WESTMINSTER, Md. – Kelsey Power took first place in the 200 butterfly and the 200 IM as Bryn Mawr fell to host McDaniel 28-63 Saturday afternoon.

Power defeated Jessica Fry by two-seconds in the IM as she touched out in 2:22.13. In the fly, her time of 2:28.12 was more than nine seconds faster than the second-place finisher.

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Emma Buckingham ’10, Women’s Fencing

In the Princeton Invitational, epeeist Emma Buckingham ’10 took on top Division I talent from six of the country’s strongest NCAA programs, and came away with 11 wins on the day to lead Haverford.
 

Badminton’s Priscy Pais ‘10 is a hard worker who’s skills have greatly benefited the team this semester. She is having a strong season and the team has really relied on her.
 

I’m writing to you regarding Amee Vora’s op-ed "Selling Atheism on Buses" in the January 27 issue of The Bi-Co. I feel that Vora has indeed missed the point of this advertising campaign. She claims to be horrified by the overt and, dare I say, incorrect, assertion that all non-believers will go to hell. Yet she ultimately rallies a cry against a rather innocuous bus advertisement asking individuals to enjoy their life.

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By Lauren Smith

President Barack Obama stated during his inaugural speech, “We know that our patchwork heritage is a strength, not a weakness. We are a nation of Christians and Muslims, Jews and Hindus—and nonbelievers.”
Hey, look! He just acknowledged my existence! Or rather, our existence. You know, we “nonbelievers,” members of that heathen American demographic: the irreligious. Those of us who defile Christmas trees and eat human babies for breakfast…without saying grace first. Those of us who never learned not to covet our neighbor’s ox or resist the sexual advances of our “spiritual guardians.” Those of us who don’t necessarily want to be the sheep to that Jesus guy’s shepherd. We’re wicked, unconfirmed, uncircumcised, and unclothed. And our taint is contagious!

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By Alexander Lopatin

Not long ago, conventional political wisdom viewed Western democracy as the “end of history,” an ideal, final phase in human society wherein the liberty and rights of citizens were fully realized and guaranteed. In the last several decades, however, with the resurgence of authoritarian regimes and ideologies worldwide, the viability and destiny of liberal democracy has been brought into question.

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By Annie Mendez

Bill Clinton has done it; you’ve probably done it, or maybe someone has done it to you. That little thing called cheating is everywhere we go and inevitably haunts us at some point in our lives. Granted, we’re in college and we’re having fun, so it may seem like a superfluous topic at this point; nevertheless, a conversation I recently had with a Panamanian who participated in the Nicaraguan civil war gave the concept of cheating a whole new meaning for me.

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By Kevin O’Halloran

What was to be a day full of festivity and celebration turned into one of tragedy when legendary groundhog, Punxsutawney Phil, was found dead in his home on Monday in the early morning.

At approximately 6:13 AM, when Mr. Phil had not yet emerged from his home, an Inner Circle member of the Punxsutawney Groundhog Club (PGC) discovered the body of the beloved groundhog. A confused and concerned crowd that had gathered for the traditional Groundhog Dog tradition was told to leave with little to no information as to the reason for the abrupt dismissal. “The last thing we wanted was for people to panic,” said a spokesman for the PGC. “We didn’t want to present the facts until we knew them.”

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By Maddie Hoagland-Hanson

Freshman year, I didn’t really understand the importance of shopping week. I hadn’t been able to select my own classes in high school and hadn’t really processed the idea of “choice” and all the opportunities and agonies it entails. I shopped a grand total of five classes, decided on four, and although they didn’t thrill me, I was a stoic throughout—I complained, but I did the work.

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By Jonah Loeb

This is true: I flew first-class from Providence to Los Angeles this winter. This wasn’t by choice, of course; anyone who knows me knows that I’m going to be the last person to complain about leg room, and if you give me the complete works of the Hold Steady on an iPod, I’m set for a good few hours in a coach-class seat or a cardboard box or a large locket. But my grandparents, who see me so rarely and are therefore blind to my obvious flaws, bought the tickets, so they spoiled me.

