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Fakhreddine shares love of Umm Kulthūm

On Thursday, April 14, a small group of students and professors attended a lecture in the Scheuer Room on “Umm Kulthūm and the Poetics of Revolution” by Assistant Professor of Arabic Literature at University of Pennsylvania Huda Fakhreddine. The lecture, sponsored by
April 28, 2016

Blueprints screens a new side of Chester

This past Tuesday, the college’s Project Blueprints program hosted a film screening in LPAC Cinema to showcase the short film projects created by high school students from Chester, PA. The film projects were intended show a different side of the city the
April 28, 2016

Worthstock Weekend ’16 arrives amid confusion

During this upcoming weekend the college will host Worthstock Weekend ‘16, this year’s iteration of the annual spring celebration featuring music, food, and overwhelming relief for the end of classes. Worthstock Weekend ‘16 will take place from 10:00 p.m. to 2:00 a.m.
April 28, 2016

Michelle Johnson ’16 directs Chekhov’s “The Seagull”

Last weekend, the play “The Seagull,” written by Anton Chekhov, translated by Paul Schmidt, and directed by Michelle Johnson ’16, was performed in the Frear Theater in LPAC. Upon entering the dark performance space, the audience was greeted with Russian folk music
April 28, 2016

Band Profile: GOODGOODNOTBAD

GOODGOODNOTBAD is a student band spanning all four current class years and several musical genres. The band is made up of drummer Stefan Laos ’17, bassist RJ Tischler ’16, saxophonist Sam Wallach Hanson ’18, and rappers Harsha Sen ’19 and Tiyé Pulley
April 14, 2016

Band Profile: Caboose

Swarthmore boasts a number of dedicated and talented bands. Caboose, an all first-year group composed of five members, is one such band. Dakota Gibbs ’19 initiated the formation of the group by first approaching Moses Rubin ’19, having heard him perform at
April 14, 2016

Band profile: Altair

Student trio Altair was one of four bands representing the college at Saturday’s TriCo Battle of the Bands. Consisting of Nate Dow ’18, Shruti Pal ’18, and Stefan Laos ’17, Altair describe themselves as an alternative rock band. The band got its
April 14, 2016

Band Profile: Honey Pickup

Swarthmore student band Honey Pickup performed last Saturday night at Bryn Mawr’s Battle of the Bands. Musicians Dan Eisler ’16, Cosmo Alto ’16, Andrew Gilchrist-Scott ’16, and Hanyu Chwe ’16 began playing together as Honey Pickup last semester, but they explained that
April 14, 2016

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