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War News Radio Funding Halved
The President’s Office will cut hours for War News Radio’s professional journalist-in-residence position for the next fiscal year. The position, currently held by Iraqi journalist Abdulla Mizead, will go...
SBC Budgeting Results From 2000-2010
Dougal Sutherland
Each year, the Student Budget Committee holds Spring Budgeting, two twelve-hour days in late March or early April that determine the vast majority of student group spending for the next year. This year, the...
Worthstock '10 Preview In Video
Swarthmore students will crowd into Worth Courtyard tomorrow for the annual Worthstock Concert, hosted by the LSE committee. This year’s show will be headlined by Man Man and will also feature My Brightest...
"Swatties For a DREAM" Organize Walk From...
In a show of solidarity for 4 immigrant students and their walk from New York City to Washington, DC, Swatties For A DREAM gathered approximately fifteen Swatties to an eleven-mile walk with these students...
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Student Council Reports: Rollover Money and Campus Life Representative Position Restructuring
Student Council discussed what should be done with the rollover money from this academic year and a possible restructuring of the Campus Life Representative position.
Swarthmore Hosts Fencing National Championship
The Swarthmore Fencing Team hosted the US Association of Collegiate Fencing Clubs (USACFC) National Championships this past weekend. The USACFC nationals is the largest college fencing event in the world: over 700 athletes compete, representing 41 colleges and universities from all over the nation.
Spring Family Weekend Morphs into Fall Homecoming and Family Weekend
The spring Family and Friends Weekend that took place this past weekend will be the last, as it will become the fall Garnet Homecoming and Family Weekend. “The event was prompted by common, though not universal, interest. It will be a time to showcase athletics, allow parents to see the campus early in the year, and to have some alumni visit as well," Swarthmore College President Rebecca Chopp said of the change.
Poet RhapsodE visits Swarthmore
“I don’t care where love shows up, I’m gonna take it, and so should you … unless it’s a giraffe,” spoke RhapsodE, member of the Philadelphia-based Philly Spoken Soul Collective, at a performance this past Friday. RhapsodE performed pieces highlighting the issues of being a woman, and understanding one’s own value so as to never be trampled upon.
Student Council Reports: The SBC Budget, the DREAM Act, and StuCo Announcements
Student Council approved the proposed SBC budget, discussed the DREAM Act, delayed StuCo announcements, and talked about van coordination.
Peaslee Debate Society to Host Nationals
The Amos J. Peaslee Debate Society, a well-established and independent club organization at Swarthmore, plans to host the APDA Nationals Tournament the weekend of April 16th to the 18th. A yearly event that gathers the best of the best debaters on the APDA debate circuit, this tournament is bringing over approximately 230 college students to Swarthmore’s campus.
TVs IN '10 spoke on SBC Budgeting Results From 2000-2010.