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By Ben Porten and David Wicks

Friday, February 20

Sam Barsh

Opener TBD

A veteran of Lunt basement, it took Barsh over a generation of students to return to Haverford. His band’s airy, ambient jazz centers around Barsh’s adept keyboard skills. Not only does his keyboard hide his junk in the main poster, it does so in his performance, too. Barsh eschews the lyricism of hard bop and grooves lyricism. He has one foot in downtempo and the other in a puddle.

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By Emily Tartanella

Haverford has announced a new search for a full-time, tenure-track position in Sculpture in New Media. This intensive search, which demonstrates Haverford’s commitment to the arts, will require a talented candidate who is able to synthesize the sculpture techniques and ideas of the past and also those of the future. For Professor Willie Williams, Fine Arts and Curator of Photography, the ideal candidate would be one who has “compiled a substantial exhibition and publication record” and has demonstrated “innovative teaching of this material.” The candidate should also have, as Professor Cacioppo, Music, envisions, “an M.F.A. and demonstrated strong commitment to undergraduate education with a minimum of three to six years of teaching experience.”

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By Hannah Mueller

The Bryn Mawr College African and Caribbean Students’ Organization (BACaSO) hosted its annual cultural show Saturday in Thomas Great Hall. The theme was “Forgotten Histories: A Call to Remember.” BACaSO showcased its members’ talent and their desire to remember the struggles and triumphs of their African and Caribbean ancestors. The show combined elements of singing, dancing, monologues, a short play, a Capoeria performance, and fashion.

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By Melissa Carn

When I was in middle school, the highlight of my recreational life was going to the record store in the mall.

I only possessed a significant amount of money twice a year (after my birthday and Christmas) and $20 was a small fortune to me.

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By Genna Cherichello

The rotating exhibitions of Magill Library’s Sharpless Gallery provide the community with a wonderful way to spend a study break: admiring art while learning a little something. While the Gallery’s current Special Collections exhibition, “L’art d’alluminar: Illustrations of Dante’s Divine Comedy from the Tri-Colleges,” does this, it takes the concept to another level by featuring a treasure hunt of illustrations from the 100 cantos of Dante’s "Divine Comedy." Currently in the Gallery are illustrations that accompany the first 34 Cantos, also known as "Dante’s Inferno." I read this in high school and completely forgot how awesome it was, and I am so glad this exhibit was there to remind me.

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By Nina Zipkin

“The best show on television that you’re not watching.” That phrase is admittedly a little overused. But when it comes to NBC’s “Friday Night Lights,” that phrase is not an exaggeration.

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By Walker Anderson

Let’s be upfront about this: time travel is awesome. Everybody wishes they could travel in time. If you say you don’t, you’re lying to yourself, because given the chance to ride a dinosaur, there is no chance you would turn it down. How cool would it be to meet Abe Lincoln? Hell, I wish I could go back in time and prevent myself from saying embarrassing and/or awkward things on an hourly basis.

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By Ben Porten

The night began with Haverford’s own Pudding Run. I’ve enjoyed them every time I’ve seen them, but I have yet to see an entire show beginning to end. The atmosphere of Lunt was deeply uncomfortable. People put emphasis on themselves, rather than the band, which gave a very frenzied, disorienting feel to the basement. Whether this was because of Pudding Run’s failure to engage the audience or the crowd’s egotism, I’ll never know. I kept comparing it to Carnival Carnival to my friends because of the anxiety and felt, and not just because of this journalist’s Hunter S. Thompson fantasies.

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Wednesday, February 4
7:30 PM, Thomas Great Hall
The Office of Intercultural affairs sponsors a talk with Black History Month keynote speaker Angela Davis, followed by a reception and book signing at 8:30 in the Quita Woodward Room.

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By Margaret Ernst

"One time in freshman year I decided to calculate how much I was spending for each class."

"I did that too—I think it was in Calculus. It was like $100."

Silverware clanking in the dishroom sounded through Erdman Dining Hall as Jackie Castellanos and Sydni Meyer, both seniors at Bryn Mawr, finished their brunch. They looked at each other as they tried to remember exactly what they had calculated.

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