As was expected, a number of dorms closed during the rising junior housing lottery. Parrish closed first, followed by Worth, New Dorm, and Wharton. Wharton closed on the last selection [...]
Acceptance letters have been sent out and this week admitted students will begin swarming the campus, as the class of 2009 begins to form. Of the 4,085 applications received overall, [...]
With housing selections for the rising senior class complete, only a few singles in the most desirable dorms remain: one in Wharton, seven in Mertz, and a couple on Parrish [...]
Read Mercer Schuchardt '93 returned to campus, following last year's talk on religion in the Matrix, to present his lecture "Religious symbolism in Lord of the Rings." Schuchardt's talk stretched [...]
Last weekend four Swarthmore debaters competed against the top debaters from across the United States at the American Parliamentary Debate Association Nationals championship. Aviva Aron-Dine '05, debating with Sonya Hoo [...]
A distant crash came from the upper floors of Parrish. "That sound you hear is Bush shredding the safety net," said a voice from the crowd. The Swarthmore College Young [...]
A sport little known outside of Willets has begun to increase in popularity recently, due to the construction of an official league that plays every weeknight at 9:00 and 10:00. [...]
This past Thursday, Professor Stephen P. Zeldes of Columbia University gave a talk on the political hot topic of Social Security privatization, titled "Should the U.S. Privatize Social Security?" Over [...]
The recent cancellation of the 2004-05 National Hockey League season has left many of the world's top players looking for work, or failing that, a place to keep their skills [...]
The exodus of top high school senior basketball players to the National Basketball Association continued yesterday as Brandon Hodsdon not-'09 declared for the NBA draft. Hodsdon had previously signed a [...]