BLESS DA 40oz: A History
By Hannah Frishberg “I guess you could say that malt liquor is like a beer that makes you want to break stuff.” —Tim Teichgraeber, wine critic Perhaps the most difficult transition to college life for...
View ArticleLetter: Ban Smoking on Campus
Dear Members of the Reed Community: Scientific studies clearly demonstrate the adverse health effects from smoking. Scientific studies also clearly demonstrate the negative health effects of breathing...
View ArticleLetter: “I Do Not Like Enforcement”
I believe that all members of the Reed community, as well as guests, visitors, and CSOs doing their work, should be able to enjoy and take full advantage of what Reed has to offer without being...
View ArticleLetter: Smoke, but Be Conscious of Medical Needs
Since the Quest is currently accepting letters about the smoking policy, I thought that I should step up and offer my opinions on the issue. I am a non-smoker with asthma and a tobacco allergy. These...
View ArticleLetter: To the Smoked People of Reed College
Research1 has shown that conceptions shape not only how but what we see. This has become manifest in so prevalent expressions as the way we see things: in effect, our system of assumptions about the...
View ArticleLetter: Smoking Areas at Reed Are Necessary
Any campus smoking policy adopted by Reed College must provide facilities for smokers to smoke with a roof, canopy or umbrella overhead. Lewis & Clark College has a “designated smoking areas (DSAs)...
View ArticleLetter: Smoke and Mirrors
Dear Quest, Alongside mirrors, smoke is a crucial element in theater production. Entering the library through a cloud of smoke is magic. Deus Ex Machina. At the same time, smoking is good for mental...
View ArticleLetter: Smoking at Reed—Towards Some Revised Codification
In December, the faculty overwhelmingly supported a proposal put forward by Professor Irena Swanson ’87 to expand the current restrictions on tobacco smoking on campus. [Editors' Note: The Faculty...
View ArticleLetter: Time to Ban Smoking at Reed College
Color me insensitive, out-of-touch, uncool, anti-libertarian, The Man, whatever, but it’s time for a total ban on tobacco smoking at Reed College. It’s long past time, in fact. Three reasons propel...
View ArticleFaculty Meeting Addresses Smoking, Title IX, Admissions Data
Thanks to the efforts of our new Faculty Correspondent, Aaron Ramcharan, the Quest will bring you coverage of the faculty’s monthly meetings this semester. CAC Work on Campus Smoking Policy Professor...
View ArticleLetter: Demanding Divestment
This letter will be discussed in a meeting held between Divest Reed and the Board of Trustees on Friday, February 7. The Trustees will be asked to issue a public response. To the Board of Trustees of...
View ArticleCommunity Affairs Committee Smoking Policy Draft
The CAC made the following proposal at the February 11 Senate meeting, when Senate also introduced a proposal of its own. No vote was made on either proposal. It is the aim of the CAC for Senate to...
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Startup or Journal? Student-Founded Table Talk Blurs Lines
If Maya Frodeman ’15 and Ben Moe ’15 have the anxiety typical to first-time startup founders who have yet to find funding, they don’t show it. Posters for their startup-cum-journal, Table Talk, which...
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New Vice President Gets to Know Us
Lorraine Arvin, Reed’s new vice president and treasurer, arrived at Reed four weeks ago. She comes during the last semester of Ed McFarlane’s 41-year term in the position, and will work alongside him...
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Old Bones Return Home: Gary Snyder ’51 Accepts Award
Despite the snowstorm, poet and Pulitzer Prize winner Gary Snyder ’51 drew a sizable crowd to his reading last Friday evening, where he accepted the Thomas Lamb Eliot Award for Lifetime Achievement....
View ArticleStudent Senate Smoking Policy Draft
Preamble: We, as a community, believe in the right of all members of the Reed College community and all visitors to campus to not be exposed unwillingly to second-hand smoke. The purpose of this...
View ArticleUpdated Community Affairs Smoking Policy Draft
Draft as of February 14, 2014. The draft presented at the February 11 Senate meeting can be found here. Senate’s policy draft can be found here. Preamble We, as a community, believe in the right of...
View ArticleLetter: In Response to Recent Events
My fellow Reedies, I am writing this letter not because I am looking to continue an argument, but rather because I feel the need to express my thoughts. I write to all of you not as the girl who...
View ArticleLetter: Problems with Sexual Violence Discourse
The following article deals with content that may be triggering. Use your best judgement when engaging with this material and please take care of yourself. It is important to attend to how the...
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Number of Applicants Jumps 36 Percent
More applicants applied to Reed College this year than any other year in the college’s history. 3,950 high school students applied, a 36 percent increase from last year’s total and a 13 percent...
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