An overarching category of news from Swarthmore's campus, the surrounding town, and even the state of Pennsylvania. This category includes lecture reports, conference descriptions, administrative changes, and judicial decisions.
Female Students Report Harassment on Campus By Urooj Khan on 05-12 at 3:19 am
Two weeks ago, four female Swarthmore students reported being verbally harassed with homophobic and sexualized epithets by a group of older men. The men were not Swarthmore students. One was [...]
Project Shingayi Plans to Construct Zimbabwean School By Zoe Davis on at 1:58 am
Chengetai Mahomva ’11 and Ashia Troiano ’11 founded Project Shingayi this spring to bring a sustainable school to children in Epworth, Zimbabwe. “We knew we wanted to do something [...]
Associate Director of the Lang Center To Resign By Dougal Sutherland on at 1:38 am
Patricia James, the Associate Director for Student Programs and Training in the Lang Center, has announced that she will resign from the College at the end of the month. She directed the Lang Opportunity Scholars program and the Swarthmore Foundation, in addition to other work with student groups involved in social action.
Two Alums to Form All-Swattie Professional Gambling Team By Finlay Logan on 05-08 at 11:35 pm
Are you a senior still thinking about post-grad plans? Good with numbers and cool under pressure? Comfortable handling large sums of money? Went to see "21" and thought, "I could [...]
Tri-Co Energy Competition Update By Sara Forster on 05-05 at 1:52 pm
In March, the Daily Gazette reported on Earthlust’s “Tri-Co Energy Competition.” The competition, which measured energy consumption in dorms and of the campus in general ended with a win [...]
WA Stipends Run Afoul of Federal Law By Miles Skorpen, Dougal Sutherland and Vy Vo on at 2:38 am
For years, Writing Associates [WAs] and Student Academic Mentors [SAMs] have been paid bi-semesterly stipends. Until very recently, however, few involved in the program realized that stipends violated the Fair [...]
Man Charged After Attempted Kidnapping By Miles Skorpen on 05-02 at 1:34 pm
Late last night, Thomas Chiang attempted to abduct a Swarthmore student. In an email to the student body, Dean of Students Jim Larimore reported that "our student was able to avoid being coerced by another male into the car he was driving. …
Major Changes Planned for Meals at Tarble By Finlay Logan on at 1:19 am
Starting next year, students may no longer be able to exchange their extra meals for packaged goods like soda and chips from Essie Mae's. In a major overhaul to the [...]
Students Join Chester Co-op By Myles Louis Dakan on 05-01 at 1:39 am
Swarthmore students in the Environmental Studies Capstone seminar are spearheading an effort to publicize Chester's Community Grocery Co-op. According to Swarthmore religion professor Mark Wallace, the goal is to [...]
StuCo Urges More Student Involvement in Tenure Process By Miles Skorpen on 04-29 at 2:22 am
Yesterday afternoon, Student Council President Peter Gardner '08 contacted the student body and select members of the administration to "emphasize the importance of student feedback for tenureship," and "to convey [...]
