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,”
Victor Navasky ’54, former editor of The Nation, delivered the annual McCabe lecture Monday night titled, “The Art of Controversy: or why caricatures may be worth 10,000 words.” The lecture explored why the so-called “low art” of caricature manages to have such
Despite rumors about incidents involving the safety of attendees at last weekend's Halloween party, SAC and the administration say that no significant problems arose.
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
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.
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
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