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Comment on PC Skits anything but politically correct by Bill Asch

Bill Asch — Wed, 22 Feb 2012 03:31:34 +0000

I was one of the folks who created the skits in 1991…which one survived?

Comment on Contact us by Tyler Tree

Tyler Tree — Mon, 20 Feb 2012 13:57:08 +0000

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

NEW MUSICIANS HOUSING CO-OP OPENS MARCH 1ST

RICHMOND, IN (February 20, 2012)– An organization of artists known as The Musicians Cooperative has selected a property in Richmond to call home beginning March 1, 2012. The group will set-up camp on a 60 acre horse farm just outside the city limits. Founders say the cooperative will provide local musicians with affordable housing, studio space, and even the opportunity to star in a web reality series!

The Musicians Cooperative is part of an initiative to assist passionate artists in networking with like-minded individuals. Members of the cooperative will work together to share resources, knowledge, and inspiration. “Its like a brotherhood,” says co-founder Tyler Tree, “we feed off each other’s creativity”.

Members of the co-op will live together in a pre-civil war farmhouse nested at the center of the secluded property. The updated space features an in-house recording studio, rehearsal space, 7 dorm-style bedrooms, communal kitchen, meditation room, and commons area. The artists intend to utilize the acreage to raise organic meat and produce. Members pay $300 a month, including the cost of utilities.

Regular events are to be hosted by the co-op including Sunday night dinners, weekday jam sessions, and monthly house shows. Members work together to facilitate new projects that benefit both the cooperative and the community.

An innovative household video project serves as a way for members of the cooperative to reach out to new fans and followers. Members of the cooperative act as cast members of a documentary series posted as weekly webisodes. The series will follow the housemates as they move in, adapt to life in the cooperative, and pursue their musical dreams.

The Musician’s Cooperative of Richmond continues to seek new members before its opening on March 1st. Membership at the cooperative is open to artists of all sorts. If interested in moving into the house visit http://www.themusicianscoop.com for more information.

News contact:
Tyler Tree
Management@themusicianscoop.com
(765)914-9251

Comment on Change is coming from presidential election by Teq

Teq — Sun, 19 Feb 2012 12:18:41 +0000

Obama is going to come out much more agslegsivery in the next 14 months and saddle much of the nation?s ills on the Republicans. Since his entire political career has been about bi-partisanship, that’s likely to go over well Re-elect me because I’ve discovered that I was wrong about everything and promise to change. #1, It wouldn’t work. #2 Obama won’t do it, even at his announcement of the deal, he continually used the word we, refusing an opportunity to begin redefining the source of the problem.

Comment on 7 Questions: Get to know new Arabic professor Anan Habeeb by Naser-ud-Din Shams

Naser-ud-Din Shams — Thu, 16 Feb 2012 18:25:15 +0000

Nice article. I enjoyed reading it – especially the Arabic saying. We’re sometimes unaware of the depth and richness of other cultures as expressed in their languages.

Is there a way we can get in touch with Professor Habeeb for further questions we may have about an Arabic culture/language?

Thanks,
Naser

Comment on Teetor House floor buckles under party-goers by Kate

Kate — Sun, 12 Feb 2012 22:42:08 +0000

Wow, I really hope I’m missing something here because I’m having a very hard time seeing how the students are at fault. Given that the residential standard for floors in the US is around 40 lbs/square foot, the floor should have been stable even if the size of the room was no greater than 45 square feet (assuming an average weight of 150 lbs/person). It sounds like EC should be thankful they’re not facing a lawsuit, rather than trying to pass the cost of their mismanagement on to students.

Comment on Teetor House floor buckles under party-goers by Robin

Robin — Sat, 11 Feb 2012 21:49:39 +0000

I completely agree with the previous comments, but where did the number 12 (guest) come from? Even if the number was 30, I don’t see how it would be their fault, unless they were playing “all jump up and down in unison”- not a popular party game.

