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Students for Peace and Justice in Palestine hosted a ring discussion on Gaza last week. Photos by Brendan Work.The discussion took place a little over a year after a three-week conflict between the Israeli military and Hamas in Gaza.John Williams, a Philadelphia artist, led a ceramics workshop last Friday. Photo by Brendan Work.Scott Thorough, a Brooklyn-based MC, was one of three rap groups at Olde Club last Saturday. Photos by Jiuxing June Xie.Junk Science, an MC and DJ duo, headlined.As part of Religion and Spirituality Week, the religious advisors, interfaith interns, and members of religious groups held a parlor party Thursday night. Photo by Jiuxing June Xie.Trash 2 Treasure also held a parlor party on Thursday night. Photo by Jiuxing June Xie.
When Swarthmore upscale wine bar and restaurant Village Vine announced that it would be holding its final dinner service on March 8, many members of the community were shocked and disappointed to hear the news. The day after its closure, however, chef-owner
Correction: A previous version of this article listed Feb. 28 as the letter releases date. It has now been corrected to March 21. On March 21, Swarthmore College sent acceptance letters to 965 prospective members of the Class of 2029. The admissions
On Saturday, March 22, artist and documentary filmmaker Sharon Hayes came to Swarthmore’s campus for a screening and discussion of her most recent work, “Ricerche: four.” The fourth of a series of documentaries centering on questions of gender and sexuality, the film’s
Chris Van Hollen was born in 1959 to parents serving in the U.S. Foreign Service in Pakistan. After a childhood moving throughout Pakistan, Turkey, India, and Sri Lanka, he went to high school in Massachusetts before attending Swarthmore and graduating with a
Dr. Carl Hart, an acclaimed researcher of neuropsychopharmacology and behavioral neuroscience, gave a lecture titled “Drug Use for Grown Ups: Where Science and Policy Intersect” on Wednesday, March 19. Hart, the Mamie Phipps Clark Professor of Psychology at Columbia University, said he