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Sondheim’s ‘Company’ walks onto the LPAC Main Stage

Saturday evening, Swarthmore College’s Drama Board hosted the first musical at Swarthmore in over eight years. “Company,” a comedy-drama, tells the story of a ‘thirty-something’ named Bobby — a bachelor among couples — living in New York City. The play’s music and
November 10, 2011

Real Food Festival shows ways to be sustainable

If you happened to pass through the open space across from the Swarthmore Co-op this weekend, you would have heard joyful music and seen children playing, parents collecting brochures and asking questions around different tables or people shaking jars. Grow, Cook, Eat:
November 10, 2011

A rundown of frozen dessert options in Philadelphia

Frozen and sweet and never out of season: Jen Johnson describes the local favorites Granted, ice cream is not the most seasonal dessert to be discussing in mid-November in the Northeast. Don’t worry, though; these local favorites are unlikely to go belly-up
November 10, 2011

Mixed Company builds on success, attracts new talent

For thousands of years, music has been a way in which humans communicate with one another. From the simplest wooden instrument to a priceless, delicately hand-crafted violin, people have sought to create and perfect ways of making music. Yet the simplest instrument
November 3, 2011

Must we make a friend of horror, Colonel Kurtz?

In one of the most memorable scenes from “Apocalypse Now,” Marlon Brando, shrouded in shadow, hisses out (amidst other drug-fueled demagogic babblings) that “Horror has a face . . . and you must make a friend of Horror.” Brando’s Colonel Kurtz (and
November 3, 2011

S.978 Jail time for Streaming

It’s been three years since Justin Bieber, a Canadian pop and R&B singer/songwriter, released a YouTube video that sparked his music career. In the next year, 2009, his debut single “One Time” peaked top ten in Canada. Since then, he’s released seven
November 3, 2011

ITS showcases the future of academic technology

3D Printing, Mobile Devices in the Classroom, Web Video Galleries, Pen Display Graphics Tablet, Cinematic HD Video, New Tripod, eBooks, Moodle Q&A Booth, Open Source Electronics Projects … Do these terms sound familiar? On Monday afternoon in the Scheuer Room, the annual
November 3, 2011

Student and alumni composers bring music to Lang

On Saturday evening, October 29, student and alumni composers, singers and musicians gathered for a recital, which began at 8:00 p.m. in the Lang Concert Hall. The Swarthmore Department of Music and Dance, Alumni Relations Office and Council and The Friends of
November 3, 2011
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