This year, 361 prospective students attended Ride the Tide, the college’s annual event for admitted students. Despite the fact that the college received 1000 less fewer applicants this year, this is the second highest total of attendees in the history of the
Sara Blazevic ’15 served as the programming coordinator for the second Fossil Fuel Divestment Convergence, a conference in which members of the national Divestment Student Network gathered to discuss strategies of divestment. Blazevic is a member of Mountain Justice, a student organization
To celebrate the college’s sesquicentennial, a group of Swarthmore alumni have organized a Collection of Service, a program designed to provide alumni with an opportunity to join together to participate in volunteer work across the country. The Collection of Service is taking
Brennan Klein ’14 won this year’s SwatTank — a competition designed to support entrepreneurship — for his business plan, Wall.it, a social consumer network. “Wall.it is an app/website, and it’s a way to give people free stuff, based on what they like,”
The admissions decisions mailed out by the college last week mark a decrease in applications to the college and a dip in selectivity for the class of 2018. While applications from the college steadily increased from 6,547 in 2011 to 6,614 in
After conversations with the managers of WSRN, Campus Council has obtained the back room of the WSRN station on the fourth floor of Parrish to use as an office space. Use of the large WSRN room will alternate between the two groups.
Swarthmore Mountain Justice, the student group that has aggressively fought for the college to divest its endowment from the fossil fuel industry, interrupted and took over a Board of Managers meeting last year, and protested outside another one last semester — both
Voting opened yesterday for students to select their desired performer for Swarthmore’s Large Scale Event on May 3rd. The options posted online consist of Joey Bada$$, The White Panda, and Breathe Carolina. All three artists have confirmed their availability to perform at
The college has hired a new director of sustainability Laura Cacho, who will work to encourage environmentally sustainable behavior throughout the campus. In her role as director of sustainability, Cacho will also help organize courses focused on sustainability, invite outside speakers to
To raise funds in order to remodel a computer lab in Sri Lanka and simultaneously promote attendance of athletic events, Aaron Jackson ’16 and Yohan Sumathipala ’16 started the initiative Swat Seventh Fan. For every fan who signs up in advance and
