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Class Action Month sponsored an open discussion on financial aid with the Financial Aid Office and other administrators, answering any questions students asked. The questions covered a variety of topics raised in the recent discussions of financial aid.

Swatties wandering past McCabe or towards Willets may have noticed a new set of fences going up near the Arboretum offices this past week, marking the first phase of construction on the new Wister Greenhouse and Education Center.

Starting this November, the Worth Health Center will charge students $10 to test for HIV. The test -- which about 150 students take annually -- has always been free in the past, but now concerns about balancing Worth's budget have changed that.

At about 10:50 PM on Saturday evening, Swarthmore College lost power for around three hours, which didn't stop students from partying in Phi Psi and the BCC.

This Friday, Swarthmore music professor John Alston is being honored as part of the Omega Psi Phi fraternity's Achievement Week, which celebrates outstanding members of local communities who have made a noteworthy contribution toward improving the quality of life for black Americans.

All but two of the candidates currently running for Student Council were at the Candidate Forum on Wednesday night, where they presented their platforms and fielded questions from an audience slightly larger than the candidate pool.

On November 9, Swarthmore men's soccer team defeated Johns Hopkins 1-0 to capture the 2008 Centennial Conference Championship and earn a place in the NCAA Division III Tournament for the first time since 1991. Garnet freshman David Sterngold scored the winning goal

The Garnet women's soccer team will play in the post-season for the second straight year, receiving a bid to the Eastern College Athletic Conference (ECAC) South Region Championship.

Next spring, a team of external examiners will visit campus and issue an evaluation report, culminating in Swarthmore's Middle States Accreditation review. This year, the Middle States Steering Committee has attempted to incorporate a self-study into the College's more long-term planning processes.

Featuring "hypnotic" and "heartrending" recitations, Swarthmore's first bilingual poetry reading took place last week. It was organized by Candice Nguyen ’11 and Professor Sibelan Forrester.