The vase of flowers in the Niedfeldt Residence lobby at- tests to the feminine influence its new residents have exerted, just as the residents attest to an unusual shift in the demograph- ic of the incoming freshmen class. Of the 389 freshmen, only 43 percent are male, compared to 57 percent women. This is a...
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September 8, 2012July 12, 2022Culture
BETWEEN THE GREATS
Summer in D.C. is hot and humid. Our capital was built on a swamp, so I suppose it’s unavoidable, but that fact doesn’t make living there any less sweaty and crowded. And overwhelming and wonderful. You see, no matter how terrible the weather is or how broke you are (“intern’s income” is totally an oxymoron),...
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September 8, 2012July 12, 2022Sports
TENNIS SET TO BEGIN SECOND SEASON
After two weeks of intense training, the women’s tennis team will begin its season with a match against North- wood University on Friday, Sept. 7. “It’s a tough match but we’re pressing really hard and we’ll definitely have a shot,” said senior team captain Brittany Parks. “We have improved a lot since last year and...
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April 19, 2012July 12, 2022Culture
One-act plays will dazzle
Every other year, aspiring student directors engage in a two-semester training process. They are “thrown into the deep end” and begin by directing a 10-minute play, said Professor of Theatre George Angell. They end with a one-act show.
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April 12, 2012July 12, 2022Opinions
Rub some dirt on it
Oh, the glorious days of childhood! How sweet it was to muck about in the creek, clutching at crawdads. How proud to convey them home in galvanized pails filched from the garage. How bracing to rend your feet on spitted fields of stubble as you best the boys in a footrace. And how divine to dock one in the eye when he insists he let you win because you’re “just a girl.”