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November 10, 2011


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Students should reign in more prominent guest speakers

Jonathan Franzen, Rita Dove, Junot Díaz — any bells ringing?

They might not. It’s been nearly two years since Dove came to campus, and even longer since the other two award-winning authors visited. The three are just a handful of memorable and famous speakers that have come to Swarthmore in the past several years. If asked to name a more recent speaker, you might be hard-pressed to even remember. While we frequently host professors and academics in various fields, it’s not all too often that …

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