The Love Song of C. Anne Lafont
Corinne Lafont '26 reflects on her four years at Swarthmore.
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Swat bucks national trend of decline in science majors
Based on observations from members of the Swarthmore community, the college seems to be defying a perceived nationwide decline in the number of successful math, science, and engineering majors. On November 6, 2011, The New York Times printed an article titled, “Why
Late night dining options proposed for hungry students
After several late and hungry nights last semester, Morgan Williams ’14 and Nicholas Ciborowski ’14 started devising a plan to establish a system that would make food available past midnight on campus. “When it gets to be around one or two [in
Judith Butler speaks at Bryn Mawr as Mary Flexner lecturer
As students at Swarthmore listened to Nicholas Kristof’s humanitarian pitch on Monday, students at Bryn Mawr flocked to a philosophical lecture that, according to an official publication, covered “the important distinction between queer politics and gay and lesbian rights frameworks,” and questioned
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
Swat’s numbers of alcohol-related incidents remain low
Alcohol-related incidents at Swarthmore have remained remarkably low for the past few years, and this trend seems likely to continue. According to the Clery Report, available to all students from Public Safety, the number of liquor law arrests has been around 20
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
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.
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
Swatties head to Georgia to protest at U.S. military base
Swarthmore students will be driving down to Fort Benning, Georgia on November 18 to protest against the Western Hemisphere Institute for National Security Cooperation (WHINSC), formerly known as the School of the Americas (SOA), a United States Department of Defense training facility.
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