Print edition
November 10, 2011
Top story
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 …
Table of contents
News
- Swat's numbers of alcohol-related incidents remain low
- Sukkah vandalism sparks some concern
- Events Menu
Living & Arts
- Yellow Stocking Players to perform Night of Scenes
- On Mitchell and Ivanek: when good actors go bad
- Behind the covers we judge: how books are marketed
- A rundown of frozen dessert options in Philadelphia
- Real Food Festival shows ways to be sustainable
- Sondheim’s ‘Company’ walks onto the LPAC Main Stage
- Rewinding Back to Their Swarthmore Days
- Donald Glover as Childish Gambino
Opinions
- Deficit reduction committee predictably unsuccessful
- Symbolic space: Quakerism is good for Swarthmore
- Made in China: the importance of Chinese currency
- The merits and flaws of the World Trade Organization
- Weekly Cartoon
Sports
- Club soccer beats TCNJ, falls to Stevens Institute
- Fencers old and new stand out at individual event
- Swimming beats Widener, McDaniel to open season
- Women’s soccer ousted from playoffs, then ECACs



