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  • Events Features Springfest 2012: No one even remembers how it started

    Springfest 2012: No one even remembers how it started

    By MOLLY DUERIG Features Editor duerigm@allegheny.edu Since freshman year, I’ve watched people repeatedly get ultra-excited for the craziness of Springfest, only to become extremely disappointed by the weekend’s events, which always end up being “nothing compared to last years.” This leads me to question just how spectacular the very first Springfest must have been to have set such a remarkably high standard for itself-one that, in my personal opinion, hasn’t been met since I got onto campus in 2009. Don’t [...]

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  • Features Movie Reviews Thriller ‘Cabin in the Woods’ combines horror and action

    Thriller ‘Cabin in the Woods’ combines horror and action

    By BEN DAUBER Movie Reviewer dauberb@allegheny.edu I have never been this shocked by a movie ever. I mean, after ‘Inception’ my mind was slightly warped and ‘Memento raised my eyebrows, but I was thoroughly shocked after this one. I partially attribute my shock to the fact that I didn’t read any reviews before I saw it, (in attempt to remain at least a tiny bit unbiased) but even so ‘The Cabin in the Woods’ is a unique hybridization of film [...]

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  • Features Theatre Reviews Drama to explore stereotypes

    Drama to explore stereotypes

    Student-written and directed ‘Social Disease’ to open today By AVA CARVOUR Contributing Writer carvoura@allegheny.edu Social Disease: A Devised Project, grew organically out of its cast members’ experiences with stereotypes, societal privileges, and identity issues. For the past few months, the six-member cast met and discussed different life experiences and stereotypes they had seen. “We’ve spoken on [stereotypes], come to conclusions on how we could fix them or how they should be represented in society,” cast member William Tolliver, ’14, said. [...]

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  • News Senior Column: Bridget McCartin

    Senior Column: Bridget McCartin

    By BRIDGET McCARTIN Editor-in-Chief mccartinb@allegheny.edu I am not a journalist. I know what you’re thinking. I’m the Editor-in-Chief of Print for The Campus. I’ve been on this staff for almost my entire college career. I’m an editor, certainly. But a journalist? I’m not so sure. Let me explain. I’ve been thinking about what I would write in my senior column since freshman year, convinced that when the time came, I would know exactly what to say. I would give all [...]

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    Student comps displayed in art show

    By CHELSEA FLEISCHMAN News Co-Editor fleiscc@allegheny.edu Each department sets its own senior comprehensive project due date based on the requirements set by that department, according to Professor David Statman, curriculum committee chair. Art Department Chair Amelia Carr said in an e-mail that students just installed their work in the art gallery over the weekend. “We want to give our students as much time as possible [to do their comp projects],” she said. “If we can, we schedule the orals on [...]

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  • News Springfest calmer than usual, Security says

    Springfest calmer than usual, Security says

    By SAM STEPHENSON Contributing Writer stephensons@allegheny.edu Springfest’s reputation as Allegheny’s biggest weekend of partying prompted increased preparation from Safety and Security and local police, but this year’s festivities occurred with fewer reported incidents than past years. According to Director of Safety and Security Jeff Schneider, there were about 10 incidents requiring write-ups, a number lower than recent Springfests. “It was quiet compared to other years,” said director of Safety and Security Jeff Schneider. “There were no neighbor complaints, anything that [...]

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  • News Lambda Sigma implements new changes in order to boost membership, gain legitimacy

    Lambda Sigma implements new changes in order to boost membership, gain legitimacy

    By KERRY BORNSTEIN Contributing Writer bornstk@allegheny.edu The Allegheny chapter of Lambda Sigma, the third-oldest chapter in the nationally recognized and prestigious sophomore honr society, is undergoing a series of revisions as it examines its future on Allegheny’s campus. Due to recent declining membership and visibility, the organization’s Executive Board met with administration to discuss the possibility of disbanding. The various challenges that the honor society has faced over the years have been many. Lately there has been much confusion over [...]

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  • Features Bubble tea gives back to Allegheny

    Bubble tea gives back to Allegheny

    By LORI JONES and MOLLY DUERIG Contributing Writer and Features Co-Editor jonesd@allegheny.edu duerigm@allegheny.edu The Laughing Buddha Bubble Tea Company won second prize last weekend in the Gator Innovation Challenge, Allegheny’s annual business plan competition. The compnay was started by ten students of this year’s Economics 390: Economics of Entrepreneurship 2 class, taught by Chris Allison, entrepreneur-in-residence and part-time professor of economics. Professor of Economics John Golden assists Allison in teaching the class. The course, which required students to start their [...]

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