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Student Financial Advisory Panel Meets with Administration, Seeks Student Input

Recently, a Student Financial Advisory Panel (SFAP) was created as a liaison between the administration and the students to deal with the approaching budget cuts. The SFAP is a group of eight students that has been meeting weekly with various deans and

November 8, 2009

Sports

Swat Alum Returns to Play at Olde Club

On Friday, November 6, Olde Club will welcome Swarthmore alumnus Pat Kolodgy ’09 back to its stage as as part of Handglops, a pop-punk band. Handglops will be joining Little Girls in opening for the Blank Dogs.

November 5, 2009

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Volleyball Defeats Muhlenberg 3-1, Advances to Conference Semifinals; Women’s Soccer Loses 2-1 to Dickinson

On Wednesday night, two women's teams played conference opening games on Swarthmore's campus. The Garnet Women's Soccer team lost 2-1 to Dickinson after tying into double overtime. Swarthmore Volleyball defeated Muhlenberg 3-1 and advances to the semifinals, where they'll play Haverford on

November 5, 2009

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Valentino Achak Deng, Sudanese Lost Boy and Memoirist, Speaks at Swat

Valentino Achak Deng, the Sudanese Lost Boy who collaborated with Dave Eggers to produce the 2006 National Book Critic’s Circle Award for Fiction Finalist, “What is the What,” spoke to a packed hall Monday night about his experiences in America and the

November 3, 2009

Sports

The Future of Journalism

Will Saletan ’87, Swarthmore alum and Slate columnist, discussed the future of journalism with eight students last night in a talk sponsored by the Career Services Department.

November 3, 2009

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Lang Poster Session Promotes Civic Engagement

Representatives from over 22 universities and colleges attended a poster session that displayed the work of several campus civic engagement groups at the Lang Center for Civic and Social Responsibility this past Monday night. The event is part of a two-day Program

November 2, 2009

Sports

Finances, Bikes and a Media Shuttle

Student Council discussed the Student Financial Advisory Panel's first meeting, the use of the rollover textbook money, a bike share program and creating a Friday night shuttle to Media.

November 2, 2009

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Bike Share Program Gains Support

Student Council is considering implementing a bike share program, where students could use community bikes to travel around campus and the surrounding area. Rachel Bell '10, StuCo president, said that there will be "bikes scattered all around campus, painted the same color,

November 1, 2009

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Economist Danziger presents “Public Policy, and the Poor: What Changes Can Obama Make?”

Sheldon Danziger, noted labor economics and policy scholar, presented a lecture entitled "The Economy, Public Policy, and the Poor: What Changes Can Obama Make?" With the rapidly rowing unemployment rate likely to hit 10% in the coming years, the nation’s poor have

October 29, 2009

Sports

SusCom and Student Activists Meet to Coordinate Efforts, Work out Differences

The first joint meeting of the Sustainability Committee and campus environmental activists opened last Monday, as student environmental organizations worked to patch over differences with the Committee and discuss ways to coordinate future sustainability efforts on campus. The meeting came at a

October 29, 2009

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