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Students question process for athleti...
by Anna McCormally
Correction appended
Controversy erupted at Earlham earlier this month when it was revealed that the college, which currently plays all of its sports in the North Coast Athletic Conference (NCAC), might be switching to the Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference (HCAC).
Students have taken issue with the possibility of th [...]
Baseball team sweeps four-game series
by Bryant Foreman
For the first time since 2007, the Earlham Quaker baseball team is on a 4-game winning streak, and for the first time in school history, the streak was gained by sweeping a four-game series. It came against the Robert Morris Springfield last weekend.
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Scores
Baseball
at Robert Morris Springfield 6-2 W, 6-0 W, 12-4 W, 4-3 W
at Thomas More, cancelled
vs. Kenyon 11-2 L, 17-5 W
Men’s tennis
vs. Ohio Wesleyan 5-0 L
at Central State 9-0 W
at Wittenberg 9-0 L
Women’s tennis
at Central State 8-1 W
at Wittenberg 8-1 L
vs. Wooster* 5-4 L
at Rose-Hulman, cancelled
*This match was also played at Wittenberg [...]
Men’s tennis ends season, women...
by Jesus Jimenez
The two tennis teams gathered to play in the Trueblood gym on Monday, two days after their regular season wrapped up at Wittenberg. The men played just for fun; the women practiced for a final chance at tomorrow’s North Coast Athletic Conference tournament.
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Mind of an athlete: Alex Anderson
by Bryant Foreman
Senior baseball player Alex Anderson comes from Logansport, Ind. In high school he both played baseball and swam, and he has excelled in baseball at Earlham for four years. Last year he was the team’s most valuable player, leading the team with a 3.96 earned run average (ERA). He also showed off the wood (or aluminum, in the [...]
Upcoming games
Tomorrow
Baseball vs. Denison (senior day) (DH)
Sunday
Baseball at Wabash (DH)
The Word wishes bright future to seni...
The sports section of the Earlham Word would like to wish all graduating student athletes a great future and career in whatever life might bring. May you carry yourself throughout life with EC Pride.
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Facebook cannot replace community
by Eric Parker
We as a society and a college community have a troublesome obsession: Facebook. It permeates our lives in a way that no social network or internet-based product should. After reading Tracy Perkins-Schmittler’s article last week [“Principles apply to online community,” April 10], I feel like Facebook has become one of the most o [...]
Thanks to all for one more semester
by María Salvador and Donnie Smith
The semester is coming to a close, and so is the Earlham Word. You are currently reading the last printed issue of the semester, although we are still publishing online. You should keep checking ecword.org for breaking news and to submit your opinions!
The editorial staff of the newspaper is proud of this se [...]
Student voices ignored in athletics d...
by Jonah Kreniske
Discussions of our values as an institution inevitably address the issue of consensus in the abstract, but rarely do they begin to define it as a practice. As such, there is much talk of institutional values, leading to little in the way of political manifestation. The controversy surrounding the proposal drafted by the Athl [...]
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