Ariel Martino

Women’s Resource Center refocuses priorities

With an eye to achieving their goal of making the Women’s Resource Center a venue for facilitating discussions between diverse groups across the campus, the women of the WRC board have been implemen…

Exhibit showcases first public dinosaur display

A current exhibit at the Academy of Natural Sciences in Philadelphia displays Hadro-saurus foulkii, the first dinosaur ever displayed to the public. Joseph Leidy, a Swarthmore professor of natural his…

Heo and Hanis to appear at Clinton Initiative

Yongjun Heo ’09 and Mark Hanis ’05 are scheduled to speak at the upcoming Clinton Global Initiative University Meeting from Feb. 13-15 in Austin, Texas.

Hanis will offer a crash course in starting…

UC Davis professor outlines Chinese economy

Last Thursday, University of California Davis Economics Professor Wing Thye Woo ’76 gave a lecture on the economic past, present and future of China sponsored by the economics, political science and h…

Alumni pursue further education

Catering to alumni and interested members of the Swarthmore community, the Lifelong Learning program is now in its seventh year of offering classes to alumni, their family and friends.

Classes are tau…

Chester day of action highlights environmental justice

On this past Saturday the city of Chester participated in a nationwide day of action to promote the creation of green jobs and to learn about the environmental history of Chester. The event was hoste…

Clothesline Project serves as outlet and resource for survivors

The Clothesline Project is on display this week as a visual reminder of sexual violence and of the support network available to survivors. T-shirts decorated by both survivors and community members ot…

Panel pursues discussion on reproductive justice

The Reproductive Justice Panel this past Tuesday drew eighty-five Swatties to a discussion by three panelists on the sexism, racism and classism that pervade reproductive rights organizations to this …

Beardsley Media Center opens for student use

Correction Appended

The first floor of Beardsley hall now features a new media center housing an array of equipment including audio and video editing tools, a color printer and a large format printer …

Public magnet school for the arts opens

This past week, the Chester Upland School of the Arts opened in the Parry Building, which formerly housed Chester High School. The public magnet school is a result of the efforts of Dr. John Alston, …

Chester Co-op to provide community-owned produce

A recent effort to get Swarthmore students involved with the Chester Co-op culminated on Saturday with the first shuttle run to the co-op. Professor of Religion Mark Wallace spearheaded the initiative…

Student health advisory council seeks to give feedback, ideas to Worth

In order to give students more input into the health services offered at Swarthmore, Worth Health Center Director Beth Kotarski has recently formed a student advisory committee, the Student Health Adv…

Peace week opens with dance, screenings, music

The third annual Tri-Co Peace Week kicked off on Friday, April 4, the 40th anniversary of the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. The day included several key events including a performance by a R…

Derickson announces departure from the college to pursue Ph.D.

Liz Derickson ’01 has announced that this will be her last semester as housing coordinator at Swarthmore College. Derickson has plans to pursue a Ph.D. in sociology at Princeton University.

Derickso…

New publications vie for student interest, funding

Three new student-run publications are up for charter, but the Charter Committee of Student Council presently has the funds to charter only one. Charter Committee chair Paul Apollo ’09 said that all t…

More thefts in Tarble, McCabe and Mertz

Despite several high profile property thefts in heavily trafficked areas around campus such as McCabe Library and Essie Mae’s snack bar, Director of Public Safety Owen Redgrave said the crimes are not…

Expansion of gender-neutral housing proposed

The Housing Committee has formulated a proposal for the creation of gender-neutral halls in the basement of Willets Hall and the first floor of David Kemp Hall starting next fall. The proposal was pre…