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Saturday, January 28, 2012


Opinions

Conservative philosophy in today’s GOP primaries

I once had a history teacher who would have mild fits if we dared to refer to any chapter of history as “inevitable.” Sure enough, as the “inevitable”…


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Clauss to lead record capital campaign upon arrival at Swat

Karl Clauss’s forthcoming entrance as Vice President of Development and Alumni Relations coincides with the start of a particularly exciting time for …


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Prescod-Caeser details her hopes for Strategic Planning

Pamela Prescod-Caesar will become Swarthmore’s new vice president for human resources on Feb. 15, replacing Melanie Young. She will be vital in ensuri…

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Countryside Market & Deli plans to rebuild after fire

Published January 26, 2012

In the aftermath of the Christmas eve fire at Countryside Market & Deli, it seemed like the Carrafa family’s holiday season would be ruined. Their home, full of gifts, had been destroyed. But an outpo…

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Sorority structure develops at interest meeting

Around 30 Swarthmore women attend Paces gathering

Published January 26, 2012

The group that recently fought to garner charter approval for the creation of a sorority on campus held an interest meeting in Paces on Wednesday night. With approximately 30 women in attendance, the …


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Events Menu

*Today *

Faculty Lecture: Bob Rehak (Film & Media Studies)

Assistant Professor Bob Rehak of the Film & Media Studies Department will be giving a talk …


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Clauss named VP of alumni relations

President Rebecca Chopp announced on Dec. 20 the appointment of former Colgate University colleague Karl Clauss to the position of Vice President for …


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ITS continues to struggle to solve wireless issues

The frequency of campus-wide IT problems, including crashes of Swarthmore’s Mac network, outages for college websites and services such as MySwat and …


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Guzheng Performance

Musician Qiu Zhong will be giving a performance of his music on a Guzheng, a musical string instrument with two thousand yea…


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Judith Butler speaks at Bryn Mawr as Mary Flexner lecturer

As students at Swarthmore listened to Nicholas Kristof’s humanitarian pitch on Monday, students at Bryn Mawr flocked to a philosophical lecture that, …


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Late night dining options proposed for hungry students

After several late and hungry nights last semester, Morgan Williams ’14 and Nicholas Ciborowski ’14 started devising a plan to establish a system that…