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September 9, 2010
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Franzen: From Swarthmore to the cover of Time
In the fall of 1977, an adolescent Jonathan Franzen, equipped with thick glasses and a head full of ideas, stepped onto the campus of Swarthmore College as a member of the Class of 1981 and declared himself a prospective physics major.
Thirty-three years later, Franzen’s face peers out of newsstands everywhere from the August 23 issue of Time magazine. His latest novel, “Freedom,” earned him this coveted spot, a place no American author has filled since Stephen King a decade ago, under the blari…
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News
- War News Radio story hits national airwaves
- Visiting Professor bridges disciplines
- Chopp speaks against defining credit hours
- Week in pictures
- Events Menu
Living & Arts
- Swat Style Snapshot
- Artists explore the range of dance at Philly Fringe
- Restaurant week serves good food, good prices
- Now Showing
- Dissecting the perils of the French Visa process
- Braun, Chopp defend long-distance relationships
- Red tree installation provides dying oak with new life as art
- Editor's Picks
Opinions
- Ask for stability from Braun — and ourselves
- Comparing Dutch and American higher education
- Swarthmore Inn story incomplete
- Sharples dishware not microwave safe
Sports
- Garnet wins championship at Greyhound Premiere
- After big win, women’s soccer faces early struggles
- Garnet field hockey opens with two impressive victories
- Cross country teams to race for Centennial championships
- No. 15 Garnet men’s soccer off to another hot start
- Middle-of-the-road elites
- Garnet athlete of the week
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