Joan Kim

Smarts and charm at the first Mr. Engineer

Brains and beauty — what more could one ask for? The first Mr. Engineer pageant, hosted by Swarthmore Women Engineers to raise money for the Expanding Your Horizons organization, not only tested Swat’…

'Best of Olde Club' a jam

The Spring/Fall 2007 “Best of Olde Club” CD is officially out and its 12 tracks feature a plethora of styles and instruments that would cater to anyone’s tastes.

The opening track, “Chief Thunde…

Defending rights across the ocean

Students may have seen Jess Engebretson ‘09 around campus planning for War News Radio and the Darfur Radio Project, helping coordinate the Bosnia Project (an extension of Engebretson’s project in Bosn…

Indulging in guilty pleasures on the tube

Television is going down the tubes and we absolutely love it. We have replaced television with problem sets and scores of pages of dense philosophical readings from which we all want to escape. Club m…

'Shape' takes a new look at Adam and Eve

This weekend, the Drama Board will produce Neil LaBute’s seductive drama “The Shape of Things” in Olde Club. The piece, directed by Sean Nesselrode ’09, Tally Sharma ’09 and Melanie Spaulding ’09, fol…

Refuge Art Show

From Nov. 17-30, a group of Swarthmore students working with Amnesty International will be featuring students’ photographs in the Refuge Art Show and Silent Auction in Shane Lounge. This year’s show w…

Swat pawns Haverford at first chess match

Last Sunday, the Swarthmore College Chess Club held its first match against Haverford College at Bond Memorial Hall. The match consisted of five games, of which Swarthmore won three.

The players were …

Davalos brings new perspective to Kitao

DisIntegration, a student art exhibition by Adrian Davalos ‘09, will open at the Kitao Gallery Friday, Sept. 28 from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. Davalos’ exhibit will display a variety of artwork and mediums inc…

Kicking off Latino Heritage Month

Last Friday, Sept. 14, Boricua roots band Yerbabuena kicked off Latino Heritage Month with a performance in the Fragrance Garden. The Puerto Rican folk music brought students and faculty together for …

Underhill Library renovations are pleasing to the ear

The newly renovated Underhill Library for Music and Dance, located in the Lang Music Building, opened on the first day of classes to the students’ and faculty’s delight after a summer of renovations. …

Mr. Swarthmore 2008

Displaying their talent, charisma and an impressive set of guns, 12 contestants strutted their stuff down the catwalk for the Mr. Swarthmore competition last Friday in Upper Tarble. Based on their per…

The Wild Party

How could sex, drugs, booze, jazz and a crew of vaudeville characters not create a wild party in 1920s Manhattan? Michael John LaChiusa’s musical, “The Wild Party” incorporates all of these elements i…

Le's comeback recital

Last Sunday, the Lang Concert Hall was completely silent as violinist Serena Le ‘08 entered the stage in an ebony dress with a vibrant fuchsia train for the start of her Senior Honors Recital. Little …

Recycled runway

Every week, tensions mounted high as the contestants and audience of Project Runway sat on the edges of their seats, wondering who was in and who was “out.” The reality series, having finished its fou…

Lifestyles of the rich and famous, on a student budget

So you’ve already seen the Liberty Bell, eaten a Philly cheese steak and walked up the Philadelphia Museum steps humming the theme to Rocky — what else could you possibly find to do in the great city …

A grand old 'Times'

Silence. Plays rely on poetic words but the pauses in between the dialogue can structure the most powerful moments in a scene. Playwright Harold Pinter took advantage of the power of creating uncomfor…

Peer to peer

Various counseling groups speak to the different needs and wants of students on campus, but there has yet to be one that has not been limited to a specific issue until now. Officially started last Mon…

Village Education Project

While many students on campus often search out NGOs for summer internship and employment opportunities, Swarthmore alumnus Katie Chamblee ‘07 went one step further and started The Village Education Pr…

Screw 101: How to set up a perfect match

The annual Screw Your Roommate Formal, which will be held on Saturday, Feb. 23 in Upper Tarble, seems so far away, especially with that problem set due tomorrow and the essay that refuses to write its…

Martin Luther King, Jr.

Monday, Jan. 21 was the beginning of a three-day observance of Martin Luther King Jr. Day. Although the college continued to hold classes, many students celebrated the life and legacy of Reverend Mart…