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New parking committee to meet

The parking committee, which evaluates applications for parking permits, has been recently restructured to increase transparency and work more efficiently. Assistant Director of Student Life Kelly Wil…

McCabe Foundation presents Nobel Prize-winning astrophysicist

Nobel Laureate for Physics John Mather ’68 visited campus last Thursday, Oct. 25 to address the student body in the McCabe lecture titled “From the Big Bang to the Nobel Prize and on to James Webb Spa…

Good Food initiates composting program with a scrape-off

This past Monday through Wednesday, Earthlust teamed up with the Good Food Project to host a scrape-off during dinners at Sharples. Scrape-offs, which have been previously held at Sharples, are a way …

Student Council deals problems with online ballot, candidates find inventive ways to spread their message

Complications in the setup of the online ballot led Student Council to make modifications and restart the election a few hours after it initially began. The online site campus-vote.com was also used f…

Essie Mae's cracks down, clarifies prices

Recently, there has been confusion regarding the Essie Mae’s Snack Bar’s charges for sandwiches.

Despite speculations that Essie Mae’s would be raising its prices for extras on sandwiches, there w…

GHF week garners positive feedback

The Global Health Forum recently wrapped up its week-long “Catch the Bug!” anti-malaria campaign.

Co-founder Mark Dlugash ’08 said he was pleased with the outcome. “Everything about the campaign w…

Library revamped at Chester school

Until this summer, Chester’s Stetser Elementary School had stacks of books but no library to house them. Swarthmore chemistry lecturer Ginger Indivero has begun work to transform an empty room of the …

Third bi-annual trip to Ghana scheduled for January

This winter, the Black Cultural Center will lead its third bi-annual trip to Ghana. The 10-day trip is open to faculty, students and alumni from the Tri-College community and will take place this Janu…

Global Health Forum helps battle malaria

Global Health Forum, a newly formed student group, has begun working towards its goal of large-scale awareness of infectious diseases and is raising funds for fighting those diseases in developing nat…

Baker wins U.S. national shogi championship, club celebrates

Professor Alan Baker, founder of the Swarthmore shogi club, recently won the U.S. national shogi championship. He has been playing shogi for over ten years and has been spreading word of the game to S…

New system, blocks for housing

Housing for the 2008-2009 academic year will be slightly different than in previous years. The changes being made are the inclusion of the newly constructed David Kemp Hall, the change in occupancy nu…

3rd annual Tri-Co Peace Week to include panel on Iran-US relations, benefit concert by State Radio, and MLK Jr.

The Tri-College community will be hosting Peace Week, a week of events to promote awareness of violence and the efforts to stop it.

Peace Week, which begins on Friday and lasts until the following Fri…

Contest to be mascot attracts seven potential phoenixes

A competition will be held this weekend to choose the first students to become Swarthmore’s new official mascot. The public event will be held this Saturday at 7 p.m. on the main stage of LPAC.

Masc…

SBC, Student Council set to increase SAC oversight

The Student Budget Committee has recently expressed an interest in assuming responsibility for the hiring of the Student Activities Committee’s co-directors, rather than allow the Student Activities O…

SwatBBS added to dashboard

Last week, a new link appeared on the Student Dashboard to SwatBBS, a forum designed by Ben Zhang ’10 to facilitate discussion among Swarthmore students in a more organized manner than on other sites …

Student Council tables amendment to SBC process

A controversy recently emerged between the Student Council and the Student Budget Committee over SBC’s process of appealing decisions regarding receipts. Student Council is considering an amendment to…

Crum Woods committee discusses elimination of deer

The Crum Woods Stewardship Committee held a public forum last night to discuss their recommended solution for addressing the overabundance of deer in the Crum Woods. Members of the committee and Bryon…

Islamic studies proposed

The faculty have proposed a new minor in Islamic and Arabic Studies for the curriculum. The new minor, if approved, will be an interdisciplinary field encompassing courses in the religion, history, so…

Lice an isolated issue in Willets this semester

Although rumors of a lice outbreak in Willets dormitory caused some concern around campus at the beginning of the spring semester, in reality there was only a pair of reported cases this year. The lic…

American Prospect Editor in Chief Robert Kuttner to speak at the college regarding US economic crisis

Robert Kuttner, recipient of an honorary degree from the College, will present a lecture entitled “Deregulation, Financial Risks, and the New Politics of Managed Capitalism” this Monday at 7:00 p.m. i…

New committees act

Student Council has been working to form new committees to add to Swarthmore’s student government, including the Student Health Advisory Council and the Committee on

Institutionally Responsible Poli…

Summer housing shifts from ML to Parrish

In years past, students who needed to stay on campus over the summer could rent housing at Swarthmore’s off-campus dorm, Mary Lyon. This summer, the housing will be moved from Mary Lyon to Parrish.