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New Cooperative brings the music
by Eli Richman
by Alec Butterfield. Julian Alcantar, right, seated with Tyler Trierweiler and Mushroom the dog in their living room. Both are co-founders of the Musicians Cooperative, open for new residents Thursday, March 1.
The musical community in Richmond just received a fresh new feature with the introduction of the Musician’s Cooperat [...]
Health Services offers free testing
by Kelly Sullivan
A renewed push for students to benefit from free sexually transmitted disease (STD) testing services offered at Health Services is in part meant to raise awareness. This effort is a combined one, backed by the college, Health Services and the World Health Club. This semester, Health Services will be offering free testing of [...]
Profile of the week: Thomas Kumar Jen...
by Shin Torizuka
The first Environmental Studies majors will graduate this May, and senior Thomas Kumar Jensen is among them.
Both Environmental Studies and Environmental Science were approved as majors in 2010. Jensen chose Environmental Studies when he was a sophomore because it incorporated his interests in simple living, being conservativ [...]
Amnesty demands end to Syrian violenc...
by Melanie Bourgeau
Amnesty International has been shining a spotlight on human rights abuses around the world for 50 years. Amnesty International at Earlham meets every Thursday at 8pm in the upstairs coffeeshop. All are welcome.
Amnesty International is urging Russia, Syria’s strongest foreign backer, to use its influence to immediat [...]
Two senior theater majors exhibit ‘ab...
by Nathan Chandler
If you were in Runyan Center on Friday, Feb 24 at 7:30 p.m. or Saturday, Feb 25 at 2 p.m., there is a good chance you overheard the crowd’s reaction to the theatre production of “Simply Absurd.” The production featured a combination of two plays put together by senior Theatre majors Uldis Elksnitis and Geremy Webne-Behrman. [...]
Titling a production
by Maggie Fero
One of the primary questions everybody had going into this production was the nebulous question of what the title was. In tracking it down, it turned out to be a reference to a Bible verse. Wilder is most likely to have used Job 19:20 from the King James Version, though the verse is translated the same way in one other version [...]
Critique of the week: Sunshine Café b...
by Kara M Russell
Despite its distance from school, Richmond’s Sunshine Café is, for many students, a memorable extension of campus.
The down-home wood-panelled dining area has been a popular retreat from late study sessions or early weekend mornings as one of the few 24/7 eateries near Earlham.
The one-room café is unassuming. The atmosphe [...]
Carolina Chocolate Drops take the sta...
by Gisele Aubin
by Gisele Aubin.
The Grammy Award winning Carolina Chocolate Drops performs a thrilling and energetic concert that brought many people in the packed house to their feet and dancing. The group blends sounds of Americana folk and historic jig with a variety of instruments and vocals. The performance was hosted by the College’s [...]
The Green Beat: Meet the “Filthy 15”
COAL BURNING COMPANIES:
1) American Electric Power: AEP burns more coal than any other utility.
2) Duke: The EPA found 25 violations of the clean air act on the part of Duke. According to the Clean Air Task Force, a non-profit organization, this pollution has caused significant health risks to the surrounding population.
3) Southern: S [...]
Fruit fly gene linked to insomnia
by Krystnell Storr
For such major players in genetic research, the name “fruit fly” does not quite provide a big enough effect. Rather, we should lower the pitch of our voice and with heavy breathing use the scientific name Drosophila melanogaster when referring to the common fruit fly.
According to Science Daily’s website, scientists Nichola [...]
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