Rational Passion: A Scientific Exploration of Love
By Devin van Dyke Columnist Love is a beautiful state of unthinking affection. It releases us from the patterns of daily life and lends transcendent meaning to our relationships. Love has been described by Karen Sunde “a glimpse of heaven,” and “the master key that opens the gates of happiness” by Oliver Wendell Holmes. Somehow...
Bi-Co Uncovered: The Best (And Worst) Places to Kiss at Bryn Mawr
By Rachel Ohrenschall Columnist Everyone has heard Bryn Mawr’s romance-associated legends. Freshmen are introduced to them during customs week and they can even be found on the traditions page of Bryn Mawr’s website: “The Moon Bench is at the end of senior row. Superstition has it that you can’t kiss someone while sitting on the...
People by Numbers: Survey Use at Bryn Mawr
By Jessica Watkins Features Editor Mark Freeman’s office doesn’t match his job. The room lies along Taylor’s second floor corridor, now somewhat of a ghost town after the transition of the Deans and Co. to Guild at the beginning of this semester. Walking into the well-lit space one is greeted with inspiration from all directions....
Senior Snapshot 2.7.12–Kim Mullane (Amanda Gill)
By Amanda Gill Staff Writer Hometown: Outside of Boston (Winchester, MA) Major: Chemistry, just chemistry. What are you looking forward to most after college/do you have anything lined up?: I’ve applied to chemistry PhD programs, and so far I’ve gotten into UPenn and UCLA. What is the most valuable thing you have learned here?:...
Senior Snapshot 2.7.12–Kat Wyly (HC)
By Erin Seglem Staff Writer Major: Anthropology, with Education and Classics minors If you had a superpower, what would it be?: I’d want to read people’s minds, but only when I want. What’s your favorite class you’ve taken at Haverford or Bryn Mawr?: “Mass Media and the City” at Bryn Mawr If they made...
Brain Food: Nootropics and Cognitive Enhancement
By Devin Van Dyke Columnist Intelligence is the raw material of human achievement. Every distinction between man and animal is the result of our exceptional brains. Even though the forces of evolution have not ceased to work on us, for the last 50,000 years the individual human brain has not substantially changed. Our remote hunter-gatherer...
A Tale of Two Athenas
By Rachel Ohrenschall Columnist Dear Readers, Every place has a history, a collection of stories about the people and events that have marked its development. Exploring this past helps us understand the present, and how we fit into it. This column will delve into aspects of our school’s history, traditions and landmarks in an...
Earth Quakers Use Peace to Implement Change
By Rachel Ohrenschall Staff Writer As a campus full of intelligent students dedicated to fighting for what they believe in, it is no surprise that there are many avenues for environmental activism here at Bryn Mawr, such as the Campus Greens and the newly formed Earth Justice League. However, many students have found an...
Senior Snapshot 12.6.11–Andrea Tang
Name: Andrea Tang Hometown: Princeton, New Jersey Major: double major in English & East Asian Studies Favorite Dorm: Pem East Favorite BMC Memory: That time my friend and I vowed to stay up all night writing our final papers, and really just wound up watching Xena: Warrior Princess at 4 AM instead, like the incredibly...
Morris Woods: Living History
By Rachel Ohrenschall Staff Writer Stressed out by midterms back in October, this author felt a Thoreauesque need to be one with nature. As such, I stumbled across Bryn Mawr’s own special oasis – the Morris woods. Only one step in and my friend and I spotted two deer, immediately recognizing this as a...
Senior Snapshot 11.22.11–Kelley Neil
Hometown: East Bay, California Major: Public Health Fun Haverford memory: staying til the music stopped and the lights turned on at the 80s dance junior year with Alex Tonsing HC ’13. Favorite Study Spot: the Phillips Wing in Magill Library Favorite type of Haverford party: Lunt concerts. I loved all the Original Mavericks shows. Did...
Senior Snapshot 11.22.11–Anceline Eustache
Full Name: Anceline Noel Eustache Hometown: Las Vegas, Nevada….and a lot of other places. Most recently Las Vegas. Major: Psychology and French What are you looking forward to most after college?: I am looking forward to living in the real world with real people with real lives. Favorite Dorm: Erdman Best dining hall creation: I...