Student Council discussed the proposed budget cuts, the Board of Managers meeting, and options for reducing the cost of textbooks in their weekly Sunday meeting.
The College has obtained the much-awaited H1N1 vaccine; a free clinic will take place Tuesday from 9am to 6pm. Although the first wave of flu has passed, Director of Student Health Services Beth Kotarski warned that there will almost certainly be new
The Ad Hoc Financial Planning Group has been tasked with finding $8 million to cut from the annual budget. They have come up with a proposal for $6.85 million worth of cuts, and are currently seeking feedback from the community on their
Unlike the psychology experiments that Swat students are regularly invited to participate in, the rewards earned from participating in economics experiments actually depend on the decisions that you make in them. Make certain choices, and you could earn rewards ranging beyond the
Last spring, students voted for a $10,000 grant to address high textbook prices as one of the ways to spend the $90,000 in rollover from the Student Activities Account. On Monday, a forum was held in Science Center 199 to discuss potential
After a summer away from the rolling green lawn of the beach, you expect Swarthmore to seem a little different, but sometimes change arrives in the middle of the semester. With new technology in McCabe, new plates in Sharples, and new icons
Swarthmore Athletics had a successful weekend. The Men's Soccer Team advanced into the NCAA Sweet 16, the Women's Soccer Team won the ECAC tournament, and Cross Country performed strongly.
Kevin Volpp of the Center for Health Incentives at the Leonard Davis Institute of Health Economics gave a lecture, "Using Behavioral Economics to Improve Health Behaviors," in Sci 101.
Swarthmore earned a B+ on the College Sustainability Report Card for 2010, which was released in October. The grade is a step up from last year’s B-; it was reached through a survey of nine categories such as “green building,” “student involvement,”