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NCAAs-bound runner Nyika Corbett ’10

Garnet freshman super-runner Nyika Corbett recently qualified for this Saturday's NCAA Division III Women's Cross Country Championships. The Gazette sat down with Corbett and discussed everything from chasing down deer [...]
November 16, 2006

A look at a smattering of spring courses

Many classes at Swarthmore are regulars. Economics students know to expect Intermediate Microeconomics in the fall and in Political Science the four introduction courses are offered every semester, without fail. [...]
November 15, 2006

A glance at Swarthmore’s Quaker roots

In 1864 the "corporation of Swarthmore College" was established after several years of planning on the part of Quakers who were hoping to establish higher education opportunities to both young [...]
November 14, 2006

What is the history of the Scott Arboretum?

When Swarthmore College was founded in 1869, there were "but two trees" on the entire campus, which was primarily composed of cornfields. In Ben Yagoda's book "The Scott Arboretum of [...]
November 13, 2006
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