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Student Groups Respond to Unprecedented Suspension

On March 6, 2025, Swarthmore College sanctioned fifteen students for participating in pro-Palestinian protest. In one extreme case, the college decided to suspend a second-semester senior two months from graduating, denying them access to college resources with full knowledge that the student
March 20, 2025

CAIR Visits Swarthmore to Discuss Discrimination on Campuses

On Monday, Nov. 18, leaders from the Philadelphia chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) gave a presentation contextualizing the Title VI complaint they filed on Oct. 31. The complaint alleges a widespread culture of discrimination against Arab, Muslim, and Palestinian
November 21, 2024

Clarifying the history and purpose of SQU chalking

On Monday night, queer and trans students took to the paved spaces of campus to partake in the decades-old annual tradition of chalking for Pride Month, the event that replaced Coming Out Week last year. That night, after most of the chalkers
October 30, 2014

A more complicated truth: understanding fat justice

The fat justice workshop on March 30 discussed the historical evolution of the oppression of fat people today in the U.S. Nicole Sullivan and Cora Segal outlined the ways in which white supremacist and patriarchal ideologies, many of which culminated in eugenic
April 17, 2014

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