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McCabe exhibit proves and takes pride in Black life on campus

“It was as if blacks were invisible,” reads a quote from an anonymous Swarthmore alumna, understated and in tiny font on the wall directly across from the entrance to McCabe Library. Referencing the presence of Black students on Swarthmore’s campus and carefully
February 18, 2015

Oral histories project captures the past

Campus Journal Oral Histories “What’s the story that you’d like to tell?” asked Jasmyne Kim ’17. Two recording booths had been set up in the back of McCabe’s first floor, first over the course of this past Alumni Weekend, and then over
February 12, 2015

Marginalized Ashkenazi voices shown at McCabe

Yesterday, Hanna King ’15 presented her award winning book collection, “Plucked from a Holy Book: Ashkenazim on the Margins,” to a small crowd in McCabe Atrium. Her collection won the A. Edward Newton Student Book Collection Competition, the oldest book collection prize
November 13, 2014

José Galvez’s series disaggregates Latino identity

McCabe rarely gets an exhibit as immediately thought-provoking as the one currently on display. “De Mis Viajes” — “From My Travels” in Spanish — is a photographic exploration by José Galvez of Latin American communities in the United States. The series, organized
September 11, 2014

Bike Share Returns to Swat

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. Bikeless students
March 4, 2013

A Conversation with J Henry Fair

In person, J. Henry Fair, whose photographs grace the walls of the McCabe Library Atrium, is witty and self-effacing, yet rather mysterious. There is a sardonic edge to his words and a pensive air to his manner.  During my interview with the
February 7, 2013

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