Archive for November, 2007

Swat Fails to Meet ADA Standards

By Lauren Stokes at 1:35 am

The college just completed an out-of-court settlement with the Justice Department after a random check of Swarthmore facilities this summer showed that the campus was not compliant with Americans with [...]

What Are Those Things On Our Lights?

By Lauren Stokes at 1:31 am

Mark J. Dumic, Associate Director of Networking and Telecommunications, tells us that "those boxes are outdoor wireless access points that were recently installed as part of this year's wireless network [...]

New Deal Doubles Internet Bandwidth

By Miles Skorpen at 1:24 am

The College recently finished negotiating a deal with Yipes Communication to double bandwidth from 30 Mbps to 60 Mbps over the course of the next few weeks. The deal will [...]

"Boy Meets Tractor" to Perform This Friday

By Zoe Davis at 9:21 pm

This Friday at 8:00 pm, Swarthmore’s illustrious sketch comedy group, Boy Meets Tractor, will be having a show in Science Center 101. As Madalyn Baldanzi ’08 noted in an [...]

Correction to "Rebecca Brubaker '06, Swat's First Female Rhodes"

By the Daily Gazette at 10:38 am

Happily for Swarthmore, Brubaker is actually not our first female Rhodes Scholar. Fellowships and Prizes Advisor Melissa Mandos informed us that there have actually been four since the Rhodes began [...]

Candidates for StuCo VP Discuss Issues, Qualifications

By Lauren Stokes at 2:45 am

Three vice-presidential candidates–Romaine Paul '10, Sofia Rivkin-Haas '09, and Sven David Udekwu '09–presented similar ideas in Wednesday night's debate.
Current Vice-President Samuel Asarnow '08 began by asking the candidates what they [...]

Worth Health Center to Provide Plan B

By Carolyn Whipple at 2:43 am

Instead of a combined pill, Worth will now be carrying Plan B, a newer, improved form of emergency contraception. The Gazette got information on the change from Director of Health Services Beth Kotarski, who made it a priority in her first months here.

Sports Update 11/28

By Swat Sports Information at 2:43 am

Men's basketball falls by five points to McDaniel as Ian McCormick '08 posts a triple-double and classmate Noam Fleigelman adds a season-high 14 points… Drexel Dragons pull out win against Garnet badminton.

Rebecca Brubaker '06, Swat's Fourth Female Rhodes

By Lauren Stokes at 2:39 am

Rebecca Brubaker is currently completing an Insight Fellowship in Morocco, so we reached her through e-mail. She says, "after a couple months of recovery from Swat's Honors program I was ready to dive back-in and try the model that inspired it."

Student-Run Course to Examine Biology From A Mathematical Perspective

By Dougal Sutherland at 2:30 am

Next semester, Benjamin Blonder '08 will run a class looking at biology from a different perspective than is normal for Swarthmore. Instead of "describing properties of the natural world," this [...]