Comment on Teetor House floor buckles under party-goers by Molly Owen

Molly Owen — Sat, 11 Feb 2012 18:39:24 +0000

This is in no way the residents’ fault and it’s disturbing that Earlham is taking no responsibility for the event. I also can’t believe that Earlham has the audacity to ask the students to pay for the repairs. This is a clearly a case of the college’s negligence and they should take all financial responsibility. All of the college houses are old and in questionable condition – it was just a matter of time before something like this happened. I agree with Erin that a professional should inspect the floor, and with Bennett that the students should consider obtaining legal representation.

Even if there were more than the “registered number” of people at the party – whatever that means – houses regularly host parties and the house residents have little control over how many people show up. It isn’t any secret to anyone who works at Earlham that there are frequently big parties on campus, where the houses are full of students. Rather than shifting blame to the unlucky few that happened to live at Teetor at the time, Earlham should focus its attention on ensuring that houses are safe for student use – INCLUDING parties.

Comment on Teetor House floor buckles under party-goers by Jamie

Jamie — Sat, 11 Feb 2012 18:26:54 +0000

The floor of Teetor has been in structural trouble since I was a student in 2006. While at a party at the house back then, I remember us commenting that the floor was sagging and that it seemed unsafe. It is absurd, then, that the college would try to pass their negligence off on the students and expect them to pay for the damages that clearly should have been dealt with years ago.

Comment on Teetor House floor buckles under party-goers by Erin Hackett

Erin Hackett — Sat, 11 Feb 2012 05:35:23 +0000

I think that either an engineer or a building inspector should take a look at the floor and see if there wasn’t a pre-existing problem. Because 12 people should not have caused the floor to crack, unless it was already unstable to begin with. And if it was unstable, then why were students allowed to live there in the first place?

I would like to know when it was last inspected. It seems ridiculous to me that the residents should pay for a floor that can’t even withstand the weight of 12 people.

Comment on Teetor House floor buckles under party-goers by Chelsea Korth

Chelsea Korth — Sat, 11 Feb 2012 01:26:27 +0000

I agree with the previous comment. A safe floor can sustain more than 12 people being on it at one time. It seems to me from Joe Green’s comment that the housemates should “take a lesson from it and state what actually happened at the party” that residence life is trying to insinuate that there were more than the registered number of people at the party. Still, if they do not have proof then they shouldn’t be shifting the blame onto the students. Also, theme houses such as Teetor are required to host house-related events at least once a month and these events often included dozens of people. Would they be charged for the floor if it had collapsed during one of these events? I am upset that Earlham is charging these students money for an event outside their control that could have seriously injured any of them as well.

Comment on Equality includes men too by Sydney Sasanow

Sydney Sasanow — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 22:39:28 +0000

This has got to stop.

Comment on Teetor House floor buckles under party-goers by Bennett Murray

Bennett Murray — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 22:19:01 +0000

For the amount of money being charged to the residents, they should seriously consider consulting a lawyer (many give free first consultations), or at least initiate some sort of arbitration process with the college. If the kitchen floor was in fact in poor condition and couldn’t withstand the number of people approved to be in the house, then the law holds the school responsible. In fact, it’s quite possible that the school could be found guilty of criminal negligence.

Comment on Senate holds hearing regarding divestment by Ben Hastil

Ben Hastil — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 13:49:43 +0000

Does anyone know how we can contact the Earlham Student Senate?

Comment on Teetor House floor buckles under party-goers by Alex Pianetta

Alex Pianetta — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 10:17:21 +0000

WOW. Love how Earlham’s trying to pass the cost of their responsibility to Teetor House. This might be a little pretentious of me, but shouldn’t we have a right to live in houses that aren’t two steps from being condemned?

If 12 people are going to crack the floor, then that house shouldn’t have been open in the first place. At a college like Earlham, where a major facet of campus life is in the houses, it id basically a certainty that at multiple points in the semester, there will be 12+ people in one room in a house.

