History Class Examines Reed’s History of Protests
Last week I was invited to sit in on Professor Shane Dillingham’s 1968 in Latin America history conference, a class focusing on youth culture and revolutions. The group was giving presentations on...
View ArticleSenate Beat: Discussion Continues Following DHSM Faculty Vote-Down
Following the Reed faculty’s vote to reject the new draft of the Discriminatory Harassment and Sexual Misconduct (DHSM) policy, the student Senate lead a lengthy discussion concerning the DHSM during...
View ArticleExcluded Student Jeremiah True Arrested by Portland Police
Following weeks of campus disturbance, Jeremiah True, who started as a freshman at Reed College in the fall of 2014, was arrested by Portland Police on the evening of Thursday, April 16, on one count...
View ArticleStudent Opportunity Subsidy (SOS) Report
A Brief History of the Student Opportunity Subsidy Program During the spring semester of 2014, Senate changed a bylaw to establish a new way for Senate to fund student projects and experiences. Paul...
View ArticleGrowing Seeds at Crystal Springs
Thanks to many long months of planning and conversation on the part of the current ad-hoc Child Care Committee (Professors Gail Sherman, Kathy Oleson, Libby Drumm, and Jennifer Corpus, P.R. Managing...
View ArticleWinners of 2015 Mary Barnard Academy of American Poets Contest
The English Department is pleased to announce the winners of the 2015 Mary Barnard Academy of American Poets Contest. First Prize was awarded to Hannah Looney for her poem, “Get Thee to the Gunnery.”...
View ArticleGreat Moments of Another Year Gone By
In a week, we will all be gone, and I already find myself dividing everything into the sum of its parts. Things I won’t miss: waking up at 10.55 for an 11 AM class everyday; dragging my feet through a...
View ArticleCAT Still Piloting Online Evaluation
The basics of faculty evaluation At the end of the semester, evaluations will be going out as usual. To outline the basics, there will be three forms: Numerical evaluations (bubble sheets) which ask...
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Playwright Nastaran Ahmadi Answers Questions on Exile
Photo of Playwright, Director, and Cast. Photo Credit to Brandon Novy After the Friday, November 13 performance of the recently debuted Exile, the theatre department held a “talkback” with the...
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Laverne Cox: “Ain’t I a Woman?”
Photo of Laverne Cox. Taken by Greg Hernandez Thanks, once again, to the generosity of Gray Fund, activist and actress Laverne Cox came to Reed College on the evening of November 11. The event, which...
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CSO Turnover: A Cause For Concern?
A central focus of Community Safety has always been active involvement in the Reed community, and many students find it reassuring to interact with officers they know, or at least recognize. However,...
View ArticleA Letter to the Editors of the Reed College Quest
We would like to bring the Reed community’s attention to a local organization called Right to Dream Too (R2D2), a program for houseless Portlanders. We’re a student group trying to raise awareness...
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Math Professor Innovates New Quilting Method
Above: Swanson stands in front of one of the quilts she assembled using her tube piecing method. EDIT 12/04/2015: Irena has alerted me to inaccuracies within this article. I have updated the article...
View ArticleSenate Beat: Short & Sweet
The meeting started on a somber note: they first addressed the notable absence of Senator Dan Kauffman. “He’s in Ohio dropping off a dead fish to someone,” Pres AshHatch lamented. Smoking Policy The...
View ArticleA Report Card on Missing Commons Dishes
In the spring of 2015, four members of Greenboard met with Debby Bridges and James Burback of Bon Appétit to discuss the possibility of providing a non-paper cup alternative for hot beverages in...
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HOLY FUCKING SHIT: Spring/Fall?
Still image from 2015 Spring Fall Reveal It wouldn’t be the end of a Reed semester without the burning of some thesis drafts and the popping of some champagne, and with classes winding to a close, it’s...
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Fall 2015 Election Candidates
Elections are open starting Friday, December 4 until December 10 on SIN. If you missed elections assembly, consider checking out Senate’s live tweeting of the candidates speeches and answers to the...
View ArticleBox Takes Office
During Senate elections in December, student senator Lucas Binion was elected Student Body President, and Josh Cox, formerly the assistant treasurer, was elected Vice President. “I’m equal parts...
View ArticleTenure for Three
Three professors sought and received tenure this semester: Morgan Luker, Sarah Schaack, and Nicholas Wilson. This cohort of professors all study or have researched in foreign countries. Morgan Luker,...
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Earthy Undertones
[Collective greeting], rejoice, for our own Reed College has been visited upon, as of last December the 14th, by a most holy of miracles. A bold hero swept into Hauser’s hallowed halls in a shower of...
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