.
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By Gina Trobiani
RecycleMania, a ten-week competition to promote recycling on college campuses, is well underway, and Haverford has begun to climb in the ranks.
As part of the President’s Climate Commitment, the college is participating in three divisions of the RecycleMania competition: The Grand Champion division, the Per Capita Classic, and the Gorilla Prize division.
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By Jennifer Campbell
Air Force Academy graduate, Harvard Business School graduate, graduate of the University of Oxford where he was a Rhodes Scholar, former chief intelligence officer in Afghanistan, Chairman and Founder of Impact Young Lives Foundation, “He is Dr. Christopher Howard,” reported Adam Bunkedekko ’09.
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By Katherine Bakke
Resolution 1: Reaffirmation of Self Governance
Annual vote to approve Bryn Mawr’s Self Governance Constitution and Honor Code. PASSED.
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By Kira Jones
If you’ve been to the Writing Center you may have had Julia McGuire as your tutor. Or she may have helped you at Magill Library where she is a Reference Desk Assistant. Both of these duties are very important. But the most important role Julia has filled this year was that of Co-Captain of the Haverford College Field Hockey team.
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By Haig Minassian
Let’s take a moment, if you would be so kind, to ask ourselves this question: where was I at 3 p.m. on February 21, 2009?
If you were not in Gooding Arena, and if you are a Haverford student, then you were certainly in the minority of Haverford’s student body.
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By Patrick Donnelly
In front of their largest crowd of the season, the Haverford women’s basketball team staged a second-half comeback against visiting Swarthmore College, only to fall short in the final seconds of the game. Swarthmore (13-12, 10-6 CC) defeated Haverford 41-37, sweeping the season series and completing their season with a winning record in conference play.
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By Alex Byers
Another season has come to a close for the Bryn Mawr basketball team. The overall record for the year was 2-23 and 0-18 within the Centennial Conference. The Owls had a challenging season, losing one of their leading scorers, Shanika Bridges-King ’10 to study abroad, mid-season, but in the words of head coach, Katie Tarr, “One improvement I saw was our ability to be resilient and adjust.” Over the course of the season the team fine-tuned many of their skills and are looking forward to improving others for the next season.
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By Kira Jones
Haverford Women’s Squash team fought hard this past weekend (February 13-15) to finish 2-1 at the Howe Cup in Cambridge, MA. They finished the season with a record of 4-7.
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Elizabeth Held’s February 17 article "SGA Talks Plenary" surprised me greatly, not due to the overall content or the writing style, but because it referred to Alex Tisman BMC ‘09 with female pronouns.
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By James Merriam
On Election Day of last year, an opinion piece that I wrote revealed my sympathy with and involvement in the Vermont secessionist movement. The general response to this article was total disbelief; most thought I was joking, and the Go! Boards discussion I started concluded that I had merely done it for personal attention.
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By Shannon Murphy
Would it surprise anyone if somewhere statistics existed proving that men were much more likely to walk than women? I do not mean the casual walk that takes us from point A to point B; I mean, rather, the solitary stroll for the purpose of processing thought and observing one’s surroundings uninterrupted. Would we argue the preposterousness of such statistical data, defending women’s free spirits and natural inclinations to perambulate?
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By Faith Pilacik
Everyone has her interests. It’s one of the first things that we talk about whenever we meet a new person. It’s the small talk that we use to gauge, judge, and feel out people. Unfortunately, many people at first meetings tend to edit their interests and likes into something that more reflects the mainstream: sports, movies, music, etc. These are things that most people like, so they leave a rather bland impression. But for most, it’s better to make a bland impression than to stand out in a supposedly “bad” way.
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By Hannah Slavitt
It’s not news that liberal Americans love nothing more than an underdog. We vehemently advocate rights for women and minorities. We have Social Security for senior citizens. For heaven’s sake, we elected an African American junior senator from Illinois to the highest office in the country!
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By Anders Hulleberg
On Sunday, February 1, a British newspaper released a photograph of Michael Phelps using a bong at a University of South Carolina house party. Two weeks later, another British paper released photos of Jamaican sprinter Usain Bolt partaking in an “X-rated dirty dancing contest” at a Miami nightclub. Both athletes, who captivated global audiences with their dominating performances at the Beijing Olympics last summer, have been chastised by the popular media for their irresponsible behavior. As “punishment” for the drug incident, Phelps lost a lucrative endorsement deal with Kellogg, received a three-month suspension from competitive swimming, and released a public apology to the entirety of China.
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By Mickey McCauley
Readers of The Bi-Co, I must make amends. First, I would like to thank you for your constant support (or, at the very least, tolerance) of these ramblin’, absurd reviews I try to write on the varied lavatories Haverford has to offer; this hobby of mine would never have gotten anywhere without your encouragement. But, as an email from the editorial board gently notified me, I have been shamefully negligent in embracing the bi-college aspect of our newspaper: there is an untapped wealth of restrooms waiting just a Blue Bus ride away. After all, there is a ridiculous bathroom in Taylor that I’ve been meaning to review.
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By Meena Seralathan
Pretty much everyone on campus probably knows what a Wii is by now. It’s that little white video game console that comes with a controller that looks like it’s going to double as your TV remote; the one where you have to move this remote (called a Wiimote) all around the screen in order to get your character to do anything. It’s also the one that experienced an exponential rise in console sales this past January, compared to a 25% increase in Xbox 360 sales and a 25% decline in PS3 sales—even though many expected its sales to tank in the midst of this economic crisis.
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