Comment on Sexual Aggression Peer Advocacy returns to Earlham by Katherine Hostetler

Katherine Hostetler — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 21:47:57 +0000

When a fellow advocate alumni forwarded me the link to your article I was very excited. I am glad to hear that efforts are being made to re-establish a program that will be similar to one that was so crucial to me and my personal growth during my time at Earlham. I would like to say it was great to read your story. However, as the last generation of advocates from the previous program, I would like to point out that your statements, “The SAPA program has existed on campus before, but fell inactive in recent years. The past peer advocates graduated without installing people to fill their responsibilities. Because of this, the past faculty advisor discontinued the program.” contains a lack of truth that bothered me. The program I participated relied heavily on the support and unique qualifications of Marya Bower. When she decided to step down the program would need to reinvented. I didn’t not get very involved in the process of working with administration to develop a program, yet I constantly was sent updates by fellow members how put in many hours into trying to develop a replacement program. The fact that a new advocate program was not formed was by no means due to a lack of effort from the advocates! By my senior year there were not enough advocates to really continue the program. I feel that your article gives the impression that advocates trained other advocates and thus it was our fault that the program fell apart. The advocates were trained by Maria Bower as with all cohorts there was a lot I learned from my fellow advocates but it was not our responsibility to train upcoming generations. I just wanted to express my disappointment at the message your statement sends which is blame on us previous advocates. For what it’s worth the dissolve of the group was devastating for many of us and many people worked very hard to try to get a new program instated!

Comment on A message from the Emergency and Readiness Response Planning Committee by survival emergency kits checklist

survival emergency kits checklist — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 18:22:13 +0000

I do consider all of the ideas you have offered on your post. They’re very convincing and can definitely work. Nonetheless, the posts are too quick for newbies. Could you please lengthen them a little from subsequent time? Thank you for the post.

Comment on Landrum Bolling refutes divestment by Zeina

Zeina — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 06:37:24 +0000

Would love to see a transcript of the speech if possible, to have a better idea of the context in which this comment came about .

Comment on Landrum Bolling refutes divestment by Mostrander

Mostrander — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 23:34:09 +0000

How could LB deny the Zionist money that helped to build the building named after him? Earlham could not withstand a decrease in the zionist money that pumps through its veins. A two state solution is no solution at all. Who will keep the nukes?

If this makes some so called peace seeking people at earlham uncomfortable, then perhaps they should go back to NYU.

Comment on Contact us by Hannah Larson

Hannah Larson — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 15:38:42 +0000

Hello,

I am writing to reiterate the sentiments expressed by Ben Hastil in his response to the article “Sexual Aggression Advocacy Returns to Earlham.” I also was a Sexual Assault Survivors’ Advocate from January of 2008-May of 2009. I also was very involved in advocating for the continuation of the program, as I served as one of two student representatives on the committee working to build a new program. I also encourage you to visit and read the links that Ben shared. The program was, and is, incredibly important and I think it’s also important that EC students current and future know the true history of the original Advocates’ program and how the program came to it’s end. THank you running a piece highlighting the new program!

Hannah Larson
EC ’09

Comment on Contact us by Laura Nitti

Laura Nitti — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 05:46:46 +0000

I was pleased to read about the return of the Peer Advocacy program. I participate in the program from my sophomore year in 2006 until graduating in 2009. Thank you for covering this story. I can’t stress enough how important this program was for my personal and professional development. Having worked with survivors of gender-based violence for the last 2.5 years since graduating, I am only more clear on the quality of training the program provided in its previous form. I would be curious to read more about what form the program will take now and what components will be included in the curriculum.
I would also like to echo Ben’s comment on the end of the program in our last year. The discontinuation of the program was announced towards the end of our junior year. We had a particularly large class of advocates all of whom were very concerned about the continuation of the program. We and the advocates from the class behind us dedicated a lot of our time in following year to organizing students and faculty to demand a continuation of the program. There were many raising sophomores and juniors who were very disappointed to miss out on the opportunity to be trained in the program.

Thank you for covering this important issue. I will look forward to reading more of your coverage about the program.

