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Mike Super Amazes

Image supplied by publicistOn Saturday, magician Mike Super returned to Swarthmore and performed a show to a not-quite-full, yet enthusiastic crowd at LPAC. Sponsored by the Office of Student Activities, [...]
September 9, 2007

Plant Sale Comes to Swat

I’m a freshman, the wide-eyed and overenthusiastic type, but hey, our arboretum is pretty awesome. When I heard the opportunity to report on those colorful and charismatic flowers, naturally my [...]
September 9, 2007

Melissa Meyer at the List Gallery

Photograph of Melissa Meyer by Bruce Strong, 2003, Courtesy Bruce Strong/artcritical.comMelissa Meyer, the 2007 Donald Jay Gordon Visiting Artist, gave a talk last Thursday, presenting the fruit of her forty-year [...]
September 9, 2007

Facebook Becomes Source of Friendship, Scandal

During orientation week, it wasn't uncommon to hear a freshman greet another freshman with "hey, aren't we Facebook friends?" Even now, some freshman, such as Tramane Hall (301), Fumiko Egawa (282), and Ming Cai (233), have more Facebook friends than the average
September 6, 2007

“Men’s Studies” Prank Livens Orientation

On the first day of Orientation, Swarthmore freshmen opened their mailboxes to find a packet of course listings for an imaginary “Men’s Studies” department. “Due to a printing error,” the cover sheet read, “one department was left out of the College Bulletin
September 6, 2007
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