Archive for October, 2005

Clap Your Hands Say Yeah garners much applause (and two encores)

By Jon Peters at 9:10 pm

One of the most talked about young rock bands of the year came to the Olde Club on Thursday and played an hour’s worth of material in front of an [...]

Weekend Roundup: Things to do in places other than ML

By Micaela Baranello at 9:13 pm

You probably already know if you're going to be around campus this weekend. That's right, this weekend is the ML Halloween Party, the night when most people are either in [...]

What is up with the blue tree?

By Melissa Bertosh at 9:12 pm

One of the newest editions to the Swarthmore campus is the "blue tree" in front of Kohlberg. And many of our readers wanted to know what brought about this transformation. [...]

Debaters Win Tournament, Continue Strong Semester

By the Daily Gazette at 9:11 pm

Julie Baker '08 and Emily Tredeau '06 won the University of Maryland Debate Tournament this weekend, beating teams from up and down the East Coast. Tredeau was the 2nd place [...]

Re-energized Earthlust takes on campus greening efforts

By Lauren Stokes at 9:11 pm

While brushing their teeth in the morning, many students feast their eyes upon "Water Efficiency Measures for Residencies," a poster that provides such helpful tips as "Report all leaks," "Take [...]

Arts Preview: Reasons to come early to see Clap Your Hands Say Yeah at the Olde Club tonight

By Jon Peters at 9:14 pm

1. It will be packed.
2. The band, headed by vocalist/guitarist Alec Ounsworth, provides a poppy fresh sound, slightly reminiscent of indie darlings The Walkmen.
3. Ounsworth hails from Philadelphia. CYHSY may [...]

SATO brings Palestinian perspective to Middle East debate

By Marina Lima at 9:13 pm

Since the declaration of Israel as an independent state in 1948 there has been an ongoing conflict between Israelis and Palestinians over territorial disputes. We all know the story, or [...]

Alfred Lubrano shares stories of class displacement

By Lauren Stokes at 9:15 pm

Swarthmore welcomed writer and journalist Alfred Lubrano to talk about his latest book "Limbo: Blue Collar Roots, White Collar Dreams" on Tuesday. One of the featured speakers for Class Awareness [...]

Beating the odds: Williams speaks on grass-roots work against poverty

By Melissa Bertosh at 9:15 pm

Benjamin Braddock, the protagonist of "The Graduate", was not the first or the last college student who wanted their future to be "different". Theresa Williamson '97 found herself in doing [...]

Gelman speaks on lies, damned lies, and statistics

By Michelle Kim at 9:14 pm

This week, the Department of Mathematics and Statistics welcomed Andrew Gelman of Columbia University as this year's Arnold Dresden Lecture Series speaker. The Lecture Series invites its participants to give [...]