Comments for The Bi-College NewsThe Bi-College News | The Bi-College News http://www.biconews.com The Student Newspaper of Bryn Mawr and Haverford College Wed, 20 Mar 2013 18:37:37 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 Comment on Alumnae Send Letter in Support of Radnor by Delia Moon http://www.biconews.com/2013/03/12/alumnae-send-letter-in-support-of-radnor/#comment-9990 Delia Moon Wed, 20 Mar 2013 18:37:37 +0000 http://www.biconews.com/?p=14647#comment-9990 I agree with the Radnor Alums.And I think it rude that they were not directly replied to by the Dean. I think, furthermore, that, even though belatedly, the Student Gov should decide if the action was fair and should weigh in on future actions to be taken by Deans, etc. without Student Gov referral and consultation. Delia Wheelwright Moon, 1961. I agree with the Radnor Alums.And I think it rude that they were not directly replied to by the Dean. I think, furthermore, that, even though belatedly, the Student Gov should decide if the action was fair and should weigh in on future actions to be taken by Deans, etc. without Student Gov referral and consultation. Delia Wheelwright Moon, 1961.

]]> Comment on Haverford in the 1960s: LSD, Socialists, and Greased Anteater Wrestling by Sandy Irving http://www.biconews.com/2009/04/14/haverford-in-the-1960s-lsd-socialists-and-greased-anteater-wrestling/#comment-9938 Sandy Irving Tue, 19 Mar 2013 02:48:04 +0000 http://www-test.biconews.com/?p=6732#comment-9938 Irving Finger was a Haverford biology prof. Not Swarthmore. I asked him once why there was sex. I still don't know. There were food fights prior to the switch to the new dining hall, but the administration outfoxed the students when it came to the final dinner in Founders. When everyone came to the last dinner, prepared for the mother of all food fights, they found a note on the door saying the new dining hall was open. They dutifully trooped over to the new facility and had dinner, meekly and unremarkably. Paul Haagen is romancing. Irving Finger was a Haverford biology prof. Not Swarthmore. I asked him once why there was sex. I still don’t know.

There were food fights prior to the switch to the new dining hall, but the administration outfoxed the students when it came to the final dinner in Founders. When everyone came to the last dinner, prepared for the mother of all food fights, they found a note on the door saying the new dining hall was open. They dutifully trooped over to the new facility and had dinner, meekly and unremarkably. Paul Haagen is romancing.

]]> Comment on Undocumented, unapologetic and unafraid: Jessica Hyejin Lee, BMC ’13, and Tania Chairez, UPenn ’14, stand up for their community through civil disobedience. by kassandra http://www.biconews.com/2012/03/20/undocumented-unapologetic-and-unafraid-jessica-hyejin-lee-bmc-13-and-tania-chairez-upenn-14-stand-up-for-their-community-through-civil-disobedience/#comment-9926 kassandra Mon, 18 Mar 2013 21:04:25 +0000 http://www.biconews.com/?p=13951#comment-9926 i think my sister tania chairez is doing something that can change things. i think my sister tania chairez is doing something that can change things.

]]> Comment on No Photographs Allowed by Yertlesmmom http://www.biconews.com/2013/03/11/no-photographs-allowed/#comment-9656 Yertlesmmom Tue, 12 Mar 2013 23:07:41 +0000 http://www.biconews.com/?p=14629#comment-9656 Here, here! I totally agree!!!! I try to buy postcards of particularly special works and they are often not available! Here, here! I totally agree!!!! I try to buy postcards of particularly special works and they are often not available!

]]> Comment on No Photographs Allowed by Jean François Grunfeld http://www.biconews.com/2013/03/11/no-photographs-allowed/#comment-9654 Jean François Grunfeld Tue, 12 Mar 2013 22:51:11 +0000 http://www.biconews.com/?p=14629#comment-9654 Bonjour Its the same more or less in Paris that is why I set up a film festival musées (em)portables: you take a film museum with your mobile. Next year I am going to make muche more and perhaps with official support. Look at the last award on our web site and also on twitter. JFG Bonjour

Its the same more or less in Paris that is why I set up a film festival musées (em)portables: you take a film museum with your mobile. Next year I am going to make muche more and perhaps with official support. Look at the last award on our web site and also on twitter. JFG

]]> Comment on No Photographs Allowed by Patricia Lane http://www.biconews.com/2013/03/11/no-photographs-allowed/#comment-9629 Patricia Lane Tue, 12 Mar 2013 12:15:55 +0000 http://www.biconews.com/?p=14629#comment-9629 I completely disagree. I go to museums to actually look at the art, not photograph it. I was once standing in front of a Van Gogh that was on loan to the MFA in Boston, drinking it in, when an incredibly rude, college-age couple walked right in front of me and started taking pictures. I walked right around in front of them and began to look at the painting again, whereupon they made huffy noises about how rude I was being and then left. And there was Ms. Hawley in Paris, trying to look closely at a masterwork, only to be pushed and pummeled by a bunch of people who just wanted to take a picture that proved they have been there and move on. Modern day flash photography may not damage paintings, I don't know. But it's very disruptive and annoying to other museum goers. In small spaces people with cameras run the risk of bumping into other artworks or visitors as they back up and move around with their camera glued to their face, trying to get a shot. I have been an art museum volunteer for 10 years and have worked in other museums. I have a word of advice for Ms. Cotlowitz and her friends: next time you go to a museum - especially a wonderfully funky one like the Barnes - leave the cell phone in your bag and engage with the art. Take a tour, listen to a talk or ask a question of a gallery volunteer. Then pull some stock photos for your blog and write about your experience. I think you'll have a much more memorable time that way. I completely disagree. I go to museums to actually look at the art, not photograph it.

