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Humanity hits the seven billion mark: how to deal

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November 3, 2011
October 31, 2011 wasn’t just another Halloween — it was also a day chosen by the United Nations Population Division to symbolically mark the birth of the seven billionth person. Yet even more frightening: it is predicted that we will hit the eight billion

Why Quakerism at Swarthmore is counterproductive

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November 3, 2011
Here’s a true story: once when the guy in front of me forgot his ID card in the Science Center café, I bought his gum for him. It cost a dollar. Someone said sort of sarcastically, “Oh look, Quaker values in action.”

Tackling inequality in US educational opportunity

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November 3, 2011
While politicians bounce economic statistics around like beach balls, America is not in a playful mood. I wholeheartedly subscribe to the exceptional nature of the American dream. I believe Horatio Alger, who wrote of plucky protagonists who always seem to make it

False God: Reagan and the Republican primaries

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November 3, 2011
Whew! Anybody else have whiplash from the Republican presidential primary? Republican voters, desperately throwing themselves into the Anybody But Mitt project, are cycling though candidates like drunk Swatties go through Paces hook ups. Strong opposition to Romney, who signed health care reform

S.978 Jail time for Streaming

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November 3, 2011
It’s been three years since Justin Bieber, a Canadian pop and R&B singer/songwriter, released a YouTube video that sparked his music career. In the next year, 2009, his debut single “One Time” peaked top ten in Canada. Since then, he’s released seven

ITS showcases the future of academic technology

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November 3, 2011
3D Printing, Mobile Devices in the Classroom, Web Video Galleries, Pen Display Graphics Tablet, Cinematic HD Video, New Tripod, eBooks, Moodle Q&A Booth, Open Source Electronics Projects … Do these terms sound familiar? On Monday afternoon in the Scheuer Room, the annual

Student and alumni composers bring music to Lang

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November 3, 2011
On Saturday evening, October 29, student and alumni composers, singers and musicians gathered for a recital, which began at 8:00 p.m. in the Lang Concert Hall. The Swarthmore Department of Music and Dance, Alumni Relations Office and Council and The Friends of

Dorm Dive: Separating Sleep from Socializing

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November 3, 2011
First-years Rebecca Senft, Molly Feldman and their roommates Jessie Bacha and Paige Stover occupy this uniquely configured Wharton quad. Typically, first-year quads comprise of two singles branching out from a double. However, a month into the semester, the girls converted the double into a
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