Lauren Stokes

StuCo Forum on Transparency

Student Council held a student forum on Sunday afternoon to focus on issues that Student Council can fix internally, primarily ways to make it more transparent and accessible. The forum [...]
September 16, 2007

Will Coke Come Back? BoM to Decide

Although Swarthmore cut its fountain contract with Coke last October, the Board of Managers may reinstate the contract at their next meeting on the weekend of September 28th. The contract [...]
September 12, 2007

Ask the DG: Sharples and AC?

Sweaty Swatties rejoice--air conditioning is finally being installed in Sharples for a price tag of $900,000. Stuart Hain, Vice President of Facilities, explained that "we have been aware that the conditions in that building can be really uncomfortable for both students and
September 11, 2007

SCCS Servers Compromised

The SCCS server was compromised and was being used to host and send out pharmaceutical spam content, largely due to a URL vulnerability in The Phoenix's index.php
September 11, 2007

Swat on Rankings: “Participation without Promotion”

Late Friday afternoon, Al Bloom joined the presidents of eighteen other liberal arts colleges in releasing a statement outlining the colleges' positions on college rankings. All but one of the colleges signing Friday's letter are currently ranked in the top twenty-five LACs
September 11, 2007

Student Council 411

Student Council discussed the agenda for an upcoming forum with the Intercultural Center and Black Cultural Center. This event will be happening in the Scheuer Room on Sunday the 16th [...]
September 9, 2007

Incoming freshmen take AlcoholEDU

This year incoming freshmen were required to take AlcoholEdu, a web-based course that lasts about two and a half hours and imparts information about alcohol safety. The Delta Upsilon fraternity was the early adopter at Swarthmore. They were encouraged by the national
September 6, 2007

Student Council 411

Student Council had many successes last year (the ITS calendar initiative, class syllabi on Blackboard) but is also still in the middle of many projects, some of which were discussed [...]
September 6, 2007

SPAC is back as activist resource center

The Swarthmore Progressive Action Coalition [SPAC] began a new era yesterday with a packed event in the Lang Center's Keith Room. After having been mostly dormant for a few years, SPAC has plans to reconstitute itself as a sort of central resource
September 3, 2007
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