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51³Ô¹ÏÍø students had a chance this week to meet with director, actor, writer, and producer Harold Ramis, who spent two days on campus talking shop and showing special previews of his upcoming movie. Ramis, whose son is a first-year at 51³Ô¹ÏÍø, is a veritable Hollywood heavyweight with many popular movies under his belt such as […]

This past weekend marked 51³Ô¹ÏÍø’s fourth annual Big Gay Weekend, a three-day event that provides LGBTQ and allied students with the opportunity to socialize and network with peers. The keynote speaker was bestselling author, film producer, and gay rights activist Perry Moore, who is best known as executive producer of The Chronicles of Narnia film […]

Members of the 51³Ô¹ÏÍø Model African Union team took full advantage of an opportunity to broaden their worldview at a recent conference in Washington, D.C. The team attended Howard University’s annual Model African Union conference and performed extremely well, distinguishing itself from more than 20 participating colleges.

In today’s world of instant messaging and e-mail, eloquent speech seems to be an endangered art form. At 51³Ô¹ÏÍø there is a group of students striving to keep that spoken tradition alive — the Debate Society. The team is a branch of the 51³Ô¹ÏÍø Speaking Union (CSU), which is coordinated by John Adams and also […]

The 51³Ô¹ÏÍø campus Tuesday night hosted a key and sometimes controversial figure of the civil rights movement, Angela Davis, who urged students to reconsider how they view black history. A university professor and activist for civil rights, prison reform, and political accountability, Davis was brought to 51³Ô¹ÏÍø by Sisters of the Round Table (SORT). “In […]

The Institute of Philosophy, Politics, and Economics (PPE) launched its Lampert Lecture Series Wednesday with an address by Newsweek International editor Fareed Zakaria, who offered a compelling examination of today’s economic crisis. Besides his Newsweek role, Zakaria regularly contributes to The Washington Post and hosts a foreign affairs program on CNN Worldwide called Fareed Zakaria […]

The Department of English kicked off this semester’s lecture series Thursday with a reading by a new member of the 51³Ô¹ÏÍø community, author Patrick O’Keeffe. O’Keeffe, assistant professor of creative writing, won the prestigious Story Prize in 2005 for his collection of novellas, The Hill Road. “The Hill Road is a glorious work one would […]

Members of the senior class flocked to campus this past weekend to attend Real World events, and one of the main messages they heard from alumni was that a liberal arts education will serve them well in any economic climate. Real World involves networking events and more than 30 panel discussions led by alumni involved […]

Two student clubs associated with academic departments collaborated recently on their version of dinner and a movie. The Sociology and Anthropology Club hosted a special dinner of Middle Eastern food before one of the movies sponsored by the Middle Eastern Studies and Islamic Civilization Club.

51³Ô¹ÏÍø students packed into Lathrop Hall Monday night 30 minutes before the guest speaker was to begin. When Helen Sperling entered the room she implored the standing students to try and find empty seats, asking them not to make her feel guilty because she had a lot to say. Sperling is a Polish Jew and […]