Comment on Landrum Bolling refutes divestment by Ben

Ben — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 05:33:22 +0000

What was this “very interesting idea of his” that he outlined in his speech? I’m curious now…

Comment on Landrum Bolling refutes divestment by zach

zach — Sun, 05 Feb 2012 04:34:09 +0000

after everything Landrum said during his speech, it is kind of unfortunate that this was the only thing that was taken from his speech.

Comment on Sexual Aggression Peer Advocacy returns to Earlham by Ben Hastil

Ben Hastil — Sat, 04 Feb 2012 02:39:41 +0000

To The Word:

I just read your recent article online, “Sexual Aggression Peer Advocacy returns to Earlham”–thank you so much for your coverage of this important issue! It is terrific news to hear that a new advocacy program has begun at Earlham.

I was a Sexual Assault Survivors’ Advocate who served from January 2007 to December 2008 in the original program and I was deeply involved with all the other Advocates and many other students in working to continue the program.

As someone who invested blood, tears, and sweat into fighting for the continuation of the program, I am SO dismayed to see the discontinuation of the program incorrectly portrayed in your article like this: “The SAPA program has existed on campus before, but fell inactive in recent years. The past peer advocates graduated without installing people to fill their responsibilities. Because of this, the past faculty advisor discontinued the program.”

Over a dozen Advocates and many students (the Earlham e-mail list that student allies of the Advocates program created to organize in support of the program still has over 50 members) worked tirelessly for years, lobbying Earlham’s administration to support the Advocates’ Program and to make a way forward possible for the program.

I encourage you to not only read “An Incomplete History of the Advocates” on the Action Against Sexual Violence website (https://sites.google.com/a/earlham.edu/aasv/allies/advocates/history), but these articles, published in The Word, which more accurately portray the events that led to the discontinuation of the program and the Advocates’ and student campaign that attempted to prevent the ending of the program:

1. 9/12/08 – Survivors Advocates fear end of support program: http://ecword.org/index.php/2008/09/news/survivors-advocates-fear-end-of-support-program/

2. 10/2/08 – Support the Advocates program: http://ecword.org/index.php/2008/10/op-ed/support-the-advocates-program/

3. 10/10/08 – Students discuss future of the Sexual Assault Advocates: http://ecword.org/index.php/2008/10/news/students-discuss-future-of-the-sexual-assault-advocates/

4. 10/30/08 – Earlham needs the Advocates Program: http://ecword.org/index.php/2008/10/op-ed/earlham-needs-the-advocates-program/

5. 11/7/08 – Advocates are intrinsic to Earlham’s mission: http://ecword.org/index.php/2008/11/op-ed/advocates-are-intrinsic-to-earlhams-mission/

6. 4/10/09 – Bureaucracy, negligence threaten program: http://ecword.org/index.php/2009/04/op-ed/bureaucracy-negligence-threaten-program/

7. 4/24/09 – Proposed change to Advocates not comprehensive: http://ecword.org/index.php/2009/04/op-ed/proposed-change-to-advocates-not-comprehensive/

8. 9/24/09 – Advocates program seeks sustainable future: http://ecword.org/index.php/2009/09/features/advocates-program-seeks-sustainable-future/

9. 9/4/10 – Action needed to support survivors: http://ecword.org/index.php/2010/11/op-ed/action-needed-to-support-survivors/

Thank you again for your coverage of this important issue, but will you please run a correction in the next issue of The Word, correcting your article’s incorrect portrayal of the reasons for the discontinuation of the program?

Thank you for your time, and I look forward to hearing back from you!

