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Full anonymity removes accountability on website

Since the 18th century, readers have offered their views to newspapers by writing letters to the editor, which are still printed in the majority of ne…


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Community heightens response to Chile earthquake

On Feb. 27, just a month after the Swarthmore community gathered in support of those affected by the earthquake in Haiti, another earthquake — recorde…


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DART pushes forward new party permit rules

In an effort to make party hosts more responsible and allow more students to become hosts, the Drug and Alcohol Resource Team has recently announced a…

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Ville restaurant closes after 3 months

BY LINDA HOU

Published March 18, 2010

Donald Delson claims that he never had so much fun losing money as he did with his investment in the recently closed “Bring Your Own Bottle” restaurant “Rudi’s on Park.”

“You have no idea ho…

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Senior granted Watson to study transportation

BY LINDA HOU

Published March 18, 2010

Having spent most of his school years walking to school, Anson Stewart ’10 never thought he would be interested in school buses. But now, posters of school buses adorn the walls of both his room at ho…


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Genderfuck, symposium maintain separation

Over the past two years, the Sager Fund has cut ties with both the Genderfuck party and the Sager Symposium, which now is called the Queer Issues symp…


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PROSE award honors Gergen’s work on relationships

Ken Gergen’s book “Relational Being: Beyond Self and Community,” which has recently won an Association of American Publishers PROSE award, is no…


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Phoenix open forum

The editorial board of the Phoenix is holding an open forum in SCI 199 at 7 p.m. to get feedback and field questions on the p…


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Activists angered over subcontracted security jobs

Recent reports of subcontracted AlliedBarton security officers on the Swarthmore campus have outraged and concerned labor activists and students alike…


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Board contributions fill $1 million of budget gap

On Feb. 20, the Swarthmore College Board of Managers came forward to announce that it will contribute $1 million to the college each year over the cou…


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‘Join me on the Bridge’ to celebrate female war survivors

In light of the 99th anniversary of International Women’s Day on March 8, 2010, the borough of Swarthmore will host its own “Join me on the Bridge” ev…