By JOANNE MIKULA, staff writer Haverford’s social honor code is often portrayed as a document that codifies a culture of trust, concern, and mutual respect for all members of the school community. A group of students challenged this notion…
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By JULIA HABLAK, staff writer This year’s Emily Balch speaker Jill Lepore came to campus on Thursday, Oct. 26 for a highly anticipated Lecture and Q&A session, hosted by English and Emily Balch Seminar professor Matthew Ruben. The Emily…
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By ABBY WEBSTER, staff writer “To be born is to have a soul.” – “Blade Runner 2049” A baby’s sock. A wooden toy horse. An artificial memory of children huddled around a birthday cake. Motifs of birth pervade…
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By Theresa Diffendal, Editor in Chief Photo blabeled for reuse White nationalists descended on Charlottesville, Virginia on August 12 in a “Unite the Right” protest of the removal of a statue of Robert E. Lee from Emancipation Park. Carrying torches,…
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By EMILIA OTTE and SOPHIE WEBB, Editors Photo by WANYI YANG The morning that Hurricane Irma made landfall on the US Virgin Islands, on September 6, Jenisha Stapleton, BMC ‘19, was in the dining hall. “I remember, I had just…
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By WANYI YANG, Photo editor Photo by WANYI YANG This semester, Haverford College welcomes Professor Amanda Payne, a Visiting Assistant Professor of Linguistics, to the Tri-College community. She is teaching Intro to Linguistics and Intro to Syntax. Payne is currently…
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By KATE HAWTHORNE Photo from Muhlenberg College Website This year the Anthropology Department welcomes a new visiting professor – Professor Leigh Campoamor, who received her PhD in cultural anthropology from Duke University in 2012. After receiving her degree, Campoamor began…
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By GWYNNE DULANEY, Staff Writer Photo by GWYNNE DULANEY This fall, I decided to step out of my comfort zone and take a class at University of Pennsylvania. As someone who tends to get cabin fever after spending too much…
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By CAMILLE BAECHLER, Staff Writer Photo by CLAIRE BLOOD-CHENEY October 9-13 is National Transfer Week! Initiated by NISTS (the National Institute for the Study of Transfer Students), the idea is to increase transfers’ visibility in their new homes and…
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By RACHEL KLINE, Staff Writer Photos by CLAIRE BLOOD-CHENEY Arma virumque cano, Virgil’s immortal words that begin The Aeneid, conjure images of Troy engulfed by flames for classics majors and mythology enthusiasts alike. From Sept. 25th to Oct. 30th, Haverford…
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