Below are the platforms submitted for the upcoming Student Council elections. Online voting will start today and run until December 10th, with Sharples voting following on Dec. 11 and 12. [...]
Robert Greenstein, an analyst and founder of the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, spoke Wednesday evening in an Economics 1 Lecture. Greenstein's presentation, 'The Dramatic Fiscal Policy Challenges Facing [...]
On Wednesday night in Kohlberg's Scheuer Room, documentary filmmaker, photographer, and human rights activist and educator, Robin Romano, spoke on "Global Child Labor and Poverty." The event was sponsored by [...]
When Joella Fink ’07, Co-President with Tom Evnen ’07 of Student Council, was elected at the end of last spring, she had a certain goal in mind. "When I stepped [...]
The Swarthmore chapter of Amnesty International has dedicated the week of Dec. 3rd - 8th to children's rights. Amnesty is commemorating International Human Rights day, Dec. 4th, with a full [...]
Last Thursday, November 30th, a trio of information-technology (IT) experts came to Swarthmore to help develop a comprehensive 3-5 year plan for the College's use of technology, touching on classrooms, [...]
The fifth century Greek playwright Sophocles won first place for his theatrical programs in the Dionysia, a festival to Dionysus centered around the performance of plays, approximately eighteen times. He [...]
On Thursday night, Mascot Committee held a fireside chat in order to encourage discussion about Swarthmore's new mascot, the Phoenix. The Phoenix was selected as the new mascot over the [...]
On Wednesday night, Betsy Leondar-Wright gave a lecture entitled "Bridging the Blue-Red Divide: Untangling Class in the Midterm Election." Leondar-Wright is on the board of Class Action, a non-profit that [...]
It's hard to miss student-run Paces Cafe's advertisements all over campus describing sweets like Southern Red Velvet Cake and savories like Pita and Hummus platters. These are just one sign [...]