November 3, 2011

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Volume XV, Issue Three

November 3, 2011

The Scripps Voice Inside...

Breaking the Record: Scripps Career Planning & Resources Meets 92 Percent of the Class of 2015 By Michelle Nagler ‘15 Photography Head

Through the GOP’s in-fighting, is there one presidential candidate who can unite Republicans and take on President Obama in 2012?

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October was Breast Health Awareness Month! How did Scripps celebrate, and what do you need to know about your health?

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Congratulations, firstladies,” said Maldonado. The PHOTO BY MICHELLE NAGLER ye a r s ! Yo u ’ve h e l p e d meetings are meant to be Scripps Career Planning a chance to “say hello, to and Resources (CP&R) answer any questions and to break a record! For the lay a foundation for a good first time in the history of relationship.” Scripps College, CP&R So, to the eight percent of met with 92 percent of the my fellow first-years who have members of the first year not yet discovered the wonders class in just the first two of Scripps Career Planning weeks of school. That’s and Resources, I encourage a lot of meetings! (Two you to stop in and schedule an hundred and thirty six, to appointment with them. Stop be exact.) In light of this by the CP&R office the next accomplishment, I asked time you check your mail or CP&R’s Assistant Director grab a coffee at the Motley— and Career Counselor it’s right next door! Gretchen Maldonado to fill CP&R resources include me in on what this means lessons on proper résumé for Scripps. formatting, conducting Career Consultant Zaneh Williams (‘14) helps Samantha Abelove (‘15) set up an appointThe small size of each advanced searches for jobs and ment to meet with the professional staff. Abelove will join the ranks of her first-year classyear’s Scripps class means internships and performing mates who have sought out CP&R’s extensive services so far this semester. that it’s possible to meet mock interviews. If you’re with every new first-year undecided about what path individually. The class of your life will take after Scripps, to let students know what is available to them 2008 was the first to receive such focused through CP&R. CP&R can help you there, too. Assessments such attention from CP&R, with 2004 being the first as the Strong Interest Inventory will assess your Said Maldonado, “Some [students] want to year that an effort was made to kick off the get started right away. They have a plan.” But interests and identify occupations of those who start of first-years’ first semesters with a CP&R many students, if not most, do not have a plan. have similar preferences. The career counselors appointment. The goal of these meetings has are friendly, informative and eager to help. Make Meetings with first-years are not intended to always been to give incoming students a chance an appointment to see them! You never know—it put pressure on the students to know what they to meet with a career planning professional, and might even lead to a summer job or internship! want their careers to be. “We’re not scary career

Opinion Thank You, Patricia Goldsmith!

Students React to Re-SCOREing Scripps’ Discussion on Racism and Diversity By Ariel Bloomer ‘12 & Liz Lyon ‘12

Staff Writers

A review of Serendipity: Paul Soldner, Artist and Provocateur

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The Dirigible Plums prepare to make their flying Quidditch debut with the International Quidditch Association.

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The Scripps student teachin occurred on Friday, Oct. 21. A panel of about 10 students discussed their experiences with their respective Scripps Communities of Resources and Empowerment (SCORE) organizations, letting attending students know about the racism community members have faced. The issue of audience came up, and one audience member commented that most of those in attendance, due to their backgrounds, felt like something was at stake for them personally. The audience was described as 10 percent white by several of those in attendance. These numbers indicate that community members who needed to hear their fellow students’ feelings and messages about diversity were in low attendance. We concede that there were problems regarding the teach-in’s time and publicity. It happened on a Friday afternoon when some students may have had class or work. We also got word of the teach-in only a day

before it was to happen. But the audience’s composition seems indicative of indifference. This indifference toward other students and their concerns has got to stop. A problem that affects one Scripps student affects all Scripps students. If someone feels silenced or uncomfortable, it hurts the rest of the Scripps community. Silence may be indicative that a student feels her, his or their experience is invalid, but no experience should be invalidated. If people feel like their experiences are being treated as invalid, other students lose a chance at having a conversation that includes authentic exchange. The teach-in’s message should be part of an ongoing discussion around concrete ways the community can address oppression, ignorance and apathy or a lack of sensitivity on campus. As one member of the audience suggested, SCORE could do more to mobilize allies to get involved. But, as a panelist pointed out, SCORE clubs and

After 16 years heading an Admissions team that has shaped Scripps College through the students it has admitted, Former Vice President of Enrollment, Marketing and Communication (most recently Vice President for Institutional Advancement) Patricia Goldsmith is returning to her passions for the admissions side of education as vice president and dean of admissions and financial aid at St. Mary’s College of Maryland. Though she does not commence her responsibilities at St. Mary’s College until 2012, Patricia Goldsmith’s final day at Scripps was Monday, Oct. 31. Goldsmith arrived at Scripps in 1995, serving as dean of admission and financial aid. She then served as acting dean of students from 1997 to 1998. It was not until 2009 that the title Vice President for Enrollment, Marketing and Communication was added to her official capacity as vice president and dean of admission and financial aid. In 2010, she took on the challenge of heading up advancement and working with the annual fund. Goldsmith has been a catalyst for change since she arrived all those years ago. Scripps can attribute its increasing visibility and selectivity to her and the admissions team she headed. Each incoming class, under her leadership, has left a significant mark on Scripps. She will be missed by all, and we asked students to share their memories and best wishes for her future endeavors. Turn to Page 3!

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