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Vitali and Trombetta Participate in Democratic Primary Forum at Haverford

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On May 19, incumbent Greg Vitali will face off against challenger Judy Trombetta in the Democratic primary for the 166th district of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives, which includes Haverford College. On April 20, Haverford College Democrats hosted a candidate forum in Stokes Auditorium attended by Vitali and Trombetta. The…

OPINION: The Club Crisis: An Extracurricular or an Extra Class?

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Clubs are staple extracurricular activities: they are résumé builders and are what students turn to when they want to express themselves or get away from their academics. At least, that is what they once were. Haverford takes pride in its students’ creative freedom, advertising the number of clubs available and…

They Did Both, and Well: Honoring High-Performing Student-Athletes at the 2026 Ambler Award Ceremony

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This year, 17 members of the senior class are being recognized for their academic and athletic achievements. On Thursday, April 9, the Athletics Department hosted a dinner honoring Haverford College Track and Field athletes Carly Priest ‘26 and Jonah Hoffmann-Weitsman ‘26, the co-winners of the William W. Ambler ‘45 Award,…

OPINION: Why Students Still Need to Build Pressure to Rename the Library

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Although it is great news that the resolution to rename the Allison and Howard Lutnick Library passed in Haverford’s 2026 Spring Plenary, especially by a vast majority, the passage of the plenary resolution is not a conclusive victory but the beginning of a long bureaucratic process that can easily stall.…

A Philly Thing: The Region Shaping the USMNT ahead of the World Cup

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Just minutes from Haverford’s campus, something was being built. For years, the Philadelphia Union ran their youth academy out of an unassuming office park in Wayne, Pennsylvania. No fanfare, no billboards. From Route 202, you could barely make out a sliver of green turf behind the buildings. Inside, they were doing…

NCAA Championships Bring an End to Promising Indoor Track & Field Postseason

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On Sunday, March 15, the last day of the NCAA DIII Championships, the Indoor Track & Field season officially came to an end. The National Championships, however, were just the capstone to a very exciting postseason run for both the men’s and women’s indoor track & field teams, including the…

Vaulting Over the School Record

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Pole vault, a commonly underrepresented event in track and field, has been brought back into the spotlight at Haverford College by a first-year student-athlete. An athlete from a young age, Taniya Denson ‘29 juggled cheerleading and basketball at her Pittsburgh-area high school before joining the track team during her sophomore…

“We’ll See”: What Haverford’s Class of 2026 Is Facing After Graduation

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Graduation has a way of arriving all at once for seniors. For most of the year, it sits somewhere in the distance, folded into conversations about thesis deadlines, final seasons, and last rounds of interviews. Lately, though, as March drew to a close, graduation has started to feel closer as…

Spring Plenary 2026: The Train that Kept Six Resolutions on Track

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By: Nick D’Antonio, Alex Ellison-Drum, Cade Fanning, Sofia Malaspina, Pae Smith-Hiebert Photos by Siena Solis ’28 Content Warning: This article discusses sexual violence, including information related to Jeffrey Epstein. Reader discretion is advised. On Sunday, March 29, students gathered in the Gardner Integrated Athletic Center (GIAC), nearby satellite roo

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