February 2016 - Page 5 of 16

Administration holds finance and spending presentations

Since Feb. 1st, the administration has been holding meetings about the financial component of the college’s operations. On Jan. 18th, Vice President for Finance and Administration Greg Brown sent an email to all faculty, students, and staff announcing a series of information

February 18, 2016

The RnM showPhoto by Ellen Sanchez-Huerta '13

Sports

Athlete of the Week 2/18/16: Jessica Jowdy ’16

What She’s Done: She’s done it all. Top five in the Centennial Conference in points (17.8 ppg), assists (3.6 apg), steals (2.1 spg) and minutes (38.5 mpg), Jowdy has put together an All-Conference caliber season. Though the Garnet are eliminated from playoff

February 18, 2016

Campus Journal

Swiping your way through Swarthmore

Last August, dating entered an apocalyptic stage. The culprit? Tinder. “Hookup culture, which has been percolating for about a hundred years, has collided with dating apps, which have acted like a wayward meteor on the now dinosaur-like rituals of courtship,” Nancy Jo

February 18, 2016

Opinion

Beyoncé’s “Formation” Video helps to create the modern Black experience

“NEW BEYONCE, NEW BEYONCE, NEW BEYONCE”. I wake up from my much needed nap on Saturday to see this frantic text from a fellow Beyhive member. Holding back a scream as my heart accelerates, I follow a link to the video that

February 18, 2016

Around Campus·News

Eduroam in place despite student confusion

This semester, the college replaced SwatNet with Eduroam to improve Internet speed and connectivity. However, during the initial implementation of Eduroam, some students experienced trouble in connecting to the college’s wireless network. Chief Information Technology Officer Joel Cooper explained that the main

February 18, 2016

Campus Journal

Teaching and learning the radical act of self love

“Ms. A’Dorian, how do you get your hair like that?”, my girls would ask last summer as they played with my kinks and coils during our program’s free time. For most of them it was their first time being around a black

February 18, 2016

Opinion

Ted Cruz, Marco Rubio, and what happens when politicians yell in Spanish

Heading into Valentine’s Day weekend, I was certain the most embarrassing thing I would have to sit through was Screw Your Roommate. Then I turned on the Republican presidential debate. The ninth debate in South Carolina was a free-for-all, full of tense

February 18, 2016

Arts

Dept. of Modern Languages celebrates Valentine’s Day with bilingual love poems

Last Thursday evening, a group of mostly faculty members and students gathered into the Scheuer Room to listen to love poems — in multiple different languages. The event, “A Multiple Bilingual Reading of Great Love Poems from Around the World,” was organized

February 18, 2016

Campus Journal

Exploring bacteria and biochemistry in the lab with Meghann Kasal

This week, I talked to Meghann Kasal ’17, who does research with Professor Stephen Miller in the biochemistry department. Kasal’s work centers around bacterial communication, specifically with a process called quorum sensing. In quorum sensing, bacteria produce molecules called autoinducers. The greater

February 18, 2016

Around Campus·News

Racial vandalism leaves community confused about next steps

The past few months have seen what is arguably a historic rise in the visibility of racial tensions on American college campuses. Students of color at universities around the country are drawing attention to the myriad ways in which they experience discrimination

February 18, 2016

February 2016 - Page 5

Administration holds finance and spending presentations

Athlete of the Week 2/18/16: Jessica Jowdy ’16

Swiping your way through Swarthmore

Beyoncé’s “Formation” Video helps to create the modern Black experience

Eduroam in place despite student confusion

Teaching and learning the radical act of self love

Ted Cruz, Marco Rubio, and what happens when politicians yell in Spanish

Dept. of Modern Languages celebrates Valentine’s Day with bilingual love poems

Exploring bacteria and biochemistry in the lab with Meghann Kasal

Racial vandalism leaves community confused about next steps

Latest Posts

Controversy Surrounds Swarthmore Democratic Committee Endorsements

Swarthmore Begins Search for New Provost

Weekly Recap

The Rational Ideology of Philadelphia’s Urban Landscape

Suggestions

February 2016 - Page 5

Latest Posts

Follow Us