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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…

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…

January 26, 2017
divestment, Mountain Justice
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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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

May 6, 2013

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