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Community remembers Chef Gus
by Constance Huang
On Thursday, January 19th, The Earlham community came together to attend Gus DaSilva’s Memorial which in Earlham College’s Stout Meeting House. Privately and professionally, Gus was a man who lived his life with passion. He was passionate about his Portuguese heritage, cooking, music, travel, his faith, his friends, and esp [...]
Voices on the Heart
by Alec Butterfield
What do you think of the Saga renovation?
Adaobi Onunkwo, freshman, Biology major
“The resources could have been allocated elsewhere. Didn’t the funds come from a partnership between Sodexo and Earlham? I would rather have the employees treated better, or an improvement of the food. On a positive note, the renovation is [...]
Jewish Student Union seeks advisor
by Shin Torizuka
There needs to be more support from Earlham on the religious side of things, according to sophomore David Friedman. He has good cause for saying this. The Jewish Student Union (JSU) has been without a rabbi since the beginning of this academic year.
Several faculty members who advised the JSU have left in the past year. In Ma [...]
Planning Committee guides the college...
By Heather Valadez
Change is coming soon, and the school has a dedicated committee guiding its future.
Last Wednesday, Jan. 18, the Planning Committee held convocation, giving a progress report. Members of the committee presented their observations based on external and internal contexts. They factually presented external reasons the school&# [...]
Odd pairing succeeds: Toga Fondue Rav...
by Kelly Sullivan
Advertisements for the Toga Fondue Rave raised many eyebrows around campus. After a strong turnout last Friday, however, skeptics may be forced to reconsider their judgments.
Anticipating the event, sophomore Allie Dougharty, co-convener of the Student Activities Board (SAB) stated the previous Thursday, “At the beginning of [...]
Profile of the week: Conor Hall
by Nathan Chandler
by Zach Miller
With graduation looming, the month of May can be a scary time for all college students around the country. The challenges of the “real world” can appear frightening to anyone, but these normal obstacles pale in comparison to the challenge that junior Connor Hall faced last year.
Hall’s story began two days [...]
On The Spot
by Al Krastev
SOTU: Consistencies and Raised Eyebrows
U.S. President Barack Obama held his third State of the Union address on Tuesday, successfully taking the entirety of the swollen House Chamber to its feet multiple times.
Having spent now over three years at Earlham, I heard a fair amount of disappointments in LBC 105. Yes, there were a f [...]
Letter from a Richmond native
by Evan Blum
Richmond, Indiana is slowly shrinking- the population has dwindled from 43,999 in 1970 to 36,812 in 2010, a decrease of over 16%. Once a community largely supported by manufacturing, we now find ourselves in the midst of a transition to create a new sustainable economy. The likelihood of a single manufacturer coming to Richmond a [...]
Eli vs. Eli: Keystone XL Pipeline
by Eli Richman
Rejecting the Keystone Pipeline Solves no Problems
Obama’s recent rejection of the Keystone Pipeline is clearly a political move. Even considering the problems of the pipeline that the environmentalists point out, the increased flow of heavy crude oil would help our economy, ease our energy stress, and create jobs with very lit [...]
Overtime thriller: game hits unexpect...
by Cameron Mitchell
by ALEX SOFTNESS: Senior Nikki Darrett fights her way past an opponent during the Jan. 18 game against Defiance. Although the game went into overtime, the girls lost 81-73. The Quakers next play at home on Saturday, Jan. 28 against Anderson University.
A hotly contested overtime loss against Defiance College’s Yellow Ja [...]
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