Editor’s note: This article was initially published in The Daily Gazette, Swarthmore’s online, daily newspaper founded in Fall 1996. As of Fall 2018, the DG has merged with The Phoenix. See the about page to read more about the DG.
Recently a handful of Swarthmore students have stumbled upon the website http://www.spiritandearth.org/. Until yesterday, the site held a legacy copy of Swarthmore College’s old website.
According to Kelly Mueller of ITS, the site was “purchased by a professor who intends to build a site related to his research interests.” The redirect was an accident because the domain was hosted before Swarthmore changed themes. A domain whois search revealed that the domain is owned by Professor Mark Wallace, the Chair of Swarthmore’s religion department. Many of his earlier books, including “Fragments of the Spirit: Nature, Violence, and the Renewal of Creation” hint at a spirit-and-earth theme in the professors work.
When the site was brought to the attention of ITS, the redirect was replaced with a blank page.
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