I was once standing in front of a Van Gogh that was on loan to the MFA in Boston, drinking it in, when an incredibly rude, college-age couple walked right in front of me and started taking pictures. I walked right around in front of them and began to look at the painting again, whereupon they made huffy noises about how rude I was being and then left.

And there was Ms. Hawley in Paris, trying to look closely at a masterwork, only to be pushed and pummeled by a bunch of people who just wanted to take a picture that proved they have been there and move on.

Modern day flash photography may not damage paintings, I don’t know. But it’s very disruptive and annoying to other museum goers. In small spaces people with cameras run the risk of bumping into other artworks or visitors as they back up and move around with their camera glued to their face, trying to get a shot.

I have been an art museum volunteer for 10 years and have worked in other museums. I have a word of advice for Ms. Cotlowitz and her friends: next time you go to a museum – especially a wonderfully funky one like the Barnes – leave the cell phone in your bag and engage with the art. Take a tour, listen to a talk or ask a question of a gallery volunteer. Then pull some stock photos for your blog and write about your experience. I think you’ll have a much more memorable time that way.

]]> Comment on Bi-Co Relations, or, Why People Hate Bryn Mawr by Rosemary http://www.biconews.com/2007/03/27/bi-co-relations-or-why-people-hate-bryn-mawr/#comment-9596 Rosemary Wed, 27 Feb 2013 21:57:50 +0000 http://www-test.biconews.com/?p=10403#comment-9596 "Trust us, there are plenty of women here who would not turn down a shirtless stud lifting weights as well." Turn down to date or have sex? I go ga-ga for muscular guys as well - what girl doesn't? - but I am saving myself for marriage. So although I'd love to date a muscular guy, we would not have sex, he would need to have a good personality as well. So, do the muscular men there have nice personalities? Also, would my rather conservative positions on sex and gender roles make me feel out of place at Bryn Mawr? I am transferring from a college where I find the girls too slutty and don't want to make the mistake. “Trust us, there are plenty of women here who would not turn down a shirtless stud lifting weights as well.” Turn down to date or have sex? I go ga-ga for muscular guys as well – what girl doesn’t? – but I am saving myself for marriage. So although I’d love to date a muscular guy, we would not have sex, he would need to have a good personality as well. So, do the muscular men there have nice personalities?
Also, would my rather conservative positions on sex and gender roles make me feel out of place at Bryn Mawr? I am transferring from a college where I find the girls too slutty and don’t want to make the mistake.

]]> Comment on Supporters of Bryn Mawr’s Perry House hope to keep diverse housing option alive by Otto Zilch http://www.biconews.com/2012/11/19/supporters-of-bryn-mawrs-perry-house-hope-to-keep-the-diverse-housing-alive/#comment-9159 Otto Zilch Mon, 26 Nov 2012 15:47:36 +0000 http://www.biconews.com/?p=14588#comment-9159 Uh, celebrate diversity by creating undiverse segregated institutions? Only in academia. Uh, celebrate diversity by creating undiverse segregated institutions? Only in academia.

]]> Comment on Dispelling Perry House Myths by Jean MacIntyre, Class of 56 http://www.biconews.com/2009/04/24/dispelling-perry-house-myths/#comment-9015 Jean MacIntyre, Class of 56 Mon, 19 Nov 2012 06:01:38 +0000 http://www-test.biconews.com/?p=6792#comment-9015 Ms Harmon is mistaken about Afro-American students not being "allowed" to live on campus, instead being segregated in Perry House. First, Perry House did not belong to the College for most if not all the 20th Century. One of the earliest Afro-American graduates (class of 1954) was living in Denbigh, just down the hall from me, when I arrived in 1952. Another, class of 1955, was living in Rockefeller. Very much on campus, and very much accepted, in a pretty bigoted decade just about everywhere. Ms Harmon is mistaken about Afro-American students not being “allowed” to live on campus, instead being segregated in Perry House. First, Perry House did not belong to the College for most if not all the 20th Century. One of the earliest Afro-American graduates (class of 1954) was living in Denbigh, just down the hall from me, when I arrived in 1952. Another, class of 1955, was living in Rockefeller. Very much on campus, and very much accepted, in a pretty bigoted decade just about everywhere.

]]> Comment on A Love of Weird Animals and Abhorrence for Conformity by Maria McGurrin http://www.biconews.com/2012/09/25/a-love-of-weird-animals-and-abhorrence-for-conformity/#comment-8998 Maria McGurrin Sun, 11 Nov 2012 23:43:37 +0000 http://www.biconews.com/?p=14329#comment-8998 This made me laugh out loud, which made people in the Library glare at me. And I blame it all on Anna Sargeant. This made me laugh out loud, which made people in the Library glare at me. And I blame it all on Anna Sargeant.

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