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Celebrating the cuisine of Philly women

As most of you know by now, my favorite thing to do is restaurant hop and exploring different cuisines, and today we are going to celebrate two women who are both business and life partners and have significantly contributed to Philadelphia’s restaurant

March 24, 2016

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New course on women in art offers students different experiences, perspective

Women and Art, a new art history course taught by Professor Patricia Reilly, encourages Swarthmore students to consider the role of women in the American art world. Because the class’s subject matter is often underrepresented, students in the class are enthusiastic to

March 3, 2016

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Sex and the Swattie

Hi, friends. This is a sex column, and I’m going to be talking about sex today, but not as a good thing. I’ve had a very unhealthy relationship, often addiction-like, with sex, that I still sometimes fight to overcome. This column

March 3, 2016

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WICS offers women in computer science support, opportunities

We’ve all heard the statistics: women are pretty drastically underrepresented in STEM fields, particularly those of computer science and engineering. A mere 17 percent of undergraduate computer science degrees, nationally, are awarded to women. Although Swarthmore typically does a little better than

March 3, 2016

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Swarthmore Doula program teaches birth strategies, emotional support

Probably the last thing on most college student’s mind is having babies. We just have our foot in the door of adulthood, with all the independence and none of the responsibility. Some students on campus have been taking on some responsibilities outside

March 3, 2016

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Message received

Hey all you beautiful swatties, I’m your new trend/fashion/culture columnist. Extremely excited and honored as I am to write you guys about fashion, I still feel reluctant to call myself a fashion columnist. I’ve never read a single issue of Vogue, nor

March 3, 2016

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Finding womanhood in friendships abroad

Disclaimer: I am a Swarthmore student studying abroad in Havana, Cuba for the semester. My experience is not representative of the experience of actual Cubans or anyone else living on the island right now, nor any/all people who identify as women or

March 3, 2016

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Treasure-filled BCC creates sense of home in Robinson House

Swarthmore’s Black Cultural Center, located in the Robinson House, has been a cardinal place for students throughout the years. The BCC was founded after a series of actions from Black students who campaigned for increased representation in the student body as well

February 18, 2016

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Biochem research with Meghann Kasal

This week, I talked to Meghann Kasal ’17, who does research with Professor Stephen Miller in the biochemistry department. Kasal’s work centers around bacterial communication, specifically with a process called quorum sensing. In quorum sensing, bacteria produce molecules called autoinducers. The

February 18, 2016

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Multi group offers opportunity for self-exploration, solidarity

The Swarthmore Community does a wonderful job of creating safe spaces for students to explore, celebrate, and learn about their culture, race, and ethnicity. With so many mono-racial, monocultural, and mono-ethnic groups on campus, students who don’t quite fit into only one

February 18, 2016

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