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Word on the Quad: Where is the most haunted place on campus?

Word on the Quad: Where is the most haunted place on campus?

Katie Brule October 24, 2018

  "My mind." Emma Draper '22   "Schow. Because that's where dreams go to die." Majda Murati '21 "Second floor of Greylock." Oliver Yang '20 "My room." Justinas...

Expanding local transport: When the BRTA is not enough

Expanding local transport: When the BRTA is not enough

Kristen Altman October 24, 2018

A few weeks ago, I rushed onto the Barrington State Company website, eager to seize free tickets to The Glass Menagerie play offered to all students at the College. I made an account, put in my email,...

Comic

Comic

Matthew Roychowdhury October 24, 2018

Making summer accessible: Evaluating the burden caused by the College’s summer earnings requirement

Making summer accessible: Evaluating the burden caused by the College’s summer earnings requirement

Editorial Board October 17, 2018

Recently, students have brought up concerns over the College’s summer earnings requirement – the part of a student’s expected family contribution each year to be paid from money earned over the summer....

Performing perfection: Deconstructing the myth of effortless perfection on campus

Performing perfection: Deconstructing the myth of effortless perfection on campus

Peter Le October 17, 2018

Every morning I wake up groggy and dazed from the lack of sleep that has been accumulating from days before. Yet, by the time I walk out of the door, I put on a big smile. My eyes open wide to complement...

The dangers of relative success: Fostering unconditional support for our peers

The dangers of relative success: Fostering unconditional support for our peers

Julia Chiang October 17, 2018

There is a critical misunderstanding of success that exists in the common imagination, one that is especially prevalent and perpetrated in places like the College. For many, success is a concept inherently...

Word On The Quad: If the entrance to the underworld was on campus, where would it be?

Word On The Quad: If the entrance to the underworld was on campus, where would it be?

Katie Brule October 17, 2018

"At the entrance to the Sawyer reading room" Tristan Whalen '22 "Underneath the observatory." Maggie Meehan '21 "Under the Haystack Monument by Mission." Emma Egan '20 "The...

The need for standardization: Why we should give the SATs a chance

Mike Rury October 17, 2018

Once the hand cramps have faded, and the first-years have settled in, discussions of SAT scores at the College center primarily around the test’s problems. There’s ample material to discuss - racial...

Valuing Discomfort: On creating space for controversy

Andrew Lee October 17, 2018

Everyone deserves to have their voice heard. Too often unfavorable opinions go dismissed on college campuses; worse yet, the people harboring these opinions are not included in the discussion. We must...

Reframing the story: On the chance for Storyboard to self-reflect and the dangers of tokenization

Reframing the story: On the chance for Storyboard to self-reflect and the dangers of tokenization

Editorial Board October 3, 2018

Last week, Storyboard, the student-run group that puts on Storytime, announced that it will be suspending Storytime in order to consider the purpose it serves in the College community and how Storytime...

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