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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.

At the Dining Services Forum organized by Student Council last Thursday, students learned about the history of the meal plan, where the dining budget goes, and what Dining Services is doing to be sustainable, among other questions.

Student Council discusses plans for election week, payment of committee members, and changes to dining services.

On Wednesday night, a student panel on issues of financial justice at Swarthmore convened in Bond Hall to discuss class and financial aid issues at Swarthmore. Both the panel and much of the audience had concerns about financial aid at Swarthmore, particularly

Saturday's Halloween Party went by without any major negative incidents. With this success, parties may return to Sharples in the future, although there are no current plans for a next Sharples event.

The Centennial Conference Men's Soccer Championships makes the first-ever appearance at Clothier Field this coming weekend, with Swarthmore senior Evan Nesterak named Offensive Player of the Week for the Conference. Four women soccer players were named All-Centennial, as was Ashley Gunter of