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This week, five groups came before the Student Budget Committee. Swarthmore Sudan presented a proposal asking for an additional allocation of $50.00 for photocopying and advertising costs. The Committee approved full funding in a rapid and unanimous vote, noting that few groups

During Sunday's meeting, student groups updated StuCo members and StuCo discussed a constitutional amendment to the Budgeting Decisions Appeals process.

Last Tuesday, November 11, Mawrtyrs packed Dalton to attend a discussion entitled “Straight at Bryn Mawr" at which students discussed being marginalized and the need to come out as straight.

Though Haverford students were shocked and appalled when they discovered feces in Gummere basement in mid-September, not much thought was given to the possibility of such an event happening again. Unfortunately, history repeated itself.

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.