Gallery: Nicholas D. Kristof Visits Swarthmore

November 16, 2011
Kristof addresses the audience, saying, "I think I must have been a Swattie in a former life"
Kristof addresses the audience, saying, "I think I must have been a Swattie in a former life"

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.

Photos by Kat Clark ’12.

Two-time Pulitzer Prize winner, New York Times columnist and author of Half the Sky: From Oppression to Opportunity for Women Worldwide Nicholas D. Kristof spoke at Swarthmore College on Monday, November 14, 2011 in Lang Performing Arts Center. His speech was entitled “A Call to Action: Encouraging people to join the ‘World’s Fight.'” Prior to the lecture, Kristof met with students at a Lang Center-sponsored poster session, at a small fireside chat in Bond, and in the office of War News Radio.


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