The Stump

The Stump is an old tree stump in the center of the Webster College campus. Throughout Webster’s history, the Stump has been used as a traditional gathering place for student activists. The Webster Dissent’s protest group likewise chooses to build their encampment around the Stump. The Stump thus marks the growth and progress of the political beliefs Webster students, past to present, despite itself being a dead stump incapable of growth. The Stump thus acts as a stable constant within the shifting politics of Webster’s student body.

The Stone House

The Stone House historically housed the president of Webster College, and thus became Naomi and Hannah’s home when Naomi was appointed president. The house was named after past president Charles Myer Stone, who “doth protest too much” that he was not Jewish, leaving Naomi, a Jewish woman, to feel unwelcome in the “thoroughly...