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Swat students operate homeless shelter

This fall, a group of students from Swarthmore, in addition to both undergraduate and graduate students from six other colleges, kick-started the Student-Run Emergency Housing Unit of Philadelphia (SREHUP), a budding initiative dedicated to providing shelter during the coldest months of the
November 17, 2011
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Student wellness a priority this semester

Paying attention to student wellness — the elements of which include emotional comfort, social well-being, and healthy academic performance — has become a niche at this college over the past few years. This year, first-year orientation revolved around an assemblage of wellness
November 3, 2011
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IC director Rafael Zapata to leave Swat

After almost 10 years of serving as Assistant Dean and Director of the Intercultural Center, Rafael Zapata will be leaving Swarthmore College in January 2012 for a position as Chief Diversity Officer and Associate Vice President at Providence College in Rhode Island.
November 3, 2011
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Rotaract brings polio awareness to Swat

Last Monday, Swarthmore’s Rotaract group brought the issue of polio awareness to Swarthmore. The “purple pinky project,” was a fundraising and awareness raising day of tabling at Swarthmore about the ongoing issue of polio worldwide. Members of Swarthmore’s Rotaract were stationed at
October 27, 2011
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Occupy Philly attracts Swat supporters

Fueled by citizens discontented with an economic system that they say favors 1% of the population at the expense of the remaining 99%, the Occupy protests that began on Wall Street more than a month ago have spread across the United States
October 20, 2011
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New clean-up policy for Paces Cafe proposed

This summer’s Paces makeover, both inside and out, has been followed with a proposal due Sunday for a new systematic policy regarding the use of Paces as a social space — the Social Affairs Committee (SAC) has agreed to pay a nonrefundable
October 20, 2011
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Valuables stolen from student car in parking lot

Last week an unidentified burglar broke into a student’s car parked in Cunningham parking lot and stole some valuables. “I know of at least one student who had their car physically broken into,” said Jessica Cannizzaro ’12, an RA on Willets Second
October 6, 2011
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