Archive for January, 2007

Interfaith group offers opportunity to explore Swarthmore's religious and spiritual life

By Dustin Trabert at 2:02 pm

Earlier this year, when the Office for Multicultural Affairs held the Diversity Conversation Series, one of the sessions offered dealt with religion and spirituality. Now, Swarthmore students will have a [...]

Student Council report

By Lauren Stokes at 2:01 pm

From this week forward, the Daily Gazette will be providing a brief summary of the events at the Student Council meeting as a service to our readers. We hope that [...]

Qubits and oracles: The strange world of quantum computing

By Myles Louis Dakan at 2:01 pm

The second Sigma Xi of the year, entitled "Strange Bits: Quantum Computing and the Search for New Quantum Algorithms," was presented yesterday. Swarthmore Professor Lisa Meeden introduced Lee Spector, a [...]

Swarthmore Labor Rights formed as umbrella group for labor activists on campus

By Lauren Stokes at 2:03 pm

Swarthmore Labor Rights attracted almost thirty students to its inaugural meeting on Monday night. Alix Gould-Werth '07, one of the founders of the group, explained that "there's always been labor [...]

Stellar discovery: Swarthmore student discovers star

By Liana Katz at 2:02 pm

A couple of years ago, Astronomy Professor David Cohen began a project to look into the relationship between x-rays and stellar winds. Most theory on this subject applies to highly [...]

Orchestra 2001 offers world premiere, modernism, and Mozart

By Micaela Baranello at 2:03 pm

Orchestra 2001 gave a typically eclectic concert on Saturday night in Lang Concert Hall. The program, conducted by James Freeman, consisted of works of Ligeti, Augusta Read Thomas, Andrew Rudin, [...]

Weekend roundup

By Daisy Yuhas at 2:16 pm

To all those who resolved to really enjoy their weekends this year, use your first one back at Swat wisely. Whether on or off campus, you have your pick of [...]

Johnson's Cabinet: a quirky, curious exploration of collage

By Daisy Yuhas at 2:15 pm

Opening on the 25th, the List is currently showing "Cabinet of Wonders: Marvelous Transformations and Other Accidental Images," an exhibit of paintings and collages by Sue Johnson, Steven Muller Distinguished [...]

Migrants, Jeans, and Dodos: Film Festival arrives at Swarthmore

By Eric Chiang at 2:04 pm

The Margaret Mead Traveling Film Festival is the longest running international showcase for documentaries in the United States, featuring a broad spectrum of selections in both subject material and form. [...]

George Lakey "honored" by inclusion on YAF's "Dirty Dozen"

By Lauren Stokes at 2:17 pm

The Sociology and Anthropology and Peace and Conflict Studies course "Nonviolent Responses to Terrorism" recently landed Swarthmore a place on the Young America's Foundation annual "Dirty Dozen" list of "the [...]