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A conversation on perfection with faculty ends inconclusively, main take-away to take it lightly

It was late evening when the professors arrived. The college lay deep in rainy mist. There was nothing to be seen of “Perfection,” for mist and darkness surrounded it, and only the faintest marks of chalk showed where the concept of “Perfection”

December 4, 2014

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Time-hopping “Earthquakes in London” to show in LPAC

“Earthquakes in London,” written in 2010 by British playwright Mike Bartlett, is a pro-divestment family drama that stretches from 50 years in the past to 500 years in the future. The show is set in London, where there may or may not

December 4, 2014

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CUPSI team of eclectic voices readies for VCU

On Saturday, November 8, Swarthmore’s fourth annual CUPSI team was selected at a qualifier held in LPAC. The five teammates are entering this process having had various experiences with each other and the competition at large. Four of the poets have competed

November 20, 2014

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Jeff Chang, celebrated journalist, activist and writer, talks hip hop in the Intercultural Center

One side of the wall is developed as much as possible. A busy road is full of traffic right up along it, eventually feeding into a sea of houses claustrophobically arranged on a big hill. The other side is almost a desert

November 20, 2014

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“Mad Forest” distills 1989 Romania into anecdotes

Like a talisman, theater has that magical quality of transforming, in a mere gesture, families or friend groups into single representative images of entire civilizations, nations and colleges. Oedipus, for example, might sleep with Hamlet’s mother on stage. Hamlet’s mother might move

November 20, 2014

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Marginalized Ashkenazi voices shown at McCabe

Yesterday, Hanna King ’15 presented her award winning book collection, “Plucked from a Holy Book: Ashkenazim on the Margins,” to a small crowd in McCabe Atrium. Her collection won the A. Edward Newton Student Book Collection Competition, the oldest book collection prize

November 13, 2014

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Laverne Cox stuns raving Tri-Co crowd

Last Friday, Emmy-nominated actress Laverne Cox made a highly anticipated appearance at Haverford College with an hour-and-a-half long talk about her life as an openly transgender actress. When Laverne Cox appeared onstage, and was greeted by enthusiastic applause that lasted for several

November 13, 2014

Love is a multiplicative identity, you get out what you put in.

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Kehoe and Lichtman still-lives now on display at List Gallery

Velázquez somehow managed to show up in the frame of the enormous screen in Lang Performing Arts Center during a well-attended presentation by Catherine Kehoe and Susan Lichtman, introducing their “Tone Shapes and Shape Notes” exhibit, currently inhabiting the List Gallery. But

November 13, 2014

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OASIS qualifier for College Unions Poetry Slam Invitational ends with tense ‘Slam-Off’

Last Saturday, Swarthmore’s spoken word group, OASIS, hosted its annual qualifier for the College Unions Poetry Slam Invitational. This is the fourth running year that OASIS has sent a team to the invitational, which this year will take place in Richmond, Va.

November 13, 2014

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Second Olde Club show of year hits the sweet spot

The second show at Olde Club this year, featuring artists Brianna Cash and Xenia Rubinos, was subdued and intimate at times, and made you want to dance at others. The show started at 10 p.m. last Thursday, November 6, and ended at

November 13, 2014

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