Alumnae Send Letter in Support of Radnor
One day after the Radnor Hell Week story blew up online, the Bryn Mawr Alumnae sent a 15-page letter to President Jane McAuliffe and the college Deans, advocating for the strong community many of them have experienced as students at Radnor. The letter, which now has over 200 signatures, emphasized their concerns that this decision...
Patti Smith Performs at Bryn Mawr
By Julie Mazziotta A one-woman show came to Bryn Mawr Feb. 7, as artist and musician Patti Smith took the stage in an exclusive performance for the college community. Smith read from her memoir, “Just Kids,” sang a few of her songs and answered questions from the audience. Smith was at Bryn Mawr to receive...
Writer Andrew Sullivan Speaks at Haverford
By Sarah Wolberg Political columnist and blogger Andrew Sullivan, of The Daily Beast, spoke at Haverford last Friday night in a talk sponsored by the Haverford College Speakers Committee. Sullivan, who recently took his political blog independent, is noted in the world of politics as a conservative whose personal politics do not exactly conform to...
Bryn Mawr Dining Services Holds Open Forum
By Anna Merriman It should not come as a surprise that Bryn Mawr Dining Services has been struggling with their budget recently. Students have seen a loss of sundae bars, absence of some special dinners (such as the holiday dinner during first semester) and even cutbacks on takeout containers. In an open forum on dining...
Inside-Out at Haverford college
by Rachel Baron Contributing writer This Spring Semester, the Tri-Co is offering “Restorative Justice: Designing Justice, Designing Spaces Inside-Out Prison Exchange Program” once a week from 11:30-5p.m. on Wednesdays. The course is part of the Inside-Out Program, an educational model that puts college students and incarcerated students together for a semester-long class. The course will be...
Campuses connect: SEADS project to change cross-campus registration, data communication
by Sarah Wolberg Managing Editor The Bi-College Consortium is getting connected, as a new project promises to make interaction and communication between Haverford an Bryn Mawr more seamless in the next few years. The Seamless Administrative Services (SEADS) project is the “next stage of Bi-Co collaboration,” according to Bryn Mawr College president Jane McAuliffe, who...
Haverford Democrats get out the vote with student volunteers
by Sarah Wolberg Managing Editor As Election Day approaches, the Haverford College Democrats Club kicked into high gear, spending weekends at the Obama campaign’s Bryn Mawr office and recruiting volunteers to do the same, canvassing residents by going door-to-door and running phone banks–all geared at getting Obama supporters to come out and vote by Nov....
News briefs: October 28
By Sarah Wolberg Managing Editor The Perfect Storm–2.0? As the East Coast hunkers down in anticipation of tropical storm Sandy, expected to hit the U.S. on Monday, the Bi-College community is making preparations in case the storm–dubbed “Frankenstorm” by the media for its proximity to Halloween–hits southern Philadelphia with the expected wallop. On Friday, Haverford...
Patti Smith wins Hepburn Medal, plans for students-only concert underway
by Julie Mazziotta News Editor Bryn Mawr announced Sept. 25 that artist, musician and author Patti Smith will be the next recipient of the Katharine Hepburn Medal in an email to the community. Smith will receive the award on Feb. 7 at a gala, which will follow a students-only concert earlier in the day. In...
Haverford’s Fall 2012 Plenary passes quickly with resolution to remove paper towels
by Sarah Wolberg Managing Editor At Sunday evening’s Fall Plenary session at Haverford, events moved quickly, making for one short night where every resolution passed. Plenary reached quorum capacity shortly after 7:00 p.m., half an hour after the session began. Even the most contested and controversial resolution, which proposed eliminating paper towels in dorm bathrooms,...
Quorum takes three hours, resolutions pass quickly at BMC Fall 2012 Plenary
by Julie Mazziotta News Editor Although President McAuliffe and her knitting needles were missing from Plenary this semester, Bryn Mawr almost unanimously passed four resolutions on Oct. 7. Bryn Mawr reached the 464 students needed for quorum at 3:20pm, almost three hours after Plenary started. Although they lost quorum for about ten minutes, students made...