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Hungry for Change: Meal Plan Offerings Are in Need of Improvement

Almost every Swarthmore student knows the dreaded feeling of reaching the point in the semester when they are low on Dining Dollars and Swat Points. Many students find it far more convenient to grab a quick bite in the middle of the

October 20, 2022

Highlights·Opinion

The Board Is Not Our Friend

In the spring of my freshman year, I met with two Board members and a variety of administrators about a resolution that garnered over one thousand signatures and ultimately passed our Student Government Organization. The resolution called upon Swarthmore to divest from

May 22, 2021

Around Campus·News

Board, President Smith commit to sanctuary campus

The commitment from the college’s Board of Managers and President Valerie Smith to make Swarthmore a sanctuary campus is moving forward through the effort of the Sanctuary Campus Working Group. To some community members, this action is an important step to protecting

January 26, 2017

News

MJ Hand-Delivers Letter; Next Day, Board Says Nothing About Divestment

Editor’s note: This article was initially published in The Daily Gazette, Swarthmore’s online, daily newspaper founded in Fall 1996. As of Fall 2018, the DG has merged with The Phoenix. See the about page to read more about the DG. On the

February 24, 2016

Around Campus·Breaking News·News

Mountain Justice demands recusal of three board members

Wednesday at 12:20 p.m. Mountain Justice gathered in Parrish Parlors to demand that several Board members who have ties to the fossil fuel industry recuse themselves from future Board discussions of divestment. About 10 Mountain Justice members, wearing the orange felt pins

January 28, 2016

College·News

Images of Students of Color Defaced from French Department Poster

Editor’s note: This article was initially published in The Daily Gazette, Swarthmore’s online, daily newspaper founded in Fall 1996. As of Fall 2018, the DG has merged with The Phoenix. See the about page to read more about the DG. Last Monday

December 2, 2015

Around Campus·Around Higher Education·News

Refusal to divest may not have been entirely financial

During the most recent meeting of the Board of Managers’ Committee on Social Responsibility on Friday, September 18, the Board revisited its May decision to not divest from fossil fuels in order to clarify which arguments drove their spring deliberations. Despite the

October 1, 2015

Guido Girgenti '15 reads a statement which demonstrators echo as a 'human microphone' in an effort to reach the Board's earsPhoto by Elena Ruyter '14

College·News·Social Responsibility·Student Activities

Mountain Justice, Shut Out of Board Meeting, Demonstrates Regardless (Multimedia Spread)

Editor’s note: This article was initially published in The Daily Gazette, Swarthmore’s online, daily newspaper founded in Fall 1996. As of Fall 2018, the DG has merged with The Phoenix. See the about page to read more about the DG. This special

October 1, 2013

College·News·Social Responsibility

Student Protesters Take Over Open Board Meeting, State Wide Array of Concerns

Editor’s note: This article was initially published in The Daily Gazette, Swarthmore’s online, daily newspaper founded in Fall 1996. As of Fall 2018, the DG has merged with The Phoenix. See the about page to read more about the DG. Swarthmore College’s

May 6, 2013

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Hungry for Change: Meal Plan Offerings Are in Need of Improvement

The Board Is Not Our Friend

Board, President Smith commit to sanctuary campus

MJ Hand-Delivers Letter; Next Day, Board Says Nothing About Divestment

Mountain Justice demands recusal of three board members

Images of Students of Color Defaced from French Department Poster

Refusal to divest may not have been entirely financial

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