Professor Martha Umphrey has been appointed the inaugural director of the college’s new Humanities Center. The center is currently under construction on the second floor of Frost Library.
This week students in the first-year seminar “Representing Equality” will be presenting a variety of events addressing the issue of sexual assault. Each of the 15 students in the class will put on a different event as part of the class project titled “Race, Relationships and Respect.” The events will run Thursday, Dec. 4 through Saturday, Dec. 6, and will be diverse, featuring board games, movie screenings and interactive plays.
My favorite running path is a hilly and treacherous two-mile loop that runs down my driveway, along a creek, past a development bordering our farm, and next to our pastures. Each day, as I run along the fence line where our sheep graze, I hear a deep-throated roar of a bark as a massive, white dog trots towards me. At this moment, the sheep glance at me before returning to their calm, methodical grazing as I yell to the white polar bear, “Good boy, Thor! Good man!”
Students, faculty and staff gathered on the steps of Frost Library on Monday, Dec. 1, to participate in the Ferguson National Call to Action. The national movement follows the grand jury’s recent decision not to indict ex-police officer Darren Wilson, who fatally shot and killed Michael Brown, an unarmed 18-year-old.
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The Powerhouse will host an art exhibition this Wednesday, Dec. 3, called “Celebrating Herstory: A Celebration of Art For and By Women,” featuring female student artists from the Five College Consortium. The student-curated project aims to showcase both young local artists and the Powerhouse as a new gallery space.
What comes to mind when you hear the word “contraception”? Do you think of a condom or a pack of little pink pills? Both are popular methods of birth control, but there’s actually a whole lot out there in terms of ways to prevent pregnancy. If you are sexually active or planning on being sexually active at some point, it’s worthwhile to explore every option and become familiar with how they work.
TV on the Radio has been firmly held in the arms of fans and critics alike since the post-punk group put every cent they had into their 2003 demo, “OK Calculator.” The demo is characterized by the uneasiness that could only stem from the act of producing unknown music from an equally unknown indie rocker’s Brooklyn loft. Although good fortune in the form of some stellar reviews quickly granted the group some security, they never wavered from their signature TVOTR sound. Their jittery resonance is the seed for their uniquely manufactured angsty optimism.
