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Concert highlights various forms of dance expression

The lights fade. Two musicians walk on stage in bluish purple light and take a seat stage left; one plays guitar, the other viola de gamba. Then two women walk on stage and stand next to each other. There is a brief

February 16, 2012

Campus Journal

Remember pale ale’s place in American brewing

In my previous column I began the long but fulfilling process of wrestling with the complicated and idiosyncratic naming system of beer styles. I touched on the historical, cultural and functional roots of some of the world’s most popular brands and why

February 16, 2012

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Dorm Dive: The community spirit of Mary Lyon

Andrew Karas & Ben Goloff Situated off campus and arguably closer to Wallingford than the town of Swarthmore, Mary Lyon is generally not the most popular of dormitories. However, for first-year students Ben Goloff and Andrew Karas, Mary Lyon is a perfectly

February 16, 2012

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Crossword artist Will Shortz shares his love of words

The most puzzling piece of personal history New York Times crossword editor Will Shortz shared with the audience packed into Haverford College’s Robert Marshall Auditorium on Friday night may not have been his favorite word (ucalegon: a neighbor whose house is on

February 16, 2012

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WRC creates space for conversation, home cooking

This semester, students at Swarthmore College will have another party option on Saturday evenings. At the Women’s Resource Center (WRC), parties with different themes each week will provide a cozy and home-like atmosphere. This past Saturday, the themed party “Home Sweet Home”

February 16, 2012

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They found love in a swawkward place

How two Screw dates turned into actual couples For all the freshmen reassuring themselves Screw is a meaningless, uncomfortable dinner conversation best suffered through and then removed to the dark recesses of repressed memories, think again. The following Screw couples have been

February 16, 2012

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Tierney, social sciences triumph in Bathtub Debates

The fate of our planet fell into the hands of Professor Dominic Tierney last Thursday after winning Swarthmore’s Bathtub Debate, in which professors representing each of the three academic divisions — the natural sciences, social sciences and humanities — duked it out

February 9, 2012

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Making time for ample self-pleasure at Swarthmore

Solo sex—the only time when excessive self-love is a good thing. Whether by choice or because you have no choice, masturbation is the key to consistent sexual pleasure. If there is anything in the realm of sex that Swat has taught me,

February 9, 2012

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Strategic Plan passes over the need for a student center

Over winter break, I found myself reading “My Long Trip Home,” an autobiography by Mark Whitaker, a journalist who spent a semester at Swarthmore, and whose parents were Swarthmore graduates. Although Whitaker’s time at Swarthmore was limited to a semester in the

February 9, 2012

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Cooking cheap local meals: green is good

Food. That was the word with which I started my previous column. It is also the word I chose to begin this installment. Why the redundancy? The explanation is that food — the healthy kind of food that energizes rather than weighs

February 9, 2012

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