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How Haverford Secured COVID-19 Vaccines for the Community
By Magdalena Del Valle on April 26, 2021
Last December, when the FDA approved the Pfizer/BioNTech and Moderna vaccines, waves of relief and excitement resounded around the globe as people glimpsed the promise...
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Meet Your 2020–21 Students’ Council Representatives
By Maxwell Cox on April 10, 2021
Although many Students’ Council members are approaching the end of their term, for the benefit of posterity, The Clerk has asked all elected members for the candidacy statements...
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A Tale of Two Elections: Fords Turn Out to Vote for President, but Not Students’ Council
By Matthew Denton on April 8, 2021
It was hard to ignore the enthusiasm surrounding the presidential election on campus last semester. Students hung signs on dorm doors advertising phone banking, held...
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We Need a Second Spring Pause
By Katie Hughes on April 9, 2021
I am calling on the administration, in recognition of the student body’s proven commitment to COVID-19 safety and the deeply-felt need for rest and recuperation, to grant students an additional short pause at the end of April.
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You Can’t ‘Do It in the Dark’ if Your House Is on Fire
By Sunrise Haverford on March 26, 2021
As Haverford students playfully compete to see who can best “Do it in the Dark,” for all of us the global climate crisis continues to forebode a very gloomy present and future indeed.
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What I Learned on Leave
By Carrie Zhang on March 25, 2021
About a year ago, I was in my grandparents’ apartment in Suzhou, China. This was before the pandemic started, and I enjoyed the opportunity to spend time with my aging relatives. However, from the school administration’s standpoint, this time away was meant to be recuperative in both a personal and an academic sense.
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Haverford Should Require the COVID-19 Vaccine This Fall

Haverford Should Require the COVID-19 Vaccine This Fall

By Matthew Denton on April 22, 2021 |

As the COVID-19 vaccine rollout continues on campus, students have begun discussing what life on campus next semester will look like. I believe all students should be required to get vaccinated in order to study on campus in the fall.

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