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Psychology Behind Standing Ovations
We spend thirty minutes, four out of five days a school week, listening to speeches in Centennial Hall. The audience spends one of those thirty minutes immersed in applause. Traditionally, we show our appreciation by clapping loudly, the length of the applause signifying how the audience felt about the speech …
CODA Win At The Oscar
Since the recent Oscar ceremony on March 27, 2022, the controversy between the two celebrities, actor Will Smith and comedian Chris Rock, has drawn the limelight away from the historic successes of that night. Consequently, a film that would usually be making headlines has been brushed over: CODA …
The Rise of Wordle
“Have you gotten the Wordle yet?,” a phrase frequently echoed throughout the Bryn Mawr classrooms as determined students and teachers decisively enter their five-letter guesses into a simple, gray array. Solving the daily Wordle has become an integral aspect of the daily routines of avid players …
March Madness
In a dominant win over the University of Connecticut Huskies, the South Carolina Gamecocks finished the ‘21-’22 Women’s NCAA Basketball Tournament out strong. The No. 1 ranked Gamecocks came into the championship against UConn, the most successful women’s college basketball program in NCAA history, with a total of 11 national championships …
A Journey of Identity and Representation
At the 2022 Academy Awards, 31-year-old Ariana Debose made history by becoming the first Afro-Latina and openly queer woman to win an Oscar. Debose won best supporting actress for the role of Anita in Steven Spielberg’s 2021 adaptation of West Side Story. Anita, an immigrant from Puerto Rico who traveled to New York …
The Perpetuation of Stereotypes by “The Slap”
The 2022 Oscar Awards Ceremony was an event rife with historical achievements and thrilling surprises, yet the event that seemed to overshadow all of this was actor Will Smith walking onto stage and slapping comedian Chris Rock after Rock cracked a joke about Smith’s wife, Jada Pinkett Smith, relating to her alopecia …
Mawrtian of the Month: Caroline Knight
This month, The Quill has selected senior Caroline Knight as the Mawrtian of the Month! This feature is attributable to her very memorable Convocation speech highlighting her experiences surrounding race, sexuality, and mental health. Read this Q&A below to see what she has to say about her experience with slam poetry, how the BMS community has shaped her as a writer, and how she chose her Convocation topic …
Friends Students Push Dialogue About Ukraine
Every day we hear more news about military movements and lives lost in Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. We might feel distanced from the conflict, or hopeless to do anything to help people caught in the crossfire. Nevertheless, local students decided to take a stand in support of Ukraine and ending Russian aggression. The Friends School Russian Club organized a protest on April 6 …
Biden's Campaign Promises - Student Loan Debt
During his contentious campaign, President Joe Biden made many steep campaign promises in order to beat out former president Donald Trump. These promises included canceling $10,000 for all 43 million federal student loan borrowers. However, some voters felt misled by Biden and indicated that he did not deliver on that promise. Jennifer Lewis, a 57-year-old nurse practitioner …
Earth Day, Week, and Year: celebrating the environment year-round
Each year, the world celebrates “Earth day” on April 22nd. At Bryn Mawr we celebrated “earth week,” a week-long event from Monday, April 18th to Friday, April 22nd. The student run organization, ECO (Environmental Coalition), was the host of the many events during this week. Some activities included in ECO’s week of information and fun was …
The World’s Response to the Bucha Masacre
After pushing to gain control of the Ukrainian capital, Kyiv, on March 29th, 2022, Russian troops retreated north. Although this may seem like a relief, the effects it had on Bucha show otherwise. Bucha, a city about 40 miles north of Kyiv, has been under the attack of Russian forces for over a month. As the Russians left, they stormed many of the cities they went through on the way …
Ketanji brown jackson: the right to disagree
On February 25, 2022, President Joe Biden nominated Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson to serve on the United States Supreme Court. On April 7, 2022, Jackson’s nomination was confirmed. Staff of the White House stated on Biden’s behalf that he “sought a candidate with exceptional credentials, unimpeachable character, and unwavering dedication to the rule of law,” …
Right Idea, Wrong Execution: Euphoria
HBO’s record-breaking hit, Euphoria, which debuted in 2019, has become one of the most popular and highly anticipated series for teens today. Garnering reactions ranging from outrage to appreciation, it is seen as an honest, new-age depiction of a teen’s high school experience. Seamlessly capturing the “high-school experience,” the series centers on a group of friends, each with their own set of problems …
Mr. Ecker Farewell letter
None of us will be at Bryn Mawr forever. Students will graduate. Faculty and staff will retire or leave for other reasons. Yet we can always return. We had some hard times due to the pandemic but that is not what I will remember after I leave here. I will remember that it turns out it’s been you teaching me all along. The whole here is greater than the sum of its parts; it is our enduring reality, our funny little planet. This is our Bryn Mawr …
dr. riley farewell letter
If Bryn Mawr has taught me anything, it is this: there are an infinite number of ways to be beautiful, talented, engaged, curious, kind, and generous-in short, a wonderful person, admired and valued by the people around you and an important part of the world. In convocation or class, students sometimes bring up the “Bryn Mawr Girl,” as if there were a perfect person to hold yourself up against, or worse, that everyone around you was comparing you to this unattainable standard. …