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Nancy Y. Bekavac Resigns as President of Scripps College
After 17 years of service, Nancy Y. Bekavac announced that she will step down as president of Scripps College, effective June 30, 2007.
Read MoreScripps Ruggers Aim for National Championships
It takes confidence to play on The Claremont Colleges women’s rugby team. Not for the timid, rugby is a full-contact sport and players are prone to injury. But that hasn’t prevented Scripps students from signing up for a rigorous spring schedule of practice sessions, fitness classes, and games.
Read MoreA Conversation with Samella Lewis and Suzanne Muchnic
Samella Lewis, artist, author, and professor emerita, Scripps College, and Suzanne Muchnic ’62, journalist, Los Angeles Times will join Scripps College President Nancy Y. Beckavac in an event to honor the foundation of the Samella Lewis Collection of Contemporary Art on Tuesday, February 27.
Read MoreWriting with Sound: Aural Storytelling in Digital Times
Artist and educator Teresa Landgraff Gale, Scripps class of ’96, returns to Scripps College in February as the 2007 Lois Langland Alumna-in-Residence (LLAiR). Gale will discuss her work employing sound as a viable artistic and narrative medium.
Read MoreLee Miller: On Both Sides of the Camera
Author Carolyn Burke will present a lecture, “Lee Miller: On Both Sides of the Camera,” on Thursday, February 22, at 12 p.m. in the Hampton Room of the Malott Commons, Scripps College.
Read MoreAn Italian Evening: The Claremont Concert Orchestra Performance
The Claremont Concert Orchestra, led by conductor Michael Deane Lamkin, will perform on Saturday, February 24, at 8 p.m., and Sunday, February 25, at 3 p.m. in the Garrison Theater, Scripps College Performing Arts Center.
Read MoreSandra Tsing Loh: "We'd Rather Eat Chocolate"
This Valentine’s Day, is eschewing sex and sitting home in one’s pajamas cradling a giant quart of Häagen-Dazs the ultimate feminist act? The ’80s birthed, across college campuses, a modern day “sex-positive” movement, but how great has that been for liberated women who happen to have low libidos? What’s the harm in noting that statistically, women have lower testosterone levels than men? What’s so bad about admitting that activities some of us look forward to during long cold winter nights involve knitting and cheese? Loh reads from her latest provocative essay, “She’s Just Not That Into You,” in The Atlantic Monthly. Dessert with whipped cream is included!
Read MoreStudents Named to Scripps College Fall 2006 Dean’s List
The following students were named to the dean’s list for the fall semester at Scripps College in Claremont, California. The dean’s list recognizes students who have achieved a grade point average of at least 11 (A-) in four, letter-graded courses in one semester.
Read MoreJudith Arcana Reads Her Feminist Poetry
Feminist activist and poet Judith Arcana will read from her new book What if your Mother, on February 20, at 4:15 p.m., in the Balch Auditorium, Scripps College.
Read MoreToo Many Choices?
Current research by Stacey Wood, associate professor of psychology at Scripps College and clinical neuropsychologist, explores whether excessive choices associated with the new Medicare prescription drug plan work against individuals.
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