A swastika was found carved into the emergency panel in the elevator in the Livingston Hall Student Union, according to a global email Associate Dean of Student Affairs Bob Graves sent on Thursday, March 6, addressed to the Simon's Rock community. Graves's email condemned the act and stated that, "as members of this community … we are offended by such cruel, cowardly, and disrespectful acts of intolerance."
The registrar's office, usually reserved for panicked students trying to fit in their requirements, sign up for courses, and send transcripts, was unusually full of adults. However, a look of panic was not upon their faces. Despite the fact that Rochelle Duffy, the registrar of eight years, had submitted her resignation, a new registrar was already hard at work, and Duffy was right by her side.
Entertainment journalist and recent first-time author Martha Frankel will speak about her work Thursday in the Sprague Formal Lounge in the fourth installment of the Campus Activities Conversations series. Frankel's critically-acclaimed memoir Hats and Eyeglasses: A Family Love Affair with Gambling was released last month.
"I can talk about any topic in education in my sleep," Ellen Condliffe Lagemann laughs, sitting in her office on the second floor of the College Center. The room is home to the Bard Center for Education and Democracy (BCED), the project which Lagemann has been working on for the past semester and a half.
Discovery Day March 15; Pianist Simone Dinnerstein makes Berkshire Debut in South Berkshire Concert; Two Upon Two Viols, a demo concert
In as little as two years, expect a lot fewer tears in the college admissions process—unless, that is, you're applying to Harvard University or one of its peers.
New England has become a battleground for the debate over underage drinking, as Vermont legislators are considering the possible risks of lowering the drinking age, while Mothers Against Drunk Driving in Massachusetts is pushing to make public intoxication at any age illegal.
The Illinois House of Representatives Elections and Campaign Reform Committee approved a resolution Feb. 26 to decrease the legal voting age in Illinois to 17 years of age. The resolution, proposed by state Rep. Lou Lang, D-Skokie, will now be sent on to the House of Representatives for the next round of voting.
The future of Gov. Eliot Spitzer's (D-N.Y.) political career is currently on the line after being linked to a prostitution ring Monday. The former attorney general, whose tenure has been marked by efforts to curb Wall Street corruption, was accused of arranging a meeting with a high-priced prostitute on Feb. 13.
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