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November 20, 2008
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Debate over financial aid policy intensifies
A string of events over the past few weeks has brought the discussion of financial aid and access to higher education to the forefront at Swarthmore.
In late October, a collective of students referred to as Swarthmore Financial Justice issued a petition outlining some areas in which Swarthmore’s financial aid policies were perceived as lacking. In response to the petition, Director of Financial Aid Laura Talbot sent a Nov. 5 email to all students that sought to clarify some financial aid policie…
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News
- Students travel to Georgia for human rights protest
- Saturdays of Service assist local library with game day
- Interview with activist Manuel Calel Morales
- New biweekly discussion group centered on women in and writing fiction to begin meeting next Monday in WRC
- Admissions Office to initiate new telementoring program
- ‘Conversations’ reaches out to mentor and aid Asian students
- College prepares Middle States reaccreditation
Living & Arts
- Celebrating 150 glorious years of indie rock
- Ponytail celebrates the body electric
- The wondrous life of Juno Díaz
- That's stupid
- Creaky Boards brings a touch of home to Swarthmore
- 365 plays in one day
- Bust out the tape player: lo-fi music thrives in a hi-tech world
- Columnist lays down the law with terrible movies
- Environmental artwork turns our trash into treasure
- Crispian's Day
- Crossword: Wea-Puns of Mass Destructions
- Editor's Picks
Opinions
- The BlackBerry presidency?
- Next step: follow-through
- Coexisting conflict
- Obama bliss builds bridge for world change
- Opposition to gay marriage more than homophobia
- Bolivia
- A plea to consider: evaluating the cull
Sports
- Baseball analysts’ old-fashioned ways bring bad press
- Men’s soccer gaining steam in bid for NCAA title
- The sporting season
- Cross country ends season on a high note
- Tough loss galvanizes swim team
- Women’s soccer captures second consecutive ECAC title



