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...
A Love of Weird Animals and Abhorrence for Conformity
By Anna Sargeant Last Word Editor When I was in fourth grade, my absolute favorite animal was the tree frog. God knows why. I mean, neon colors are a plus, and frogs have them in spades. Also, they were super easy to draw onto my textbook covers. I just drew a bunch of circles and...
Haverford/Bryn Mawr Cross Country Meet Displays Strength of its Runners
By Angela Mastrianni Staff Writer This Thursday, Haverford College hosted the Women’s and Men’s Cross Country Main Line Invitational at their Alumni Cross Country Course. The top finisher from Bryn Mawr College was Kristina Kronauer, who placed thirteenth with a time of 17:33.20 and was the fastest division three runner in the meet. Coach Hewitt, the...
A sickly system: The ethics of modern medicine distribution
By Devin van Dyke Columnist Medicine is a resource, and, like many resources, our ostensibly sophisticated society has not quite figured out its fair distribution according to need. Systems of supply and demand send goods around the world from their sources to wherever they can earn the most profit–medicine is no different. The result of...
Tim Miller performance workshop to explore questions of diversity and self-discovery
By Taylor Stone Arts Editor Bryn Mawr College, as a community based on a mutually beneficial and open relationship between students and educators, has a long history of hosting and organizing events celebrating this quality. Through lectures, performances, and exhibitions, BMC boasts an atmosphere open to self-discovery and respectful dialogue. Performance artist Tim Miller’s upcoming...
An Alum Speaks: Undocumented Americans
By Robin Reineke, BMC ’04 Guest Writer Last year the body of an unidentified man was found in the desert south of my home in Tucson, Arizona. He was one of the 184 dead immigrants found in 2011 and examined at the Pima County Office of the Medical Examiner, where I work on a project...
Art Date-03/20-2012
Tuesday, March 20 Tales of Troy Exhibit on display in the Alcove Gallery at Magill from 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM The story of Troy shaped and influenced humanistic literature up to the present day. The alcove gallery presents a small selection of art and artifacts, books and films inspired by this epic tale. Wednesday,...
BMC has a history of staging entertaining, profound, and unique productions. But it is the annual performance of Eve Ensler’s “The Vagina Monologues,” which was put on this past weekend, that most evokes the spirit of BMC like this past weekend’s “Vagina Monologues.” “The Vagina Monologues”, is part of the “V-Day” movement, a global...