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January 2009 - Page 2

Swatties Share their Externship Stories

Over winter break, many Swatties participated in Career Service’s “extern” program that matches students to hosts, often alums or parents of students, who provide the student with an opportunity to experience a work environment for a week.
January 28, 2009

Local Carpenters’ Union Protests Greenhouse Project

The Metropolitan Regional Council of Carpenters has been protesting on Route 320 in front of the athletic fields, claiming that the College is "destroying the wages and benefit standards of area carpenters" by awarding work to non-union contractors for the greenhouse project.
January 27, 2009

Bat Attack!

A bat surprised students in McCabe with an appearance in a stairwell on Monday night. Simon Nin Zhu snapped a photo of the furry flying mammal.
January 27, 2009

Swarthmore Named Best Value in Private Higher Education

A recent report released earlier this month by the Princeton Review in conjunction with USAToday ranked Swarthmore as the best value in private colleges. Only 50 private and 50 public institutions were ultimately chosen to the list of "Best Value Colleges of
January 27, 2009

How Are Swarthmore’s Managers Selected

The Board of Managers is, perhaps, the single most powerful group at Swarthmore. Still, most Swatties don't know much about the organization, so the Gazette caught up with Maurice G. Eldridge '61.
January 27, 2009

The Lang Scholars of 2011

The Lang Center for Civic and Social Responsibility announced the newest class of 2011 recipients of the Eugene M. Lang Opportunity Scholarship. Recipients Ecem Erseker, Priya Johnson, Katherine Lam, Chengetai Mahomva, Ashia Troiano, and Sneha Shrestha have each been awarded a guaranteed
January 25, 2009
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