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Diversity is discussed in speech and ...
by Bennett Murray
On Saturday, Nov. 8, Earlham College’s Graduate Programs in Education hosted a seminar to raise awareness of the lack of minority schoolteachers in the U.S. Titled “Connecting Earlham to the World: Diversity in the Classroom,” the seminar featured a keynote speech followed by a discussion panel of Earlham alumni.
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Earlhamites are hopeful for ObamaR...
by Anna McCormally
In the aftermath of the historically critical 2008 presidential election, promises of change from Democratic President-elect Barack Obama seem so dramatic that they are a little daunting.
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Speaker presents work on Shakespeare ...
by Kristin Hoppe
At Earlham’s Convocation, “Crime is Easy, Shakespeare is Hard,” Agnes Wilcox enlightened Earlham students about her somewhat controversial programs in Missouri prisons, which assemble inmates to perform Shakespeare.
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Earlham floats on ‘Cloud Nine&#...
Sophomore Claire McGuinness, who plays the widow Mrs. Saunders, rests after a horse ride in the Theatre Arts Department’s Main Stage production of “Cloud Nine” by Caryl Churchill last Saturday evening. “Cloud Nine” is a two act play about sexual repression and its effects on individuals. Cloud Nine will be playing ag [...]
Quartet performs at Earlham as part o...
The Carmina Quartet performed last Tuesday in Goddard Auditorium. From left to right, first violinist Matthias Enderle, second violinist Susanne Frank, violist Wendy Champney and cellist Stephan Goerner. The Quartet has performed in the United States and Europe and has recorded several CDs. Their live performances include Beethoven’s Quartet [...]
Earlham celebrates Obama’s pres...
by Anna McCormally and Bennett Murray
At approximately eleven-thirty PM on Tuesday, November 4, 2008, a joyous riot erupted on the Heart. It was Election Day, and Senator Barack Obama had just been declared the President-elect of the United States. Groups of Earlham students had been clustered around TVs in every dorm, waiting for the moment [...]
Co-op hall becomes more environmental...
by Kristin Hoppe
Descending into the basement of Barrett, anyone can see that the playful scraps of paper and crayola colored dinosaurs adorning the wall show co-op hall’s friendly nature. What may not be so apparent to the naked eye is the effort the residents put behind being environmentally friendly.
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Crime beat: Thefts on campus are not ...
by Anna McCormally
Cathy Anthofer, head of Campus Safety and Security, reported this week that an individual who matched the description of the suspected Lilly Library thief was recently arrested. He is charged with the theft of an iPod, a laptop and a backpack. He has been identified as a homeless man from Richmond. “He was surviving by what [...]
Election results seen domestically
On November 4th, 2008, the state of Indiana was called for Obama, going blue for the first time in ten elections—the last time the Hoosier state went Democratic was in 1964 for Presidential incumbent Lyndon B. Johnson. While only 15 counties in Indiana were solidly blue on Tuesday, it was enough to secure 50% of the vote for Obama, narrowly [...]
Earlham announces Hunger and Homeless...
by Bennett Murray
Correction appended
Earlham has designated the week of Nov. 16 as Hunger and Homelessness Week. This coincides with national Hunger and Homelessness Awareness Week, sponsored by the National Coalition for the Homeless (NCH) and the National Student Campaign Against Hunger and Homelessness. The purpose, according to the NCH, [...]
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