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Sandra 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.
Read MoreTo Experience a Book
Nineteen Scripps students of diverse disciplinary backgrounds from neuroscience to philosophy became book artists in Professor Kitty Maryatt’s class last fall. An exhibition of their bookworks is on view in the Lang Arts Studio 112 at Scripps College until Monday, February 19, 2007.
Read MoreRomantic Piano Masterworks: A Faculty Recital Featuring Hao Huang
The Scripps College Department of Music presents a faculty recital with pianist and Professor of music Hao Huang on Sunday, February 18, at 3 p.m. in the Garrison Theater, Scripps College Performing Arts Center.
Read MoreDance Company Casebolt and Smith Present Popped!
Popped!, an evening of dance developed and performed by Liz Casebolt and Joel Smith of Los Angeles Contemporary Dance Company will be held Friday February 16, and Saturday February 17, at 7 p.m. in the Richardson Dance Studio, Scripps College.
Read MoreMolly Ivins, 62, columnist and raconteur
Author and newspaper columnist Molly Ivins died January 31 at the age of 62. Ivins, a student at Scripps during the 1962-63 academic year, passed away at her Austin, Texas, home after a long bout with inflammatory breast cancer.
Read MoreSandra Tsing Loh To Visit Scripps
Sandra Tsing Loh, the star of NPR’s, “The Loh Down on Science” and “The Loh Life,” comes to Scripps as a visiting professor of writing for a semester, beginning January 2007.
Read MoreSpring Semester Tuesday Noon Lectures
The Spring Semester Tuesday Noon Academy, a series of lunchtime lectures at Scripps College, features distinguished alumnae, professors, students, and guests. Lectures begin at 12 p.m. in the Hampton Room of the Malott Commons, Scripps College.
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