Archive for January, 2008

Out to Lunch in Philadelphia

By Mark Kharas at 7:15 pm

I often go into Philly on Friday afternoons to catch matinée concerts of the Philadelphia Orchestra and take the opportunity to go out to eat in Center City. Going [...]

College Corner: Is God Green?

By Ramya Gopal at 12:40 am

Professor Mark Wallace is a unique professor in Swarthmore’s Religion department as a specialist in both spirituality and environmentalist issues. He is currently on sabbatical and researching the spiritual source [...]

Mikio Akagi '08 Leads Philosophy Course

By Zoe Davis at 12:35 am

Mikio Akagi '08 is teaching three other students in a philosophy course entitled “Empiricism and Language in Twentieth-Century Analytic Philosophy” (PHIL 089S) this spring. The objective of the course [...]

Gazette News

By the Daily Gazette at 12:06 am

Are you a senior? Do you have friends in the class of '08? The Gazette is preparing to launch a series of profiles looking at Swarthmore's seniors, and we need [...]

Announcements

By the Daily Gazette at 11:55 pm

Effective Grantsmanship Workshop
There are few skills so vital in nonprofit life as grant writing. What does it take to move and idea into action? To write a plan that is [...]

Announcements

By the Daily Gazette at 11:55 pm

Media Portrayals of African Americans
The purpose of this workshop is to discuss and analyze depictions of African
Americans in mainstream media. It will begin with a look into the inner workings [...]

Things I Hate to Hear People Say About Sex

By M at 11:53 pm

1. Sex is healthy.
Is that really the point? Spinach is healthy, sex is fun. Yes, there are about a hundred and one studies that describe the various health benefits of [...]

Railroad Bridge

By Zoe Davis at 10:33 pm

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ITS Explains Email Outage

By Miles Skorpen at 2:11 am

Many students were frustrated to find themselves unable to access their email over the web this past weekend.
According to Robin Jacobson, Associated Director of Client Services at ITS, the servers [...]

Digest and Calendar System Need to Change

By Editorial Board at 1:24 am

Event listings and online announcement advertisements methods have been overhauled by Student Council, ITS, and the College's administration this past year. In particular, the rules governing the Reserved Students Digest have changed significantly and ITS installed an online calendar system over the summer. We believe these changes have not been for the better.