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Spray painting incident prompts response from Dean’s Office, Bias Response Team

On Tuesday, August 30, Public Safety responded to the report of a student seeing two swastikas spray-painted on the wall of the gender-neutral bathroom on the second floor of McCabe Library. The Dean’s Office and the Bias Response Team then met to

September 5, 2016

News

Clinton, Krueger-Braneky Campaigns Court Local Millennials

Editor’s note: This article was initially published in The Daily Gazette, Swarthmore’s online, daily newspaper founded in Fall 1996. As of Fall 2018, the DG has merged with The Phoenix. See the about page to read more about the DG. Democratic campaigns,

August 31, 2016

Longform·News

The End of Free Alcohol and the Legacy of Spring 2013

Editor’s note: This article was initially published in The Daily Gazette, Swarthmore’s online, daily newspaper founded in Fall 1996. As of Fall 2018, the DG has merged with The Phoenix. See the about page to read more about the DG. Over the

May 13, 2016

News

Barry Schwartz on Shooting for Good Enough, Social Justice, and Future Plans

Editor’s note: This article was initially published in The Daily Gazette, Swarthmore’s online, daily newspaper founded in Fall 1996. As of Fall 2018, the DG has merged with The Phoenix. See the about page to read more about the DG. Lisa Kato

May 6, 2016

News

Voting Here, Voting There: Deciding Where to Cast Your Ballot in November

Editor’s note: This article was initially published in The Daily Gazette, Swarthmore’s online, daily newspaper founded in Fall 1996. As of Fall 2018, the DG has merged with The Phoenix. See the about page to read more about the DG. On November

May 6, 2016

Around Campus·Around Higher Education·News

“Inside Out” program brings students and coursework into local prison

On Wednesday afternoon, in the Visitors’ Room of the nearby the Chester State Correctional Institute, Professor of Political Science Keith Reeves oversaw the graduation ceremony of his fourth “Politics of Punishment” course taught in a correctional facility in four years. Reeves did

April 29, 2016

Longform·News

More Gender-Neutral Bathrooms, but Challenges Remain for Trans/Non-Binary Students

Editor’s note: This article was initially published in The Daily Gazette, Swarthmore’s online, daily newspaper founded in Fall 1996. As of Fall 2018, the DG has merged with The Phoenix. See the about page to read more about the DG. Swarthmore College

April 29, 2016

Around Campus·News·Uncategorized

College introduces shift differential for night staff

The college has recently decided to improve the wages of staff who work night hours by one dollar. Effective July 1st, the increase will apply to staff from Environmental Services and Public Safety who normally start their shifts between 9 p.m. and

April 28, 2016

Around Campus·News

Swatstruck, Swatlight successfully replace Ride the Tide

Last week, the college hosted hundreds of prospective students for SwatStruck and SwatLight. Formerly Ride the Tide, this annual event offers current high school seniors a sample of life at Swarthmore. The students were given a schedule of classes they can attend

April 28, 2016

Around Campus·News

Statistics department introduces new courses

This year the Department of Mathematics and Statistics rolled out a new statistics curriculum which created two new applied statistics courses and incorporated teaching the R programming language into Stat 11. Student reactions to this new curriculum have been mixed, with some

April 28, 2016

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