Archive for September, 2006

SCCS unveils Digital Darkroom for printing, scanning, and editing

By Lauren Stokes at 7:23 pm

The Swarthmore College Computing Society used a concept grant from SBC to create the Digital Darkroom, a resource for both serious and casual Swarthmore photographers. Mustafa Paksoy '07 was the [...]

Orchestra 2001 strings perform Ligeti, Rochberg, and Bernstein

By Micaela Baranello at 7:30 pm

On Sunday night, Swarthmore's resident new music ensemble, Orchestra 2001, directed by James Freeman, presented a diverse program to a crowded Lang Concert Hall. Though the pieces differed widely in [...]

Kitao Gallery showcasing summer work by Swatties

By Daisy Yuhas at 7:29 pm

This weekend the Kitao Gallery opened its "Back to School" Show, a collection of pieces by Swarthmore students created over the summer. Ranging from paints to black and white photography, [...]

The Liberty Narrative: A lecture by Ken Kersch

By Dustin Trabert at 7:25 pm

Yesterday afternoon, not long after the panel on national security adjourned, the LPAC Cinema welcomed another expert to speak on issues relating to the War on Terror. Unlike the panel [...]

Distinguished panel discusses national security, terrorism, and the Iraq war

By Miles Skorpen at 7:23 pm

Addditional reporting by Urooj Khan, Gazette Reporter, and Lisa Sambat

by Miles Skorpen
Yesterday afternoon, Admiral Joe Sestak, former National Security Advisor Tony Lake, former National Coordinator for Security and Counter-Terrorism Richard [...]

Mural maker Anna Torres '07

By Tiffany Liao at 7:31 pm

Raised in a Bronx housing project designed in the 1920s by Jewish socialist architects, Anna Elena Torres '07 has been thinking about the effect art has on community for a [...]

Muy Senores Mios look beyond tango

By Daisy Yuhas at 7:30 pm

On Friday night, Muy Senores Mios presented "Una Tarde En Palermo (An Afternoon in the Neighborhood)," the second Cooper Event of the year. The Argentinian musicians performed a number of [...]

Weekend Roundup: Last call for the Finge and Restaurant draws to a close…

By Daisy Yuhas at 7:33 pm

Philadelphia's Live Arts and Fringe Festival will be drawing to a close this weekend so this is your last chance to get into the city and check out the performances. [...]

9/11 attacks remembered with lecture on nonviolence

By Eric Chiang at 7:35 pm

On Monday September 11th, five years after the infamous attacks, students, faculty, and local residents of Swarthmore crowded into Kohlberg Hallís Scheuer Room to listen to a discussion about nonviolent [...]

Former ambassador and swattie speaks on "diplomacy for a crowded planet"

By Miles Skorpen at 7:34 pm

On Tuesday evening, John Brady Kiesling '79, a former American ambassador, spoke to a large audience on the increasing importance of diplomacy for our crowded planet.
Kiesling is best known for [...]