Loading ...Eli vs Eli: EPA moratorium on new coa...
by Eli Richman
The EPA just put into place new regulations that essentially halt the construction of any new coal power plants.
New regulations mirror current trends, help environment
The new EPA regulations will provide a significant step in reducing our carbon emissions and push our energy sector in the right direction. The new regul [...]
Divest from occupation, invest in jus...
by Michael Gottlieb and Alex Feagans
We have been asked by the Earlham Word to contribute some rhetoric in support of BDS (Boycott Divestment Sanctions) Earlham so as to provide a balance in the face of articles in this very issue that are denouncing it.
There is that old bumper sticker that says, “Think globally, act locally,” which, while p [...]
In divestment, education trumps ideol...
by Eli Richman
I completely agree with Chuck Yates’s assessment in last week’s issue of the Word that the passage of Boycott Divestment Sanctions (BDS) at Earlham would be a, “purely symbolic expression,” rather than create a definitive change in the region. However, it is precisely because of this symbolic gesture that it would be completely [...]
Foster compares Palestinians, Native ...
by Zane Foster
A couple of weeks ago I wrote an article for the Word that was nothing more than me trying to put the Palestinian/Israeli conflict and BDS (Boycott Divestment Sanctions) debacle into perspective by relating it to things that I have encountered and by stating known facts that are sometimes controversial but are still facts.
Afte [...]
Don’t be afraid of the dark
by Joel Lozada Yanez
This article is a critique and a statement about how Earlham chooses to celebrate just some kinds of diversity while readily criminalizing others. This is by no means a personal critique but a message against the collective discourse that surrounds our actions.
This is a direct quote from an email sent last Sunday by Laur [...]
Sneers & Cheers
Sneers to . . .
• dry-heaving
• morning classes
• rugby injuries
• running out of meals/Quaker points
• writing poetry en français
• International show hosts who took stereotypes way too far and referred to “villages” in Africa
Cheers to . . .
• potable water
• the Senior Gift Auction (8:00pm in Comstock!)
• Jacob Naegli and the best steeple [...]
Math needs student love too
by Son Van
Since my freshman year, I have gotten the sense that Earlham is a very exciting campus. People here discuss just about everything! Anywhere I go, I could hear people discussing physics, biology, economics, politics, etc. Even Twilight becomes a hot topic, sometimes. However, I’ve found one topic that people never seem to discuss: m [...]
Men’s tennis bonds in Sunshine State
by Andy McCoppin
by Alex Softness. Junior Brad Maisey runs down a forehand on Earlham’s home courts. Maisey plays #4 singles and #2 doubles with sophomore Andrey Gavrilov, and was undefeated on the team’s spring break trip to Florida in both singles and doubles. He is Earlham’s 4th men’s tennis player this season to be named the HCAC Confere [...]
Rugby rucks up weekend matches
by Zach Miller. Earlham graduate Sam Hatlem and Fr. Seijiro Takahashi run the ball for the Quakers Saturday March 24.
Both men’s and women’s rugby teams participated in a tournament on Saturday, March 24, earning victories against Hanover College.
The rugby teams are successful club sports organized by student captains and players.
This sem [...]
Overheard
“An erect penis is an erect penis.”
—Overheard in Texas (Spring Break trip)
“I had super green diarrhea today. But I got paid for it.”
—Overheard in the metals studio
“Ew, don’t cut off my breasts and make soup out of them.”
—Overheard in the library
“…a little bit of Spanish with a little bit of flamboyant gay.”
—O [...]
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