Feature Stories (page 53)


June 23, 2011

Rising to the Challenge

Last year two Scripps College families issued an amazing challenge to all first-year parents: raise $75,000 to support the college and we’ll match it. You’ll never believe the outcome.

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June 16, 2011

Mind the Gap

Scripps College students discover the “gap year” between high school and college can be just as unique, challenging, and rewarding as any class work.

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May 16, 2011

Scripps College 2011 Commencement

The rain stopped just in time for Scripps College’s 81st Commencement exercises, held outdoors, on Sunday, May 15, as 212 graduating seniors marched through the front doors of Denison Library and down Elm Tree Lawn. President Lori-Bettison Varga handed out diplomas and gave the charge to the Class of 2011 following speeches by sculptor and MacArthur “genius” Elizabeth Robbins Turk ’83 and senior class speaker Joss Greene.

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May 9, 2011

Dog Day Afternoon

Stressed out from finals and papers? Scripps College has the perfect remedy: puppies and popsicles.

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May 6, 2011

Ellen the Pig Comes Home to Scripps

For the first time in five years, Scripps College seniors have brought home the bacon.

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May 5, 2011

2011 Reunion Weekend

The Scripps College 2011 Reunion Weekend drew raves and record crowds last weekend as more than 400 alumnae descended on campus. Reunion, which ran April 28-May 1, included receptions for the various classes, a 5k fun run, wine tasting, and art gallery receptions.

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May 4, 2011

Contemporary Intersex Activism

Melissa Cober’s thesis focuses on the memoirs of Herculine Barbin, a famous 19th-century French hermaphrodite who struggled with his/her identity “despite living in a society that implicitly suggests that s/he, by definition, should not have one.”

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May 3, 2011

Eliminating education inequality

Courtney Wai’s senior thesis is the result of equal parts serendipity and humanitarian intervention.

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May 2, 2011

The Importance of Community

Laura Nolan ’11 investigates community in her Senior Thesis – from the students of Scripps College to neighborhoods ravaged by Hurricane Katrina and the BP oil spill.

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The People’s Choice

To his surprise (and thinly-veiled embarrassment), Matthew Delmont was met by a crowd of students, staff, faculty, and alumnae as they cheered his selection as 2010-2011 Professor of the Year.

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