Both the Department of History and the Department of Political Science are nearing the end of a search process to hire for a three-year visiting professorship concerning the Middle East in their respective fields. However, the independent searches may be complicated by

The Metropolitan Regional Council of Carpenters has been protesting on Route 320 in front of the athletic fields, claiming that the College is "destroying the wages and benefit standards of area carpenters" by awarding work to non-union contractors for the greenhouse project.

Gazette talks to Jeff Jabco about the proposed deer cull in the Crum, postponed at least another year due to changes in the Pennsylvania Game Commission.

A recent report released earlier this month by the Princeton Review in conjunction with USAToday ranked Swarthmore as the best value in private colleges. Only 50 private and 50 public institutions were ultimately chosen to the list of "Best Value Colleges of