Mercedes Doretti, a member of the Argentine Forensic Anthropology Team (EAAF), spoke about her work in forensic exhumation Wednesday to a group of students and staff. The lecture, which took place in Kohlberg’s Scheuer Room, focused on Doretti’s efforts to identify the
Rita Dove, the Pulitzer Prize-winning poet who has twice been named Poet Laureate, visited campus on Tuesday for a poetry reading and reception, which was equal parts story-telling, shared wisdom and poetry reading. She spoke about the process of writing, both to
A deer cull in Crum Woods, originally scheduled for December 2008, might occur this winter if the Pennsylvania Game Commission approves the College’s application for a permit. If the permit is awarded, the College will hire trained hunters as part of an
The raid by state police on a party at Haverford College and the "College Enforcement Initiative" cited in part as the raid's cause have put many members of the college community on edge. Many questions have emerged to order the confusion generated
This past May, the College was jointly awarded a $16,000 Pennsylvania state grant for the manufacture and use of two solar-powered rotary composters. The composters are giant stainless steel barrels on wheels that completely contain food scraps and other waste as they
A large and spirited crowd rallied, on Saturday night at Clothier Field, to cheer the Men’s Soccer Team onto a 1-0 win over Johns Hopkins. A goal early in the game, along with strong defensive performance, earned Swarthmore its victory. Photos and
Wednesday the Swarthmore Men's Soccer team maintained its undefeated record, beating Widener 4-0 at home. Swarthmore controlled possession for most of the match and finished the game with a 21-4 advantage in shots. The Garnet has been doing extremely well this season,
Languages change in importance over time—it wasn't all that long ago that the global lingua franca was, well, French. As this first decade of the new millennium draws to a close, Spanish is on its way to becoming a native language to
On September 1st, sometime in the late afternoon, a student discovered that the Swarthmore Queer Union room in the Intercultural Center had been vandalized. Normally the room remains unlocked during the week so that SQU members are free to use the space