The Disorientation Handbook

This collection consists of the 1st, 2nd, and, presumably, 3rd editions of The Disorientation Handbook, a printed guidebook authored for the convenience of Haverford and Bryn Mawr first years. The editions consist primarily of text, with sections set aside at the ends of both editions for maps and public transportation tables for the Philadelphia area. The text provides descriptions of school traditions, clubs, social life, campus music and entertainment, local radio stations, theaters, stores and restaurants, tips for “survival” within the colleges, and copies of local laws pertaining to drinking, false identification, sexual and aggravated assault, ethnic intimidation, trespassing, and unlawful computer use. The editions also include extensive lists of professors sorted according to department, which consume the majority of the editions. Information on the professors was sourced from several hundred surveys of Haverford and Bryn Mawr students. The attitude of the editions is helpful but humorous, informative but informal.