Rosario Paz

At forum in ICC, presidential candidates address diversity, aid

This week, a political frenzy consumed the campus as students prepared to participate in not one, but two elections. Last Friday, the Student Council presidential candidates held a second debate in t…

So far, ten seniors and recent alumni awarded Fulbrights

The Fulbright Program is currently in the process of releasing the list of its chosen grantees for the 2008-2009 period. Among this year’s recipients of the prestigious research fellowships are six gr…

Students act in support of Rivero after tenure decision

Prompted by the college’s decision to deny tenure to Spanish language and literature professor Horacio Chiong Rivero earlier this semester, a number of students have continued to express their support…

Council decides to reorganize co-president responsibilities

During last Wednesday’s Student Council meeting, some heated discussion emerged over the decision to change the roles of two co-presidents into president and vice president positions. The meeting resu…

Newly-founded cultural groups find niches on campus

This semester, several new specific cultural groups have appeared on campus. Friends of Taiwan, Swarthmore Organization for Israel and Han, a Korean group, are among the new additions.

Friends of Taiw…

ML to host discussion series on diversity

Mary Lyon RAs are planning to hold a series of conversations about diversity this month in response to interest by ML residents on the issue. The ML Diversity Workshop-Conversation Series, a compilati…

Alum, ambassador advocates GLBT rights

Last Tuesday, as part of celebrating Swarthmore’s Coming Out Week to raise awareness of the gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender community, McCabe Library held a reception featuring a lecture by Jam…

College opens up to more transfer students

Along with the enrollment of 372 first-years, the college has gained 16 transfer students for the 2006-2007 school year, a significantly larger number than in years past. Though admission of transfer …

Deans dine with first-years

Last Tuesday night, the wide-eyed and youthful side of Swarthmore met with its sagacious and seasoned counterpart over a tasteful buffet in the Scheuer Room of Kohlberg. Dinner with the Deans" brought…

Underhill Library contemplating dramatic changes

The college is considering significant renovations to Underhill Music Library in an effort to provide an enhanced library environment for music students. According to College Librarian Peggy Seiden, t…

MCAT changes to be introduced this January

Pre-medical students armed and ready to conquer their upcoming Medical College Admission Test won’t necessarily be carrying their usual weapon of choice — a pencil. The Association of American Medical…

Bookmobile for Chester children moves forward

With the hopes of providing children in Chester public housing sites with food for thought books, sophomores Mai Schwartz ‘10, Casey Osborn ’10, Jake Ban ’10 and Gina Grubb ’10 are working with the La…

Da Vinci's hopes to provide relaxed hang-out space

In hopes of providing an alternative space in the Ville for students, whether for study time or study break time, Da Vinci’s owner Chris Bruno has enlisted the help of a few student employees in the i…

Green Advisors bring initiative to dorms

You go to your RA when you lose your room key. You go to your SAM when you need to settle a class schedule conflict. But who do you go to when you want to suggest that your hall turn off bathroom ligh…

Delaware county to construct MLS stadium

Two months ago, negotiations began between Delaware County officials and investors of a Major League Soccer franchise concerning a new 20,000 seat pro-soccer stadium to be constructed on the Chester w…

Sharples brings new innovations to mealtime

Thursday night before Fall Break, Sharples was packed full of salivating students heaping corn on the cob, butternut squash and tomato and eggplant lasagna onto their trays during the Local Foods Dinn…

College fined for breaking federal laws

A recently released Occupational Safety and Health Administration report concerning the investigation into college employee Paul Rodgers’s death in the Science Center last January due to asphyxiation …

Reserved Students Digest undergoes change

Beginning today, the Reserved Students Digest will reflect recent changes codified by Student Council that will make its use for advertising college events more limited and its breadth more condensed.…

Inn construction awaits college decision

Discussions between the college and the borough concerning the inn development project are in continuance for the new school year. Recently, the college requested that various interested developers su…

PhillyCarShare coming soon to Swarthmore

For students who need a car in a pinch and do not have access to one, Earthlust has recently announced that PhillyCarShare has made new plans to provide a car for residents in the Swarthmore College a…

RAs undergo thorough summer training

The ten-day long Resident Assistant training, which took place prior to Orientation, has left this school year’s new group of hallparents fit, robust and ready to welcome the incoming first-years from…

June yard sale to redistribute unwanted belongings

Rather than abandon unwanted clothing and other items at the end of the semester, this year students will have the option of donating their unwanted but usable belongings to a yard sale event, organiz…

Women's studies considers title change

“If names are not correct, language will not be in accordance with the truth of things,” Confucius said. Since the 1990s, college courses cross-listed under the program title “women’s studies” have be…

Swat alum named chief NASA scientist

Swarthmore alum John C. Mather ‘68, who was awarded the Nobel Prize in physics last October, was recently appointed as NASA’s chief scientist. The Phoenix’s Rosario Paz interviewed Mather about his …

Documentary chronicles Chester tutees

Anne Marie Frassica ’09 and co-coordinators Ayanna Johnson ’09 and Soraya Lakhani ’09 are producing a video project documenting the lives of children in Chester.

