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Senior artist exhibitions explore multimedia, genre

Senior Miyuki Baker recently was awarded a Thomas J. Watson Fellowship, while currently working on putting together her senior art show. “I’m really excited to have finally found a focus for my show, which will play on the idea that our identities

March 22, 2012

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Production Ensemble presents Ivona, Princess of Burgundia

Featuring 16 talented student actors, “Ivona, Princess of Burgundia” will hit the stage of LPAC’s Pearson-Hall Theatre tomorrow at 4:30 p.m. for its opening performance. With tech week drawing to close, Swarthmore’s Production Ensemble — after rehearsing the play since the start

March 22, 2012

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Opening doors, minds through sign language

Following a weekend packed with performances, workshops and lectures, the seven poets featured in the International Festival of Sign Language Poetry “Signing Hands Across the Water” kept shaping the same sign in describing their experiences to the event organizer: an opening door.

March 22, 2012

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Christina Obiajulu ’12

Swat Style Snapshot: Lingustics, Westfield, NJ, Parrish Her Current Outfit: Obiajulu has sourced every component of her outfit from different thrift stores. Her cream colored, lace blouse is from Goodwill on South Chester Road. Because the shirt is cropped, she has tucked

March 15, 2012

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WSRN expands, remodels and re-evaluates radio

For those who are crazy about hip hop or classical music, curious about environmental issues or interested in campus life, WSRN, Swarthmore’s radio station, offers up a wide array of music and talk for students to tune into. WSRN, founded in the

March 15, 2012

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Graphic design group offers collective learning opportunities

The new Graphic Design Group on campus held its debut meeting last Wednesday after receiving an enthusiastic virtual response from the campus community. The group was founded as a collaboration center for students interested in learning the basics of graphic design software,

March 15, 2012

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Gustavo Esteva questions government, power, good life

On Tuesday evening, Mexican activist Gustavo Esteva told the audience packed into Science Center 101 for his lecture “Beyond Development and Globalization” that it is impossible to change the world. For a man who has served as an advisor to the Zapatistas

March 15, 2012

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Knowledge is Power: Sources for learning about your body

This weekend, I attended a groovy workshop in New Delhi that focused on what else but sex. Well, sexual health, but we all know why everyone (or at least why I) showed up. There was one NGO based in the southern Indian

March 15, 2012

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Balancing size vs. substance in Swat’s Strategic Planning

One of the most interesting, and potentially controversial, aspects of the Strategic Plan is the suggestion that Swarthmore slowly increase its student population by about 200 students over a span of many years. The increased revenue from students would allow for increased

March 15, 2012

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Waffle House, Martindale’s provide surprising local options

I had a very exciting moment over spring break. I was sitting in a Waffle House somewhere in the South, on the way back to Swarthmore from South Carolina. I was not especially hungry, and therefore not planning on eating, when I

March 15, 2012

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