Yale professor challenges Hamline on Founders Day

During last week’s Founders Day keynote address, Yale professor and author Emilie Maureen Townes told Hamline students, faculty and community members that race, gender and class are not issues that are mutually exclusive. Dr. Townes explained that, as a womanist ethicist, she sees these issues as being inexorably tied and extremely important to social justice.

A Night at the Midway Motel

7 p.m. - the daylight fades out on Hamline University’s estranged neighbor, the Midway Motel. Are the rumors true? Is this place really a “no-tell motel?”

My stay was nothing short of surprising.

Troubled students respond with pride

Some of us are still trying to ascertain if Tim McDonald's Apr. 10 column was meant to be taken seriously. Of course you understand the difficulty in deciphering whether or not a letter that cowardly uses the term “Diversity Cabal” to air grievances toward individuals of color and inaccurately represents several incidents as truth, is earnestly trying to garner support from an intelligent community of higher education. However, it seems as though we’ve been put in the interesting position as being labeled representatives of a “growing and troubling phenomenon,” which, thank you, offers the fruitful opportunity to bring up a few things that trouble us.

2x the thrills, 2x the chills

Ah yes, the magic of cinema. Movies can be used to weave fantastic tales meant to invoke a wide variety of human emotions. Over the years, we’ve all seen films that boggle our minds, tug at our heartstrings, and force us to analyze the way we think about the world. Grindhouse is NOT one of those films.

Unpredictable weather halts athletics across the MIAC

Back in March, it appeared that spring had sprung uncharacteristically early. Midway through April, winter resurfaced with a vengeance that has caused irreparable damage to the remaining season for all Hamline athletics. Every sports team at every MIAC institution is dealing with postponements and cancellations to the spring schedule.

Beyond the Bedroom: erotic expertise with Kelly Walsh

Dear Kelly,

What constitutes being a virgin? Is it when my hymen breaks? Does oral sex count?

-Vexed about Sex