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Creating admissions diversity

By the time this article is in print, prospective students will be arriving on campus to decide if Swarthmore is where they will spend their time as undergraduate students. The college has one more weapon in its arsenal to make the pitch to these students: what Dean of Admissions Jim Bock ’90 calls a “no-loan” policy. The college, part of a group of highly selective and extraordinarily rich educations institutions, will give all grant money based on its assessment of a given student’s financial need so that, theoretically, no student will need to take out any loans to attend here. I have no doubt that this aids the college in convincing highly competitive students to decide go to Swarthmore. Still, what makes for good headlines may not be the most significant part of using admissions as a way of increasing the opportunity for an elite, liberal arts education like what Swarthmore offers.

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News

• Prospective Student Council presidents debate ideas, abilities
• Daily Jolt threat provokes adminstrative reaction
• Charity Fun Fair comes to the Ville
• Chelsea Clinton to make speech on Swarthmore’s Parrish Beach this morning on behalf of her mother’s candidacy
• Student support integral for presidential candidates’ campaigns
• Baker wins U.S. national shogi championship, club celebrates
• Despite lure of admitted students’ programs at competing institutions, Ride the Tide set to draw record crowd
• Nyombayire speaks on inspirations, hopes
• Republican challenger aims to unseat Rep. Sestak
• Dual career academic couples on the rise on U.S. campuses

Living & Arts

• Heeless heels backward step toward foot binding
• Bahá’í teachings, though mostly beneficial, also partly narcissistic
• Good Asian Drivers
• Ahoy Matey! Crum Regatta 2008
• Mr. Swarthmore 2008
• cartoon
• Concert etiquette needed by all
• ‘Leatherheads’ fumbles
• Learning to attend your classes with class
• Word search
• cartoon
• Senior Art Show impresses at List Gallery
• ‘DU play’ morally complex
• Fisher returns on ‘frail craft’
• Editor’s picks

Opinions

• Jolt-ing perspective
• Making the Obama ‘Leap of Faith’
• In support of Horacio Chiong Rivero
• Student Council platforms

Sports

• Baseball stumbles in Conference, preps for Haverford
• Respect your manager, respect the game
• Mullarkey dominates steeple
• Garnet men set many PRs
• Men’s rugby having best season in years
• Softball has sensational week, goes 5-1

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