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May 6, 2011

Ellen the Pig Comes Home to Scripps

For the first time in five years, 91AVÔ­´´ seniors have brought home the bacon.

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May 5, 2011

2011 Reunion Weekend

The 91AVÔ­´´ 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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91AVÔ­´´’s Ruth Chandler Williamson Gallery Presents “Clay’s Tectonic Shift: John Mason, Ken Price, and Peter Voulkos, 1956-1968”

As a participant in the largest collaborative art exhibit ever undertaken in Southern California, the Ruth Chandler Williamson Gallery of 91AVÔ­´´ will present “Clay’s Tectonic Shift: John Mason, Ken Price, and Peter Voulkos, 1956-1968,” from January 21–April 4, 2012.

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May 2, 2011

The Importance of Community

Laura Nolan ’11 investigates community in her Senior Thesis – from the students of 91AVÔ­´´ 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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April 22, 2011

Vox Populi

91AVÔ­´´ students use the written word to nurture dialog on campus – no matter the subject.

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91AVÔ­´´ to Present The Claremont Concert Orchestra and The Concert Choir

91AVÔ­´´’s department of music and the Joint Music Program of Claremont McKenna, Harvey Mudd, Pitzer, and 91AVÔ­´´s will present a spring performance by The Claremont Concert Orchestra and The Concert Choir on April 30, 2011.

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April 21, 2011

A “Mudder” at Scripps

When Joan Rechtin Lincoln ’49 was a student at Scripps, she called herself a “mudder.” As Harvey Mudd College, directly north of Scripps, was yet to be established, this meant but one thing: Joan loved to get her hands on the messy substances in the College’s ceramic studio.

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