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Patrick Montero
Sunday, January 20, 2013

8th Dimension

Days of Service

Eighth Dimension, Haverford’s community service office, emphasizes the continued belief in the vitality of public service at Haverford, and also represents a tradition of collaboration between the student body, faculty, and administration.

Tuesday, January 15, 2013

2010 Study Abroad Photo Contest, Nature

There is nothing like getting a sense of the world through traveling and immersing yourself in a different culture.“—Elena Satten-Lopez ’12

Each year more than 130 Haverford students take advantage of the opportunity to study abroad.

Monday, January 14, 2013

Then & Now: The Skate House Now

Then & Now: The Skate House

The Skate House hasn’t seen any actual skaters for decades. But it’s still in use, booked for receptions and student events such as club meetings and even poetry readings.

Missed yesterday’s photo? See the Skate House back “Then“.

Sunday, January 13, 2013

Then & Now: The Skate House

Then & Now: The Skate House

The Skate House, designed in 1949, is outfitted with a porch, two fireplaces and a sitting room with benches. It regularly played host to crowds of skaters back in the days when the Duck Pond could be counted on to freeze solid in winter.

Come back tomorrow to see the Skate House “Now”.

Tuesday, January 8, 2013

De-Stress with Dogs

The Pre-Vet Society and HaverMinds joined together to sponsor Dog Day, which brought pooches from Main Line Animal Rescue to campus to help exam-frazzled students de-stress.

The event was also positive for the dogs, some of whom needed human interaction after being rescued from puppy mills. Photo: Thom Carroll.
Monday, January 7, 2013

Independent Spirit

In a one-click shopping world, Powell’s Books CEO and President Emily Powell ’00 keeps thousands of visitors a day flooding into the store her grandfather founded 41 years ago. How does she do it?

Read “Independent Spirit” from the Fall 2012 issue of Haverford magazine.

Powell standing in front of her store’s facade on Burnside. Photo: Thomas Boyd.
Sunday, January 6, 2013

Kitt Peak

Peter Ferguson ’13, an astrophysics major, regulates the temperature of the WIYN 0.9-meter telescope with liquid nitrogen during a four-day field trip to Kitt Peak National Observatory.

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