By Bryant Foreman Despite the snow still left on the ground in most of the Midwestern states, college baseball teams are still gearing up for the 2010 season. The Earlham College Quakers have been doing just that. The Quakers look for their first victory tomorrow in Danville, Ky. as they face the Centre College...
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By Aleta Cox The women’s basketball team’s suffered a disappointment for their final game on Feb. 20 as they lost a close 69-72 game against Wooster College. The women ended their season at 3-22 overall and 2-14 in the NCAC. The day also marked the Quakers’ Senior Day, organized by coaches, teammates and fans...
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By Jonas Shellhammer The Monday before early semester break, I encountered what is probably my only culture shock since I came to the United States as an international student in 2006. Since my father is American, and since I went to an American- International high school before attending Earlham College, I’ve encountered few facets...
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By Josh Friedberg When you think of a gay, lesbian, bisexual or transgender person, what race and class do you associate with that image? In 2000, World War II historian Allan Bérubé published an essay examining the perception of, in particular, gay men and the consequences of that perception. Bérubé said that when asked...
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By Faith Woodside STELLA! This famous line resounded through the halls of Richmond Civic Theatre during Saturday’s performance of “A Streetcar Named Desire.” This Pulitzer Prize-winning play by Tennessee Williams is an intensely emotional piece, and certainly a big undertaking for everyone involved in its production. “I felt the desire to honor, to do...
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By Emma Grygotis Assistant Professor of Biology Chris Smith is guiding students through cutting-edge genetic research with the help of Pogonomyrmex barbatus, the harvester ant, and its complex, geneticallydefined social and reproductive systems. Harvester ants are common in the desert southwest of the United States, and are closely related to the more famous inhabitants...
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By Alishba Zarmeen Junior Wilmer Chavarria has a passion for filmmaking and the technical skills to make that passion work in the world. After being raised in a family of journalists, Chavarria is beginning to make independent films and assist with professional filmmaking. Chavarria started his media experiences early in his childhood in Nicaragua,...
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By Jonas Shellhammer Khai Pung, Earlham’s new orchestra director, began his professional journey into music in Beijing, where he received his bachelor’s degree in orchestral conducting at the Central Conservatory of Music. While he is only filling in for the on-sabbatical director Forrest Tobey, he still hopes to make his own particular mark on...
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By Sasha Benderly-Kraft Environmental and nutritional activist Michael Pollan will give a talk specially designed for Earlham tomorrow evening. Though Pollan is currently on a speaking circuit to discuss his latest book, Food Rules: An Eater’s Manual, tomorrow he will present a talk entitled “Connecting the Dots: Nutritionism, Health and Agricultural Policy.” Pollan, who...
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