The Week in Pictures: January 30th

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.

Due to rain and temperatures that hovered around freezing, many trees were coated with ice on Wednesday, giving them an elegant glass-like appearance. Photo by Colin Purrington.

In front of of PPR, protesters from the Metropolitan Regional Council of Carpenters spoke out against Swarthmore's use of non-union labor on the new greenhouse. Photo by Lauren Stokes.

A snowman smiled at passers-by on Magill Walk on Wednesday. Photo by Carolyn Whipple.

A bat found itself stuck in a McCabe stairwell on Monday night, causing quite a commotion. Photo by Simon Nin Zhu.

From protesters in front of PPR to snowmen on Parrish Beach, see some images from the second week of the semester.

Carolyn Whipple

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Rhoda says:

January 30, 2009 at 9:03 am

Where did you take the photo? I think this is a Japanese maple, but I'm not sure.

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