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New peer counseling initiatives in the works

Speak 2 Swatties (S2S), a student-run peer counseling organization, is planning several new counseling resources for the student body, including a 24-hour hotline and an online chatroom.

In past years…

Aging sewer line to be replaced in Crum Woods

For the past month, construction workers have been working in the Crum Woods to replace an aging concrete sewer line in order to accommodate its use by three additional townships. Unfortunately, this …

Tribute to Professor George Moskos (1948 - 2011)

Two years ago, George Moskos, professor of French language and literature, lent Christine Stott ’09 his copy of “Racine et Shakespeare” by Stendhal. It seemed impossible to read — it was infused cover…

Student body responds to radical posters

Posters are ubiquitous on campus; posters denouncing President Obama’s presidency usually are not. That is, until last Wednesday.

In an effort to promote a new conservative student group known as th…

Three incidents reported during night of Halloween party, underage student cited

The night of the Halloween party is usually the busiest Saturday night for Public Safety, but this year’s party, which was held in Sharples, was relatively tame, with only three reported incidents.

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Fraternity population rises significantly in recent years

In recent history, Greek presence at Swarthmore has been, to say the least, sparse. But a rise in membership of both fraternities — Delta Upsilon and Phi Psi — in the past two years may resuscitate Gr…

Conservatives comfortable in spite of minority status

To say that conservative students at Swarthmore do not feel isolated from the rest of the predominantly liberal student body may seem contradictory. But for conservative David Hill ’13, life at Swarth…

Changes in faculty and staff benefits face criticism

If Kae Kalwaic gets a gash on her leg, she doesn’t want to weigh the costs of going to a clinic instead of the ER. But with recent changes to faculty and staff benefits, it’s a trade-off workers on th…

StuCo postpones decision on Dash for Cash

Dash for Cash

Elizabeth Hamilton ’12 and Dennis Fan ’11, captains of the women’s and men’s rugby teams, attended the Student Council meeting again this week to request that StuCo send out a survey to …

StuCo discusses survey results, allows auto-subscription for only the Gazette

StuCo meeting with President Chopp

Last Tuesday, President Rebecca Chopp sat down with StuCo President Simon Zhu ’11 and Vice President Deivid Rojas ’12 to discuss issues regarding the Inn Project and…

Alum competes in current 'Survivor'

From being held up at gunpoint to rescuing an injured rock climber already 13,000 feet up a mountain in the dead of winter, Marty Piombo ’84 has had anything but a boring life. And now, at 48 years ol…

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 h…

Swarthmore Inn project given $2 million grant

The economic downturn put an abrupt halt to a project that planned to bring an inn, a restaurant and the college bookstore to the Swarthmore town center.

However, after the Commonwealth of Pennsylvani…

College to transition to Moodle by fall 2012

Over the next two years, the college will be making a transition from Blackboard, the current learning management system, to an open source software called Moodle.

Faculty members can use either Black…

Students attend historic climate rally

Over 150,000 people gathered on the National Mall in Washington D.C. this Sunday to honor Earth Day 2010 and to support environmental movements at The Climate Rally, an outdoor event comprised of spee…

Sestak vies for long-held senatorial seat

When Jenn Medeiros ’11 was rushed to the hospital last November after collapsing on the night the old health care bill was put to a vote in Congress, Congressman Joe Sestak took time to check up on he…

Activist seeks to make history, spearhead change

While canvassing through the city of Chester, Tina Johnson met a woman struggling to get state support and funding to build a safe haven for homeless women. When Johnson told her that she would offer …

College extends Anderson’s term, Braun to lead hiring

For the 2010-11 school year, Diane Anderson will serve another term as Acting Associate Dean of Academic Affairs while Dean of Students-Designate Liz Braun and the Committee on Faculty Procedures, or

StuCo sets bike share program’s wheels in motion

The college will soon launch a Bike Share program to provide students with the opportunity to rent out one of 10 available bicycles from McCabe Library for his or her own personal use.

It is not yet c…

Committee to examine purchasing guidelines

In response to the controversy over the return of Coca-Cola products three years after the Kick Coke campaign banned them from campus, the administration has formed the ad hoc Committee on Purchaser R…

Community heightens response to Chile earthquake

On Feb. 27, just a month after the Swarthmore community gathered in support of those affected by the earthquake in Haiti, another earthquake — recorded as the fifth largest in history according to U…

‘Join me on the Bridge’ to celebrate female war survivors

In light of the 99th anniversary of International Women’s Day on March 8, 2010, the borough of Swarthmore will host its own “Join me on the Bridge” event this week to honor women who have lived throug…

Crew holds interviews on campus for documentary

The film crew of Gary Null & Associates, a New York based company that makes documentaries, held closed interviews with members of the college community involved in environmental activism last Thursda…