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Agnostics Need Representatives Who Don’t Hate Religion

Polling has consistently shown that the one group of people Americans will not vote for are nonbelievers. It’s pretty easy to recognize why: Americans tend to be religious people who equate morality with religion; Americans only recently finished fighting off an atheist

February 15, 2010

Opinion

Putting the Vice in Advice

We’re two humble Swatties (Ankhi Thakurta: Homo sapiens, Lang Haynes: sapiens Homo) on a mission to answer the littler questions in life...the ones that would have made Aristotle laugh himself silly or driven Socrates to take another swig of that hemlock.

February 15, 2010

Opinion

Those Ten Missionaries in Haiti: Heroes, Villains, or Idiots?

Early this month, media outlets buzzed with the story of 10 American citizens, associated with baptist churches in Meridian and Twin Falls, Idaho, who were arrested on charges of kidnapping 33 children and planning to take them across the border into the

February 10, 2010

Opinion

The Ugliness of Discrimination

Two summers ago I strolled down Newberry Street in Boston, MA with my parents. We proceeded down the street, walking past many restaurants with outdoor patios. Something not-so surprising struck me. Every restaurant we passed employed a very attractive female hostess. It

February 9, 2010

Opinion

Re-Examining Ethical Purchasing

Given the disappearance of proposed Proposal Review committee, and the experience of one of our two Lang Center interns responsible for examining ethical purchasing guidelines, it’s hard not to worry that the student body has been baited-and-switched when it comes to ethical

February 3, 2010

Opinion

The P.E. Requirement Needs to Be Abolished Immediately

We need an independent body to determine whether a P.E. requirement is really necessary or not. If we don’t get one, hundreds of already fit people with very busy schedules will continue to be dragooned into taking ping-pong and bowling at inconvenient

February 1, 2010

Opinion

Committee Bars Q&A Coverage for Dean’s Search

The second candidate for Dean of Students will be speaking at Swarthmore tonight. We encourage you to attend, because you will not be able to read our coverage of the event. The administration has forbidden the student press, including the Gazette and

January 28, 2010

Opinion

When America Does Good Things in the World, People Appreciate it

So dark are the events in Haiti that it might seem foolish and insensitive to attempt to salvage something positive from the rubble. But it is important that we recognize the valuable efforts of American aid workers and the gratitude and support

January 27, 2010

Opinion

Spotted… (December)

From Sharples coffee to Hobbs' Coffee, from love at first sight to love inspired by bodily functions, Swatties keep on missing connections.

January 20, 2010

Opinion

A History of Fine Dining: Sharples Through the Years

In 1964, a college press release spoke of “a place of noble proportions” that had sprung up at Swarthmore. The alumni bulletin called it “a humane setting for the fine art of eating.” This, of course, was Sharples.

December 21, 2009

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