Olympic Medalist John Carlos Speaks at Haverford
By: Sarah Wolberg Olympic medalist John Carlos spoke to a packed Stokes Auditorium on the evening of September 27th to discuss his civil rights demonstration at the 1968 Olympic Games. Carlos, along with his United States track teammate, Tommie Smith, made news worldwide the summer of 1968 after he raised the Black Power symbol of...
Undocumented, unapologetic and unafraid: Jessica Hyejin Lee, BMC ’13, and Tania Chairez, UPenn ’14, stand up for their community through civil disobedience.
By Nina Zipkin Editor-in-Chief Over 100 students, faculty and staff gathered in the main lounge of the Bryn Mawr Campus Center on March 15 to welcome home Jessica Hyejin Lee, BMC ’13. She was not returning from a trip abroad or a spring break getaway; she had just been released from jail, where she had...
Bryn Mawr focuses on campus-visit experience in response to more applications
By Steffi Feldman Staff Writer Every year rumors circulate that Bryn Mawr is accepting drastically more students than they currently accept. Dean of Admissions Laurie Koehler quickly dispelled this rumor. Koehler explained that in the last four or five years a strategic enrollment task force was formed to determine and qualify enrollment goals. “There is...
The Importance of the V-Day Movement in the BiCo Community
Stigmas surrounding the Vagina Monologues By Steffi Feldman Staff Writer Though Bryn Mawr College performs Eve Ensler’s The Vagina Monologues every year as a matter of tradition and Haverford College put on a production of their own on Feb. 24, 25 an 26, audiences new to the play may have misconceptions about the piece and can be apprehensive of the material before...
Controversy, Discusson and Community: Undocumented Students in the Bi-Co
By Allison Rodgers Staff Writer On February 19th, both Haverford and Bryn Mawr voted on resolutions declaring institutional support for undocumented students and applicants. While Haverford’s version of the resolution passed, Bryn Mawr students voted to postpone voting indefinitely. Bryn Mawr students Jessica Hyejin Lee ’13 and Anna Machalski ’13 co-sponsored the resolution. For Jessica,...
Human Campaign Rights Hit the Bi-Co
By Whitney Mueller Staff Writer Attendees of last Monday’s “Education Under Fire” documentary screening and conversation found the seats of Sharpless Auditorium draped with two-leaf sets of paper. The first sheet of each offered a reproduction of a letter by Nobel Laureates Desmond Tutu and José Ramos-Horta; the second, a list of frequently asked questions...
Ira Reid House and On-Campus Dialogue About Cultural Identity
By Steffi Feldman Staff Writer Haverford College is currently facing questions of race relations and cultural identity on campus as the Office of Multicultural Affairs leads negotiations to re-interpret the usage of the Ira Reid House, the current home of the Black Cultural Center on campus. For approximately the last thirty years, the Ira Reid...
Where Did the Bi-Co Love Go?: Exploring Stigma, School Pride and Customs in the Bi-Co Community
By Allison Rodgers Staff Writer The week of freshman orientation ends with meetings between Bi-Co “Customs Cousins.” The groups get together for dinner and activities like kickball games on Merion Green and the “Supa Fun” dance party in Founders Hall. These summits are designed as a way to open the door for Bi-Co relationships for...
Bi-Co Chorale Branches Out
By Steffi Feldman Staff Writer This semester, Professor Thomas Lloyd, director of the Chorale and Vocal Studies Program for Haverford and Bryn Mawr Colleges, is taking on the challenge of adapting an acclaimed opera-oratorio for his Chorale. This opportunity is an exciting one for the department because the piece in question, The Eternal Road,...
News Briefs (1-31-12)
Benston Named HC Interim Provost Kimberly Benston, Haverford’s Francis B. Gummere Professor of English, has been named interim provost of the College, effective July 1. Benston will replace John B. Hurford Professor of Economics Linda Bell when her five-year term as provost ends at the end of June. Interim President Joanne V. Creighton told haverford.edu/news...
Haverford News Briefs – Week of Dec. 5th
Economics Class travels to Brussels and Frankfurt over Fall Break Over fall break, students enrolled in Economics of Transition and Euro Adoption in Central and Eastern Europe taught by Visiting Professor of Economics Biswajit Banerjee traveled to Brussels and Frankfurt. The students had the opportunity to attend specially crafted lectures at the European Commission, the...
Bryn Mawr Hosts TEDx Conference, Focus on Women
By Emma Moore Staff Writer The TEDx Women conference, held on Thursday December 1st at the Paley Center for Media in New York and Los Angeles, was packed with powerful and smart women. Bryn Mawr live streamed the event in Goodhart Theater and incorporated breaks during which students and faculty discussed their reactions to...