December 2007

Last year, Jon Petkun ’07 was a finalist in the first Mr. Swarthmore competition. His acclaimed performance had him wearing a blue leotard and performing self-described “patriotic ribbon dance.” He served as Vice President of the Young Democrats and he describes his

When acceptance letters went out for the class of 2012 earlier this week, Swarthmore did not ask a single student to take on loans. And next year, one third of Swarthmore's population will receive much higher grants. Swarthmore has decided to do

Swarthmore has seen a 10% increase on Fall Early Decision applications this year, shooting from 273 to 302 in one year. But the number of acceptance letters didn't see the same increase, making Fall ED more competitive than ever before.

On Monday evening at the Borough Council meeting, Council member Geoff Semenuk announced that the Borough had surpassed its goal of getting 200 new customers for clean energy. With these [...]