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At Sunday’s StuCo meeting members congratulated each other on the accomplishment of an inexact number of short-term goals, including the construction of a proportionally large footrest for the big chair and a long-awaited resolution to the Ville Points issue. Also settled were

As many students may know, Student Council has had trouble establishing plans for a new Gazebo on the Science Center lawn. Dealing with cranky student engineers and cheap Student Budget Committee members, StuCo members had almost given up the entire plan until

Recently, Nell Bang-Jensen ’11 was granted a Watson Fellowship for her proposed project, “Names Across Nations: How the Naming Process Reflects Cultural Identity.” Over the course of the next year, Bang-Jensen plans to travel to Zambia, Germany, Morocco, Indonesia, India, Ireland, and

This year's Tri-College Summer Institute will no longer be open to students from all three colleges, as announced recently by Dean of Students Liz Braun. The Institute focuses on conversations about race, gender, class, privilege and leadership; both Bryn Mawr and Haverford

Recently, Deivid Rojas ’11 was granted a Watson Fellowship to travel to Peru, Guatemala, India, Indonesia, and Turkey. The Fellowship was awarded for Rojas’ proposed project, which includes speaking with internally displaced persons about their situation and about the effectiveness of aid.

Photos from the last week: Sirkka Natti and Ben Starr's senior recital, the LAX conference, visiting lecturers, contra dancing, and more.

Photos from last weekend's production of Farfetched Fables by George Bernard Shaw, directed by Lars Jan.

A group of students presented a database Wednesday that archives different case studies of nonviolent resistance from around the world.

For the third annual GREENMarch, Earthlust is collaborating with other environment-focused groups on campus—Environmental Justice, Green Advisors, Mountain Justice, Good Food and Animal Advocates, and the Womyn’s Resource Center—to coordinate a variety of events.