Archive for September, 2005

Weekend roundup: "I Am My Own Wife" and Gogol Bordello

By Micaela Baranello at 8:12 pm

Doug Wright's fascinating play, "I Am My Own Wife," was written only a few years ago, but the current production by Philadelphia's Wilma Theater reinvents it already. It is the [...]

Kay Redfield Jamison explores link between madness and creativity

By Lauren Stokes at 8:12 pm

Science Center 101 was packed with students and faculty on Thursday afternoon to listen to noted researcher Kay Redfield Jamison speak on "Madness, Moods, and Creative Achievement." Jamison is a [...]

Lecture on "Bartlett's Familiar Shakespeare: The Pleasures and Pitfalls of Quotation"

By Daisy Yuhas at 8:11 pm

Thursday evening, Marjorie Garber, professor of English and American Literature and Language and of Visual and Environmental Studies at Harvard University (and member of the Swarthmore Class of '66), gave [...]

My missing memory: psychologist links learning and the brain

By Jon Peters at 8:09 pm

C.R. Gallistel, psychologist and head of the Rutgers Center for Cognitive Science, presented a lecture "The Nature of Learning and the Architecture of the Brain" yesterday evening at Science Center [...]

Drama Board readies an exciting new season

By Jasmine Narang at 8:14 pm

With three productions in the works, the Drama Board is offering an interesting mix of works this semester. The much anticipated musical, "We So Are Them" is set to hit [...]

Cooper speaker Carl Zimmer argues for evolutionary origins of humanity

By Peter Yang at 8:12 pm

Last night, Carl Zimmer, a popular science writer who has published work in the New York Times and is the author of several books, including the upcoming "Smithsonian Intimate Guide [...]

WSRN returns with a solid lineup

By Lauren Janowitz at 8:15 pm

Despite the dismal condition of its studio at the beginning of the semester, Swarthmore's fiercely independent radio station, WSRN, has resumed broadcasting and has even more planned.
Unlike the rest of [...]

Caffeine junkies rejoice: McCabe coffee bar to return

By Jasmine Narang at 8:15 pm

Providing much relief to students studying late at night and in a need of caffeine break, McCabe will soon regain its coffee bar. After a one and a half year [...]

College Corner: Total Eclipse, total rock and roll

By Jon Peters at 8:23 pm

We are really into local music at the Gazette. So it was a real pleasure to chat recently with Ashley Brandt '07 of the campus band Eclipse. Short one member, [...]

Earthlust storms the dorms

By Marina Lima at 8:21 pm

It's a bird! It's a plane! No…it's Earthlust! Do not be alarmed if you see a costumed person around the halls of your dorm, they are just earthlusters come to [...]