February 2011 - Page 2

Week of 2/13

Records set by Swarthmore swimmers and basketball players last week.
February 22, 2011

Swarthmore’s Website to be Redesigned

The Communications and ITS Departments plan to update the Swarthmore website’s homepage by early next year. The website hasn’t been redesigned in about six years and according to Nancy Nicely, Director of Communications, “websites don’t have a long shelf life.”
February 18, 2011

Rob LaMoy, Middlebury Exchange Student and Quidditch Pioneer

Rob LaMoy, a junior at Middlebury College, is spending a semester here at Swarthmore. LaMoy plays Quidditch at Middlebury, the birthplace and epicenter of collegiate Quidditch, and is hoping to start a team at Swarthmore. The Gazette sat down with him before
February 17, 2011

Swarthmore College and the Fiction of Jonathan Franzen ’81

In Jonathan Franzen’s 2010 novel Freedom, protagonist Patty Berglund visits her daughter Jessica at her Philadelphia-area liberal arts college on Parents’ Weekend. There are a number of clues that Jessica attends Swarthmore, Franzen’s alma mater. Swarthmore, indeed, plays a prominent role throughout
February 17, 2011

Week of 2/6

A list of records and milestones achieved by Swat athletes last week.
February 16, 2011

Camera found in Cornell Library Bathroom

Last Friday, Public Safety sent out a campus wide email regarding an actively recording camera found in 1st floor bathroom Cornell Science Library. The camera was found at approximately noon and the student who discovered it immediately removed it and took it
February 15, 2011

Villagers

The poetic darkness of O’Brien’s folk will capture your heart if you like singer-songwriters with soft, soothing voices and a hint of edginess.
February 15, 2011

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