Leaving for college has subjected me to a plethora of new experiences, but the one I was arguably least prepared for was the incessant deluge of “hellos" and “goodbyes." The past 18 years of my life have been rather consistent, the people and things I am most familiar with tending not to subject me to abandonment, nor I them. Before these past three months, the longest amount of time I had spent away from my twin sister was a week when she went to Girl Scout Camp in the summer of our ninth-grade year. My mom went on vacation with a friend to Italy one summer and I missed her for 10 days. My dad would go on the occasional Boy Scout trip and I wouldn't see him for a weekend. But close friends had always stayed in town, and I was never far from my family if I needed them. I was not practiced in the art of leaving, or of being left.
If you've attended a Coffeehouse concert at Reid at some point over the past few years, chances are you've heard the music of Ranger and the Re-Arrangers, a band founded by violinist Ranger Sciacca '09 and his father Michael on rhythm guitar.
What did you do over Thanksgiving Break that is far superior to anything your peers who went home got to do?
"My RD bought us some dank pizza one night. Ate, like, eight slices. That was pretty intimate...
Over Thanksgiving break all four fraternities on campus were hit with a string of burglaries. According to Interfraternity Council Community Relations officer and junior Alejandro Fuentes, the burglaries occurred on two separate occasions. The first burglary occurred between 11:30 p.m. on Thursday, Nov. 23, and 1 p.m. Friday, Nov. 24, at Beta Theta Pi and Tau Kappa Epsilon.
Little baby penguins singing and dancing are only cute for so long. “Happy Feet Two" tries to rekindle the love of the first dancing and singing penguins movie but falls flat like a penguin trying to fly.
It's hard to miss the Whitman Fencing Club beginning a bout under the falling dusk and the spotlights in front of Cordiner on Monday and Thursday nights.
Composed of seniors Julia Shapiro on vocals and guitar, Gretchen Grimm on drums, Annie Truscott on bass and Lydia Lund on guitar, Chastity Belt was originally inspired by the “angsty teens of Walla Walla," as well as their own personal frustration.
Earlier this month, the office of admission received a total of 125 Early Decision applications, approximately 115 of which will be completed applications that will be reviewed by admission staff.
