Yingjia Wang

A recently revived SDS gets involved nationally, regionally

Since its revival earlier this year, Swarthmore’s Students for a Democratic Society has hit the ground running. Notably, the group has attended a recent protest at the Western Hemisphere Institute for…

SDS reemerges in effort to revitalize campus activism

After a hiatus of over 30 years, Students for a Democratic Society is reclaiming its place on Swarthmore’s campus. However, the current incarnation of SDS is noticeably different from its former sel…

Orientation considers changes

Members of the class of 2012 will get a new introduction to the college when they arrive on campus in the fall of 2008. The Deans Office and the Orientation Committee are currently hard at work planni…

Student greens dorm room as a mini-model of sustainability

While students at Swarthmore have no doubt seen the signs in their bathrooms and laundry rooms encouraging them to conserve water and energy when they brush their teeth or wash their clothes, one seni…

Students lobby on climate at Power Shift 2007

This past weekend, 22 Swarthmore students joined nearly 6,000 college and high school students from around the world at the Power Shift 2007 Conference in College Park, Maryland. According to Power Sh…

Fulbright Scholar visits Palestinian refugee camp in Lebanon

The Fulbright Scholarship, which allows graduates to study for a year in a country of their choice, has garnered special interest this year on the Swarthmore campus, both in terms of a number of incre…

Conference draws attention to racial profiling

Law enforcement and community leaders from the college and surrounding areas gathered on campus over fall break for a training course presented by the Department of Justice’s Community Relations Servi…

Swat Sudan renamed STAND, broadens future goals

A prominent part of campus student activism at Swarthmore, Swat Sudan, recently underwent a makeover. Now a chapter of STAND, the group has simultaneously broadened its mission to include working agai…

StuCo and CAPS meet to improve outreach to students

Student Council and Counseling and Psychological Services are in the process of discussing ways that CAPS can better inform the college student body about its range of services and place within the Sw…

Dean's office offers student life coaching

Swarthmore students seeking professional support now have two resources available to them. While Counseling and Psychological Services has long offered psychological counseling and psychotherapy, the …

Dining Services introduces compostable containers

Over the summer, cups, plates and containers in Essie Mae’s and the coffee bars have undergone an environmentally friendly makeover. Thanks to the joint efforts of Earthlust, the Good Food Project, Di…

Despite lure of admitted students' programs at competing institutions, Ride the Tide set to draw record crowd

The college’s population will swell this Thursday and Friday, Apr. 17 and 18, as more than 300 prospective students flock to campus for Ride the Tide. Thus far 325 students have RSVPed to the event wi…

Luce scholarship for Asian study awarded to two students

As fellowships and prizes news continues to trickle in, Swarthmore recently received news of more winners from the college. Marshall Morales ’08 and Noah Metheny ’03 were named Luce Scholars while Jam…

Admissions selectivity on the rise, lower yield expected

Once again this year, Swarthmore’s admissions acceptance rate has dropped to an all-time low. The college received 6,118 applications this year for the class of 2012 and admitted only 15 percent, a tw…

Sager fund turns 20 with 'Boundaries of Queer'

This weekend, the annual Sager Symposium returns to campus with a schedule of nine events ranging from the workshop “The Gender-Free Orgasm” to the lecture “Dancing with Death: Black Queer Identities …

MULTi week questions constructs of ethnicity, race

Designed to increase campus awareness of the student group and the issues it represents, MULTi week (hosted by MULTi) plans to bring multicultural issues into the greater campus consciousness. The wee…

'Techno-Islamic Cure for Posession' talk explores electronic media and social hierarchy in Moroccan exorcism

Swarthmore alum Emilio Spadola ’95 returned to campus this past Tuesday, March 4 to deliver a lecture concerning the impacts of media and technology on the ways in which Islamic beliefs and practices …

Bayer named Vice President for Development and Alumni Relations, seeks to increase donations to the college

After a search process that began in October of last year, the college recently announced the promotion of Director of Development Stephen Bayer to the role of Vice President for Development and Alumn…

Environmentalism to be taught at Wallingford

Looking to expand their reach outside of the Swarthmore community, four Earthlust members recently began leading environmental enrichment sessions at Wallingford Elementary School. Kavita Hardy ’08, A…

Spring LSE in the works to follow costly but successful 'Roots'

Though we may be mere weeks into the spring semester, the Large Scale Events Committee has already begun planning this semester’s event. According to committee member Alvin Melathe ‘10, who spoke befo…

LPAC dance rehearsal space to favor dance majors and minors

The tussle for rehearsal space between the college’s extra-curricular dance groups and its dance students approaches a potential solution this semester. The dance department is implementing a new spac…

International, ED and regular applications rise

Swarthmore’s selectivity continues to surge as the number of applications to the college increases and the number of applicants accepted remains approximately the same. The first wave of decisions was…