The project will attempt to capt…

Student life Web page to premiere next week

Prospective students will no longer be disputing the existence of student life at Swarthmore. The new Student Life Web site is set to become another branch of the college homepage, with revamped and p…

ITS may abandon Nutsmail Web interface for Gmail

For the many students who are already forwarding their college e-mail to Gmail accounts, life is about to get a lot easier. ITS is currently undertaking a trial of the Education Edition of Google Apps…

Student life Web site to premiere in spring

In an attempt to dispel the myth that Swarthmore students do nothing but study, ITS, Communications and students are working together to turn more attention to extracurricular aspects of college life.

Krav Maga master teaches martial arts skills

Last Monday night in the LPAC Lobby, Moshe Katz, an Israeli-American, certified Krav Maga instructor with a fourth-degree black belt, taught a class using the same self-defense techniques he uses to t…

Arboretum prepares snowy grounds for spring

If students have ever found themselves stopping to smell the roses on the way to class, they will be quite pleased to learn about all the work that goes into maintaining what Garden Design magazine an…

WRC to host weekly women's discussions

Women looking to talk about academics, relationships, politics, art or anything else in a Y-chromosome-free zone will soon have somewhere to go besides the ladies’ room.

Beginning next Tuesday night…

Pryor, Hollister receive honors

In recognition of their timely and influential work, Swarthmore professors Rob Hollister and Frederic Pryor recently received nationally renowned awards for their lifetime of research in the fields of…

Coke banished from Sharples, Pepsi reigns

Students returned to campus this week to find all Coca-Cola Company products replaced with Pepsi beverages, in fulfillment of the administration’s pledge to eliminate Coke’s presence on campus by the …

White Women Confronting Racism open up discussion

Recently, White Women Confronting Racism (WWCR), a group of self-identified white women who work towards raising awareness about concepts such as white privilege and racism, wrote an op-ed to The Phoe…

Delay in annual animal research report, still in compliance with AWA guidelines

A recent press release made available on the official Web site of the Humane Society of the United States concerning a lawsuit filed by the HSUS against the United States Department of Agriculture rev…

APIA month celebrates diversity of Asian identities

Asian Pacific Islander/American Heritage Month, officially celebrated by the U.S. in the month of May, began at the tail end of MULTi week with a workshop by Carmen Van Kerckhove on interracial dating…

SBC's funds run low with new groups; not a 'crisis'

The past few years have been witness to an increasing number of chartered student groups on campus. Especially as the Charter Committee prepares to make a decision on the chartering of Punc/tum!!!, a …

Panel brings together students of U.S., China

Last Friday afternoon, the college hosted “China Meets the World: Olympics, Modernization and Beyond,” two back-to-back discussions titled “China, U.S. and the World” and “China and Transformation.” D…

Flyers frame dialogue, pose questions of identity

Recent events surrounding the claims of appropriation of language specific to the LGBT community in the slogans of College Republican posters have initiated a series of responses and further dialogue …

Rugby denied National Guard grant, is recompensated

After administrators asked the women’s rugby team to decline a $5,000 grant from the National Guard, the college decided to provide funding to the team for the purchase of new equipment. Ideological r…

2020 campaign strives to incorporate student visions

Last Wednesday, Student Council and student committee representatives held an open information session to provide students with the opportunity to learn more about the 2020 campaign planning process a…

Kolker now alternate delegate

When the Pennsylvania Young Democrats pushed through a petition for the Pennsylvania Democratic Party to consider age as a factor among the delegate selection criteria, Anne Kolker ’08 saw her opportu…

'Blueprint' tutors for tests

This semester, when preparing curriculum and activities for students of Chester, Blueprint Project tutors and mentors are bearing in mind the upcoming Pennsylvania System of School Assessments while a…

Black history month engages the African diaspora

In observance of Black History Month, various student groups and organizations, academic departments and the Black Cultural Center have contributed to and coordinated several lectures, discussions, pe…

RA selection set to begin

Resident Assistant applications are in for the 2008-2009 school year, and the RA Selection Committee will begin to conduct interviews, which will last from Feb. 13-17 and will be followed by deliberat…

Students bring language instruction to district schools

Although most introductory education courses allow for classroom observation fieldwork as part of the class, a new pedagogy workshop class being taught by professor of French Carina Yervasi is allowin…

Professor sketches stories of Abu Ghraib detainees

Visiting assistant professor of art Daniel Heyman, who is currently on leave, has recently returned from Istanbul, Turkey and Amman, Jordan after completing a series of prints detailing the thoughts a…