Archive for November, 2005

Who are the women in black?

By Lauren Stokes at 7:35 pm

Observant members of the Swarthmore community may have noticed a group of women in black keeping silent vigil at the train station from five to six on Friday evenings. For [...]

Student council platforms

By the Daily Gazette at 7:35 pm

Student Council elections begin Thursday for the one-year positions of Co-President, Student Events Advisor, Campus Life Representative, Campus Relations Representative, Appointments Chair, and Secretary. Online voting will be held Thursday, [...]

Nikhil Sharma returns to Tulane, leaving new friends behind

By Lauren Stokes at 7:34 pm

At the beginning of this semester, schools from across the nation opened their doors to displaced students from New Orleans universities like Tulane, Loyola, Xavier, and Dillard. Swarthmore was one [...]

What was registration like before internet technology?

By Melissa Bertosh at 7:36 pm

Before computer preregistration, "arena" registration (similar to first-year student registration) was used. Although stressful, the arena meetings were also very efficient.
Computer registration was used throughout the nineties and was followed [...]

College Corner: a chat with Jim Kreft, winner of this year's "Four by Donut"

By Jon Peters at 7:36 pm

There are regular people, and then there are Legends. Jim Kreft '06, four time winner of the annual "Four x Donut," fits into the latter category. The event, now in [...]

Long awaited "Harry Potter" bewitches

By Daisy Yuhas at 7:39 pm

Jasmine Narang contributed to this article.
On Friday, November 18th, the much anticipated fourth installment of the Harry Potter Series, "Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire" was released to eager [...]

Award winning playwright Adriano Shaplin to teach playwriting workshop

By Daisy Yuhas at 7:38 pm

This spring, Swarthmore's theater department is welcoming the award winning playwright Adriano Shaplin to teach the playwriting workshop. Shaplin, whose writing was described by Tony Kushner, author of "Angels in [...]

Trojan wars and tourism: a lecture by C. Brian Rose

By Lauren Stokes at 7:37 pm

On Monday in the Scheuer Room, C. Brian Rose, Professor of Classical Studies at the University of Pennsylvania, spoke on "Assessing the Evidence for the Trojan Wars" in a well-attended [...]

Students and administration implement stricter enforcement of current alcohol policy, discuss future policy changes

By Charlie Buffie at 7:37 pm

Discussions between Swarthmore students, faculty, and staff are currently underway to enact stricter enforcement of the College's existing alcohol policy, which prohibits the use of College Student Activity Funds to [...]

Elverson and Piker to teach new course on sociology of mental health

By Melissa Bertosh at 7:41 pm

The Sociology/Anthropology Department will offer a new course this spring entitled, "The Triumph of the Therapeutic." The course covers the historical sociology of the mental health field as well as [...]