Feature Stories (page 65)
Athenas Basketball Roundup
With the season over, the Claremont-Mudd-Scripps Athenas women’s basketball team can look back on an outstanding overall season, with a finish of 20-5, placing them second in the Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (SCIAC). The Athenas shot off to an impressive pre-season start with four straight victories. They encountered their first loss of the season to the University of Puget Sound in the Caltech Holiday Classic, but made a turnaround to win the rest of the Classic games.
Read MoreA Celebration of American Impressionist and Realist Paintings
“American Visions: Selections from the Young Collection of American Impressionist and Realist Paintings,” opening Saturday, November 4, 2006, at the Ruth Chandler Williamson Gallery, will showcase works from eminent American artists of the late 19th century and early 20th century.
Read MorePolitics, the Presidency, and the Press
Join republican strategist and political commentator Mary Matalin for a discussion on Thursday, October 5, at 7:30 p.m., in Balch Auditorium, Scripps College. Matalin served as assistant to President George W. Bush and counselor to Vice President Dick Cheney, and appears frequently as a political commentator.
Read MoreLanguage and Crisis
“To finish then, the familiar but, begging her pardon, slightly amended words of Ellen Browning Scripps: our mission is to develop in you the ability to think clearly and independently, the ability to live confidently and courageously, and, hopefully, the ability to do something about the crisis in which we find ourselves.”
Read MoreModernity and Nostalgia: An Era of Change in Japan
When “Chikanobu: Modernity and Nostalgia in Japanese Prints,” opens August 26 at Ruth Chandler Williamson Gallery visitors will have access to a fascinating array of woodblock prints of late 19th-century and early 20th-century Japan.
Read MoreStudent Art Explores Cell Migration
As part of the Scripps-Claremont McKenna College senior art exhibition, “Sight, Site, Insight,” Jessica Lanan ’06 displayed freestanding wood and fiberglass works representing cancer cells.
Read MoreRace for the Cure
Scripps women often lend a hand to a cause they believe in. So, when the Komen Breast Cancer Foundation announced the 10th Annual Los Angeles County
Read MoreSusan Anderson '74 Returns to Scripps
Author, media consultant, and community activist Susan Anderson ’74 returns to her alma mater in March to share her research about Allensworth, a California town settled and managed in the early 20th century exclusively by African-Americans. As the 2006 Louis Langland Alumna-in-Residence (LLAiR), Anderson will discuss the historical significance of the town.
Read MoreAn Alternative Spring Break
This week many Scripps students are forgoing the typical traditions of Spring Break — beach parties, home cooking, sleeping in. Instead, they are traveling to the Gulf Coast region devastated by hurricanes last fall to volunteer their time and hard work.
Read MoreBrainteaser
A record number of Scripps students competed in the 65th Annual Putnam Mathematics Competition, the premier mathematical competition for undergraduates on Saturday, December 3.
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