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This past Saturday, approximately 40 high school students from Bodine High School visited our Swarthmore campus for the “High School Conversations” program. Hosted by SAO, Han, and Deshi, “Conversations” focuses on building relationships with between Swarthmore students and Bodine High’s Asian Club

The Gazette was asked about lights in the sky that appeared above McCabe and Pearson last Wednesday. We forwarded the image to Astronomy Professor David Cohen, who responded that "the images look plausibly like northern lights. It's unusual but not unheard of

Attendees at tonight's performance at the Lang Concert Hall will be in for a rare treat. Miranda Weinberg '09 and Robert Hollahan '09 will be leading a bevy of musicians through a series of odd but imaginative pieces completely composed by current

This weekend, a nine-student cast will be presenting "Selections from 365 Days/365 Plays by Suzan-Lori Parks" in Upper Tarble. The 23 selected plays showcase those fleeting moments when people pass through one another's lives.

Those of you planning to stick around the city this Thanksgiving should check out the parade along the Parkway on Thursday morning. Otherwise, here are a few weekend options to get you in a thankful mood!

The Big Chair is a continual source of Ask the Gazettes, particularly since it was removed from the Parrish Beach due to rotting and other structural damage. Then, Vice President for Facilities and Services Stuart Hain explained that the chair had been

Lang visiting professor George Lakey presented his lecture entitled Post Election Reflection to a full house of students, faculty, and visitors. The lecture detailed a five step process that can help citizens assist Obama in bringing about the change we need.

Covering every surface of the front hallway of Parrish on Monday were student testimonies of experiences - mostly negative - with the Financial Aid Office.

Friday November 14, Junot Díaz, the Pulitzer Prize winning author of The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao, came to Swarthmore as a part of the Cooper Series to read a selection from his novel for a packed LPAC cinema.

Whether musical, stand-up comedy, opera, or chamber music concert, why not catch a show this weekend?