<p>LOL! I stopped going to this forum for a while because I thought after 1000s of posts, everything that could be said about Haverford has… and anything more would be gratuitous. Well… I stand corrected. </p>
<p>I don’t think the events in question are pranks or youthful indiscretions… more like developmental psycho-pathology to me. I’m a little sad for the student in question. I hope he/she finds help. It’s a way for someone who perhaps feels disconnected or powerless to exert their influence on others as an attempt to seize control. I’m reading this book (“East of Eden”) and a chapter describes 10 year old Cal who likes knocking down ant hills to see the response. It’s sort of like that… and I think Pear4ever’s posts are somewhat like that as well. Put up some inflammatory comments and see people respond… same thing as with people who boom their music out their car door… it’s an easy way to get recognition.</p>
<p>Let’s not discount the good that occurs at HC.</p>
<p>Community service
188 varsity athletes getting to Villanova by 730 AM (on a Saturday) to volunteer for Special Olympics.<br>
[8th</a> Dimension: Special Olympics at Villanova!](<a href=“http://haverford8thdimension.blogspot.com/2007/11/special-olympics-at-villanova.html]8th”>8th Dimension: Special Olympics at Villanova!)</p>
<p>Philly Fellows Program
<a href=“http://www.haverford.edu/newsletter/...llyfellows.htm[/url]”>http://www.haverford.edu/newsletter/...llyfellows.htm</a>
[Home[/url</a>]</p>
<p>Diverse-city Hoops
[url=<a href=“http://www.haverford.edu/newsletter/july07/diversecity.html]Haverford”>http://www.haverford.edu/newsletter/july07/diversecity.html]Haverford</a> College](<a href=“http://www.phillyfellows.org/]Home[/url”>http://www.phillyfellows.org/)</p>
<p>Net Literacy
[Haverford</a> College News Room](<a href=“http://www.haverford.edu/news/stories/6691/51]Haverford”>http://www.haverford.edu/news/stories/6691/51)</p>
<p>Here are 2 honor council abstracts. Scroll to the bottom to read the letters.
<a href=“http://students.haverford.edu/janderso/Doris%20and%20Schuster.pdf[/url]”>http://students.haverford.edu/janderso/Doris%20and%20Schuster.pdf</a>
<a href=“http://students.haverford.edu/code/abstracts/20082009/Odin%20and%20Thor.pdf[/url]”>http://students.haverford.edu/code/abstracts/20082009/Odin%20and%20Thor.pdf</a></p>
<p>Students trying to look after themselves
[Partying</a> like it should be - Opinion](<a href=“http://media.www.dailypennsylvanian.com/media/storage/paper882/news/2006/01/24/Opinion/Partying.Like.It.Should.Be-2145943.shtml]Partying”>http://media.www.dailypennsylvanian.com/media/storage/paper882/news/2006/01/24/Opinion/Partying.Like.It.Should.Be-2145943.shtml)</p>
<p>Regarding race relations, I was at HC when the % minority was 22% unlike the 33% it is currently. I’m going to ignore the one incident of graffiti in question as that in my experience is isolated. For everything else, race relations in America is a difficult topic to discuss so why do we expect 18-22 yo students to be fluent? It’s a difficult subject to discuss but by the end of 4 years at HC, students leave much more aware, sensitive and facile on the topic. Whether through direct participation, indirect listening, discussion behind closed doors or osmosis… it happens. For minority students, it at times can be difficult. Given HC’s size, it can be challenging to build critical mass and to find people with similar backgrounds and experiences… but that can be a positive experience as well. There are frustrations but at HC, <strong>if you choose</strong> you are empowered to make a difference… and those lesson you take with you afterwards.</p>
<p><a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/haverford-college/241199-weighing-s-s-size-honor-code.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/haverford-college/241199-weighing-s-s-size-honor-code.html</a>
[Speaker</a> Series | UW School of Law - Gates Public Service Law](<a href=“http://209.85.173.132/search?q=cache:iQL1MHHAxTkJ:www.law.washington.edu/GatesScholar/speakers.aspx+vince+warren+haverford&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=1&gl=us]Speaker”>http://209.85.173.132/search?q=cache:iQL1MHHAxTkJ:www.law.washington.edu/GatesScholar/speakers.aspx+vince+warren+haverford&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=1&gl=us)</p>
<p>Here’s an alumni weekend sponsored/organized by current students who wanted to get in touch with minority alumni. 50 alumni went in February… that says something about our feelings for our HC experience. I would have gone but it was too far of a flight…
[Haverford</a> College](<a href=“http://www.haverford.edu/newsletter/april07/alumniofcolor.htm]Haverford”>http://www.haverford.edu/newsletter/april07/alumniofcolor.htm)</p>
<p>Here are 2 accomplished alumni who decided to come back to teach.
[Big</a> Science at a Small College - Science Careers - Biotech, Pharmaceutical, Faculty, Postdoc jobs on Science Careers](<a href=“http://sciencecareers.sciencemag.org/career_development/previous_issues/articles/2007_11_30/caredit_a0700171]Big”>http://sciencecareers.sciencemag.org/career_development/previous_issues/articles/2007_11_30/caredit_a0700171)
[Haverford</a> College News Room](<a href=“http://www.haverford.edu/news/stories/9791/51]Haverford”>http://www.haverford.edu/news/stories/9791/51)
[FQXi:</a> Foundational Questions in Physics & Cosmology](<a href=“http://www.fqxi.org/large-grants/awardees]FQXi:”>http://www.fqxi.org/large-grants/awardees)</p>