Bridgewater College March 2012 events

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Tuesday, March 13  7:30 p.m., Debate, Cole Hall, Bridgewater College Topic: “The American Way of Higher Education – Does It Need Reforming?” Debators: Claudia Dreifus and Richard Hersh – Dreifus is a veteran New York Times reporter,  academic and co-author of Higher Education? Hersh has served as president of Hobart and William Smith Colleges and…

To kill or not to kill: Death penalty topic of debate at Bridgewater College

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Bud Welch, whose daughter, Julie Marie, was killed in the Oklahoma City bombing in April 1995, and Jeff Jacoby, a long-time proponent of the death penalty, will debate “The Death Penalty” at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 29, in Cole Hall at Bridgewater College. The debate is sponsored by the Anna B. Mow Endowed Lecture Series…

Race-car driver Leilani Münter to speak at Bridgewater College

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Leilani Münter, professional race car driver and environmental activist, will speak on “Never Underestimate a Vegetarian Hippy Chick with a Race Car,” at Bridgewater College on Wednesday, Feb. 1, at 7:30 p.m. in Cole Hall. How does someone whose livelihood involves getting only 1.3 miles per gallon of gasoline call themselves an environmentalist? Recognizing that…

Bridgewater College Coming Events: February 2012

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Wednesday, Feb. 1 Convocation: 7:30 p.m., Cole Hall, Bridgewater College Speaker: Leilani Münter – race car driver and eco-activist – is a professed vegetarian who calls herself Carbon Free Girl. She utilizes her racing as a platform for promoting energy and eco-friendly projects. Sponsored by the Anna B. Mow Endowed Lecture Series Free and open…

New printing system at Bridgewater College to save trees

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Bridgewater College plans to save 50 trees this year. In its ongoing mission to make the college environmentally responsible and sustainable, Bridgewater has instituted a campus-wide printing system that eliminates laser printers from labs and classrooms and replaces them with 15 printing kiosks located throughout the campus. The new printing system is expected to reduce…

Perry to take over tennis programs at Bridgewater College

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Martin Perry, three-time NCAA Division III National Coach of the Year, has been named the new head coach of the Bridgewater College men’s and women’s tennis programs in an announcement made by President George Cornelius and Director of Athletics Curt Kendall. Perry has spent the last eight-plus years as the head men’s and women’s coach…

Bridgewater College’s “Doc” Jopson’s 100th celebrated with new endowment fund

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As Bridgewater College coaching and teaching legend Harry G.M. “Doc” Jopson celebrates his 100th birthday on June 23, some of his former students and other supporters of the college have created an endowed fund to support Bridgewater’s track and cross country programs. Jopson, who came to Bridgewater College in 1936 to head up its biology…

Bridgewater College adds two sports to offerings

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Following the approval of the Board of Trustees on Friday, Bridgewater College will add women’s golf and men’s lacrosse to its roster of NCAA Division III sports teams. Both teams will begin competition in the 2012-2013 academic year. With the addition of these teams, Bridgewater will position itself as one of the premier institutions in…