Residents of Perry House speak out
by Sarah Jenness, Christine Calderon, Jomaira Salas Contributing writers In Spring 2012 it was announced that Perry House, a living and social space for members of Sisterhood, Mujeres, and BACaSo would close due to lack of maintenance. A 1970 list of demands by black students needing a space to celebrate and value their culture produced Perry House...
Why I volunteer
by: Amanda Beardall Contributing writer While the rest of the campus was sound asleep on Saturday mornings, during my freshman year I would wake up at 5 AM to catch the first train into the city where I would spend the day leading social justice workshops and doing related service projects with middle school...
“Making a difference” in college
by: Tim Ibbotson-Sindelar ’13 and Laura Hecht ‘13 Contributing Writers How many times at Haverford or Bryn Mawr have you discussed inequality, justice,poverty, homelessness, illiteracy, or hunger? Here in the Bi-Co, we are fortunate to be surrounded by students and members of the community that care deeply about injustices in the world. There are many that...
Hurricane Sandy brings a forecast for change
by Lee McClenon Columnist “Anyone who says there is not a change in weather patterns is denying reality,” said New York governor Andrew Cuomo in the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy. While I do not believe that any one storm can prove climate change to be true, it is evident that climate change is already here. Unlike...
“Why I vote the way I vote”
by Emma Geering Contributing writer I was raised in a part of New Jersey that, despite the state’s tendency to go with the Democratic candidate during the Presidential election, is very conservative. Parents preach to their children, essentially brainwashing them with the jaded ideas of a conventional America. Ideas such as that they were blessed to...
“Why I vote the way I vote”
by Emma Moore Contributing writer I am voting this election because it is the first presidential election in which I am eligible to vote and I want to prove my generation is not apathetic. I am voting because, as a woman, my voice is underrepresented in each iteration of American government. I am voting because...
“Why I vote the way I vote”
by Alex Cross Contributing writer Throughout the interminable slog of this election cycle we have been treated to the same parade of attack ads, mud slinging, name-calling, posturing, nugatory promises, and vague entreaties that we have nurtured as integral to our Republic’s health for the better part of two centuries. Some parts of this campaign season,...
“Why I vote the way I vote”
by David Block Contributing writer The past four years under the leadership of President Obama have been with consistent disappointment and empty rhetoric. President Obama inherited a difficult situation; a nation entrenched in two seemingly endless wars abroad and reeling from the worst financial crisis since the great depression. Undoubtedly, much of the economic stagnation...
“Why I vote the way I vote”
by Eve Gutman Contributing writer Four years ago, many Americans, especially ones who were our age, were full of optimism, ready for a president who would fundamentally change the Bush-era status quo. When Barack Obama was elected, people were filled with the hope that the next four years would bring sweeping progressive changes. Now, as President...
Mommy Turns 50 Shades of Red
By Julie Hutchinson Opinions Editor In eleven weeks it sold over one million copies. It sold more copies in a week than any other book ever printed in the United States or the United Kingdom. Probably about twenty-five percent of its readers would admit to having read it. When did Fifty Shades of Gray...
“Where are all the angry American women?”
By Julie Gorham Columnist There has been a LOT of legislation on reproductive health lately. A lot. And some of it is not on reproductive health so much as reproductive ridiculousness. Like five men sitting in a room to talk about women’s bodies: seriously? Unfortunately, yes. Seriously. And the response has ranged from famously unabashed...