Archive for October, 2004

Queer activist and poet Letta Neely speaks as part of Coming Out Week

By Maile Arvin at 9:22 pm

On Friday night in the Scheuer Room, Harris Kornstein '06 introduced Letta Neely as, among other things, queer activist and poet, director of the Boston GLASS Community Center for lesbian, [...]

Dower lectures on modern relevance of the U.S. occupation of Japan

By Victoria Swisher at 7:59 pm

Professor John Dower of MIT lectured students on the U.S. occupation of Japan yesterday, bringing home its relevance to a modern audience by comparing the occupation in Japan to the [...]

College Corner: Interview with a shuttle passenger

By Alex Glick at 11:04 pm

No matter how much Swatties like the outdoors, it is hard to deny that the weather has been kind of muggy recently and that it is beginning to get colder [...]

Large Scale Event process tweaked, coordinator added

By Micaela Baranello at 11:05 pm

The process of planning for the annual Large Scale Event (LSE) has been changed this year to facilitate organization. Veronica Lim '07 has been hired in the new position of [...]

Co-op moves to new location, expands selection

By Ken Patton at 11:05 pm

Last Thursday the Swarthmore Co-op unveiled its new building in the Swarthmore Ville, in between Cheng Hing and the old Co-op. The new, more spacious store boasts a larger selection [...]

Admissions Office soon to share new DVD with prospective and current students

By Maile Arvin at 11:04 pm

Can you remember what made you want to come to Swarthmore? For those of us who have already turned into jaded seniors, watching the newest addition to the Admissions Office's [...]

Poole brings math, politics together

By Andrew Quinton at 11:07 pm

Yesterday, Dr. Keith Poole, Kenneth Lay (yes, that Ken Lay) Professor of Political Science at the University of Houston, gave a talk entitled “Political Polarization and Economic Inequality”, a discussion [...]

Swatmail experiences slowdown, reverts to TWIG

By Ken Patton at 11:06 pm

Earlier in the semester ITS began the process of switching over to a new email interface, called Horde Internet Messaging Program (IMP) Webmail Client, from the older TWIG client. Horde [...]

John Edwards addresses enthusiastic Haverford crowd

By Micaela Baranello at 11:08 pm

Democratic Vice Presidential candidate John Edwards spoke to a large and energetic crowd at the Haverford Field House yesterday. Throughout his speech and responses to audience questions he emphasized the [...]

Ali-Dinar calls for peace in Darfur

By Andrew Quinton at 7:43 pm

Dr. Ali Ali-Dinar, Outreach Director of the African Studies Program at the University of Pennsylvania, came to Swarthmore yesterday to present "A Call For Peace in Darfur", a talk on [...]