Swarthmore Resident Assistants voted to unionize 46-5 in an election held by the National Labor Relations Board on Thursday afternoon. RAs will now be represented under the Local 153 branch of the Office and Professional Employees International Union, giving them a seat
The college declined to voluntarily recognize Swarthmore’s newly-formed resident assistant union on Friday, Nov. 10. In an email to RAs on Friday afternoon, Vice President for Student Affairs Stephanie Ives told resident assistants that the college would support their decision to vote
An overwhelming number of Swarthmore Residential Assistants filed for union membership under the Local 153 branch of the Office and Professional Employees International Union and the National Labor Relations Board on Monday, Nov. 6. The efforts come amid a wave of unionization efforts
On Nov. 7, students will head to the polls and cast their ballots in the 2023 general election. The ballot will include a number of key state-wide races for positions on the Supreme Court, Superior Court, and Commonwealth Court. Students registered to
In the midst of the war in Ukraine, the rise of the Global South, and the aftermath of the COVID pandemic, how has the global order shifted? American University Distinguished Professor of International Relations (IR) Amitav Acharya discussed this question on Friday,
To fully understand the behind-the-scenes of Hamlet would be to venture into Shakespeare’s mind. While it may seem impractical, Tom Stoppard’s Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead achieves the seemingly impossible by satirizing the lives of two nonessential characters in Hamlet: Rosencrantz and
In an era of extreme polarization and politicization, how are we supposed to engage with our peers who share vastly different opinions from our own? Agnes Callard, Associate Professor of Philosophy at the University of Chicago, answered this question by turning to
After a seven-month-long search, President Valerie Smith announced that Dean of Students and Professor of Art History Tomoko Sakomura will serve as the next provost and dean of the faculty. The announcement came in an email to students, faculty, and staff members
On Sunday, March 26, the city of Philadelphia issued a public safety alert recommending that residents use bottled water as the result of the spillage of 8,000 gallons of an acrylic polymer solution. The chemical spill occurred late Friday, March 24 in
On Thursday, March 24 in the Chang Hou Lecture Hall, Harvard University Professor of Public Policy and Business Administration Amitabh Chandra delivered Swarthmore’s annual Pierson Lecture. In the talk, Chandra discussed medical innovation, economic incentives, and pricing in the biopharmaceutical industry, emphasizing
