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Advice From A Professional Matchmaker

November 6, 2025
If you haven’t read your emails in the last month, then there’s a chance you don’t know me. If you have, you might recognize the name Corinne even if you don’t want to. I ran Screw Your Roommate this year because I

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Swarthmore Named #1 “Best Value” College

January 21, 2010
Once again, Swarthmore was given the title of the Best Value College by Princeton Review in the publication's ranking of 650 private and public colleges across the country. The college won the same accolade when the "Top 10 Best Value Private Colleges"

Dean Search Q&A – Candidate 1

January 20, 2010
Around forty students gathered in Kohlberg last night to meet one of four final candidates being considered to be the new Dean of Students at Swarthmore.

Lang Opportunity Scholars

January 20, 2010
The six Lang Opportunity Scholars from the Class of 2012 are just beginning to work on their projects, which they hope will benefit communities from the Bronx to Kenya, working with topics from living with HIV/AIDS to composting, preventing blindness and sponsoring

Students and Staff Gather to Show Support for Haiti

January 18, 2010
On Monday, students and staff gathered in Pearson Hall to reflect on the aftermath of last Tuesday’s earthquake in Haiti. At the event, professors, a student, and President Chopp all spoke on what Chopp called a “cataclysmic event" in her online message

Wilcox and Sams Leaving for NYU Abu Dhabi

December 21, 2009
Earlier this month, two members of the Dean's Office - Tim Sams and Kelly Wilcox - announced that they would be leaving Swarthmore for positions at NYU Abu Dhabi. They will join former Swarthmore administrators Al Bloom and Jim Larimore, who began

300 Students Stuck on Campus Because of Snow Storm

December 21, 2009
Three hundred students found themselves unable to leave campus by the normal deadline of Saturday afternoon as a blizzard covered the entire East Coast with snow. Dean of Students Garikai Campbell and Housing Coordinator Rachel Head cooked breakfast for those students on

The Daily Gazette is Hiring for Spring 2010

December 17, 2009
The Daily Gazette is always on the look-out for more staff members, whether you want to be extraordinarily prolific or an occasional, thoughtful contributor. In particular, we have positions for reporters, photographers, videographers, and web developers, but if you have some other
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