The Dean's Office has been making continuous efforts to review freshman orientation week and make improvements and changes as they deem necessary. Last semester, for example, it was decided that [...]
After spending most of its time in the Kitao Gallery, the student-run cafe Qub is moving to the trailer shared by the Dana and Hallowell dorms. "We concluded it would [...]
Andrea Cornejo '10 took leave this semester to finish the project she began in Peru this summer: building and implementing a library in a small village after the disaster of [...]
Last year the infamous U.S. News and World Report college rankings, as well as other similar rankings, had prompted Al Bloom and many other college presidents to publish an official [...]
In a meeting that re-evaluated the goals of freshman orientation, the deans have made a decision to eliminate the pre-orientation backpacking trip, in addition to changing the composition of the [...]
The opening credits to the documentary that premiered at the Sundance Film Festival fade onto the screen. “The Linguists,” it flashes. “Starring Greg Anderson and David Harrison.” Filmmakers Seth Kramer [...]
APIA Heritage Month began last Friday with a workshop on interracial dating—one of many events hosted by SAO that will continue through late April. The goal, according to SAO president [...]
Edward Gibson, a professor at MIT, mainly studies memory and how it affects language. He recently returned from studying the Pirahã and examining other more controversial issues surrounding the tribe. [...]
Ninjas move in for the kill in Professor Andrew Ward's Intro to Psychology class. Google “ninjagram” or “ninja gram” and the first result of each search will tell you that [...]
Student Council and members of the planning committees hosted a large forum for discussion and brainstorming about how Swarthmore should invest its money from the Meaning of Swarthmore campaign.