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Young baseball team ready to open sea...
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 Colonels, who finished 12-24 la [...]
Basketball seasons end with Senior da...
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 to honor senior members Katy Buda [...]
Snow: the scourge of Indiana
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 of living [...]
Race, class matter in today’s L...
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 the above question, h [...]
Theatre puts on “Streetcar̶...
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 hon [...]
Genetic puzzle could explain social e...
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 [...]
Student films documentary on generati...
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 Nica [...]
Khai Pung adds enthusiasm to orchestr...
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 [...]
Michael Pollan to speak on food, publ...
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 Agri [...]
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