Sincerely,
Ben

Ben Hastil
EC ’08

Comment on Contact us by Ben Hastil

Ben Hastil — Sat, 04 Feb 2012 02:37:51 +0000

To the Editor of The Word:

1. 9/12/08 – Survivors Advocates fear end of support program: http://ecword.org/index.php/2008/09/news/survivors-advocates-fear-end-of-support-program/

2. 10/2/08 – Support the Advocates program: http://ecword.org/index.php/2008/10/op-ed/support-the-advocates-program/

3. 10/10/08 – Students discuss future of the Sexual Assault Advocates: http://ecword.org/index.php/2008/10/news/students-discuss-future-of-the-sexual-assault-advocates/

4. 10/30/08 – Earlham needs the Advocates Program: http://ecword.org/index.php/2008/10/op-ed/earlham-needs-the-advocates-program/

5. 11/7/08 – Advocates are intrinsic to Earlham’s mission: http://ecword.org/index.php/2008/11/op-ed/advocates-are-intrinsic-to-earlhams-mission/

6. 4/10/09 – Bureaucracy, negligence threaten program: http://ecword.org/index.php/2009/04/op-ed/bureaucracy-negligence-threaten-program/

7. 4/24/09 – Proposed change to Advocates not comprehensive: http://ecword.org/index.php/2009/04/op-ed/proposed-change-to-advocates-not-comprehensive/

8. 9/24/09 – Advocates program seeks sustainable future: http://ecword.org/index.php/2009/09/features/advocates-program-seeks-sustainable-future/

9. 9/4/10 – Action needed to support survivors: http://ecword.org/index.php/2010/11/op-ed/action-needed-to-support-survivors/

Thank you for your time, and I look forward to hearing back from you!

Sincerely,
Ben

Ben Hastil
EC ’08

P.S. How can I reach The Word by e-mail?

Comment on Landrum Bolling refutes divestment by Bob

Bob — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 15:15:11 +0000

A former president of Earlham comes and gives a convocation speech in which he outlined a very interesting idea of his and the only part of the whole thing that gets mentioned in the Word is a comment that he made in response to a question at the question and answer session after the convocation? Really? I know that the BDS movement is a hot topic right now on campus, but Bolling should be shown a little more respect then having this one comment be the only thing that his whole convocation speech is remembered for(thanks to the Word).

Comment on Contact us by Tami Johnson

Tami Johnson — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 16:46:13 +0000

Hello,
I am writing regarding Abilities Thrift Store located at 1813 National Road West next to EZ Pawn. We would like to talk to someone about doing a article on our store and ultimately our mission which is to provide individuals with disabilities work experiences, which will enable them to discover and develop their unique capabilities and potential, and to help them achieve the highest degree of independence and self-respect.

We are also looking for volunteers to help at the store in many areas to include going through donations, pricing and putting out donations, ebay sales, maintaining and updating our website and facebook page and much more. There is always need for help.

Thank you,
Tami Johnson
Founder
Abilities Richmond
765-966-0066

Comment on Contact us by Stephen Johnson

Stephen Johnson — Sun, 29 Jan 2012 20:06:06 +0000

The “Weekly Poll” makes me wonder if it speaks more to “gender expectations” than to “who is the most ridiculous Professor on Campus?

Peace and Love, Stephen Johnson (Athletic and Wellness Group Fitness instructor)

Comment on Profile of the week: Conor Hall by cfjimen07

cfjimen07 — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 22:22:16 +0000

Great article, Nate!

Comment on Jewish Student Union seeks advisor by Tom

Tom — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 21:39:35 +0000

You claim that Laura Hinkley was the only Jewish faculty member on campus last semester, but what about Dan Rosenberg who is culturaly Jewish?

Comment on Contact us by Tyler Tree

Tyler Tree — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 16:35:35 +0000

PRESS RELEASE: MUSICIANS HOUSING CO-OP TO OPEN IN RICHMOND

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

NEW MUSICIAN’S HOUSING CO-OP OPENS MARCH 1ST

RICHMOND, IN (January 23, 2012)– An organization of artists known as The Musicians Cooperative has selected a property in Richmond to call home beginning March 1, 2012. The group will set-up camp on a 60 acre horse farm just outside the city limits. Founders say the cooperative will provide local musicians with affordable housing, studio space, and even the opportunity to star in a web reality series!

News contact:
Tyler Tree
Management@themusicianscoop.com
(269)599-5403