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Haiti relief has local connection
By Jonas Shellhammer
When an earthquake measuring 7.0 on the Richter scale hit Haiti on Jan. 12, international aid and rescue forces rushed to provide assistance to the stricken region. Some of the first responding teams were locally organized and trained as part of the Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) program, which Director of Campu [...]
‘Yesterday’ illustrates c...
By Mamus Ngeseyan
Leleti Khumalo’s graceful and soul-wrenching performance in Yesterday (2004) made a strong impression on the students and faculty who attended its showing in the Womyn’s Center on Tuesday, Feb. 2. The event was open to both male and female students.
Members of the Pan African Society at Earlham, in conjunction with the Womyn [...]
Jabali Afrika turns Goddard into danc...
By Mamus Ngeseyan
What do two Kenyans, two Cameroonians and one Mswati have in common? The answer is simpler than you think. The answer is Jabali Afrika.
The group’s five members, Joseck Asikoye, Tanash Henri, Justo (Jus) Asikoye, Dumisizwe Bhembe and Donald Bossadi, performed their “shake and bake” rhythms in Goddard auditorium on Friday [...]
Say What? Quakers abandon consensus
By William Duffee
The Religious Society of Friends (Quakers) announced Tuesday, Feb. 2 that it has abandoned the process of consensus and has put in its place a new model of decision-making.
The new process, titled “Voice Volume Value System” (VVVS), involves shouting as loud as one can, and whoever shouts the loudest is declared the winner o [...]
Local talent shows off at E Street Pu...
By Gabriel Middaugh
The hosts were tapping on a microphone, saying “check-check, one, two, check-check,” and situating the hand-drums, when the first big crowd walked into the “E” Street Pub.
By the time the guitars were going through the soundcheck process, locals were laughing at each other’s jokes, games were being played, the bartender w [...]
Put your Spanish to good use; join RI...
By John White
In thinking of how to write this simple call for help I was struck by the prevalence of effective speech in day-to-day life.
When you order your coffee and you greet your friend, you probably do so with ease, even without much thought at all. Imagine living without that ease of communication.
Given our internationally-oriented [...]
Cheers & Sneers
CHEERS to:
Foster House being the coolest and craziest group of people on campus.
Jabali Afrika and their 100 Parracent performance.
Mail.
Stealing vegetables from Saga and making them into meals better than anything Saga makes.
My bed for being deliciously comfortable and welcoming me every night.
Friends who will give you massages.
Feeling [...]
Rosa’s opinion about opinion
By Rosa Ostrom
This is a pretty cool opinion page, right? Cheers and sneers, a nice piece about translation… and a giant ad at the bottom.
This page could be full of witty and thought provoking pieces that you and your peers have written.
Why isn’t it?
Only one of you sent them in. For that one, we are truly grateful, but one piece do [...]
Women’s basketball falls short ...
By Aleta Cox
Although the Earlham College women’s basketball team held several leads throughout the game, it could not defeat rival Oberlin College and eventually lost in another close game, 51-57, on Saturday, Jan. 30. The Quakers now drop to 2-17 in overall season play and 1-9 in conference play, while Oberlin moves to 4-15 in their se [...]
Wertman, Shaw honored in first 2010 t...
By Bryant Foreman
Field Athletes lead men’s team
After competing in their first indoor North Coast Athletic Conference (NCAC) meet last Saturday, Jan. 30, at Denison University, the men’s team tied for sixth place with Alleghany College out of the nine teams that participated in the conference relays.
Earlier in the week it was announced that [...]
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