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Politics drives campus activism on conflict

One thing I’ve never understood in my peers is the impulse to run around like little Che Guevara’s in keffiyehs. Rebellion has never called to me acro…

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Activists angered over subcontracted security jobs

Recent reports of subcontracted AlliedBarton security officers on the Swarthmore campus have outraged and concerned labor activists and students alike…

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Board contributions fill $1 million of budget gap

On Feb. 20, the Swarthmore College Board of Managers came forward to announce that it will contribute $1 million to the college each year over the cou…

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Braun discusses future during visit

BY LINDA HOU

Published March 4, 2010

Dean of Students-Designate Liz Braun opened Sunday’s special Student Council meeting with stories of her son recently singing Swarthmore chants and planning a teddy bear picnic in the Crum Woods.

Af…

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Professor details history of SNCC, ‘Black Power’

BY LILY GOODSPEED

Published March 4, 2010

In the spring of 1960, four students initiated a sit-in at a North Carolina Woolworth store, and by the end of the week, over 1,000 students joined them.

Hasan Kwame Jeffries, associate professor of h…

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Endowment remains large, but spending must fall

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Sports in Brief: Men clinch opener against Eastern

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‘Join me on the Bridge’ to celebrate female war survivors

In light of the 99th anniversary of International Women’s Day on March 8, 2010, the borough of Swarthmore will host its own “Join me on the Bridge” ev…

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Events menu

Would you like to see your organization’s event in the events menu? Please submit time, date and description to News Editors Amelia Possanza and Dante…

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‘ChesTech’ aids Chester with computer access

ChesTech, which started out as a class project designed to enable Chester residents to gain access to technology and basic computer skills, has turned…

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Crew holds interviews on campus for documentary

The film crew of Gary Null & Associates, a New York based company that makes documentaries, held closed interviews with members of the college communi…

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Pietsch outlines publishing future

When Michael Pietsch, the executive vice president and a publisher at Little, Brown and Company, spoke Tuesday night in the Scheuer Room, he said that…