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.
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 [...]
Junior Housing Lottery By Ramya Gopal on at 1:52 am
The Junior housing lottery opened with handful of open single-occupancy and many multiple-occupancy rooms. The first room went to number 416. Several dorms were closed to certain genders to preserve [...]
Swatties Learn to Shimmy at Burlesque Workshop By Finlay Logan on 04-28 at 1:01 am
Swatties with a hankering for the unconventional learned some new moves at Thursday's burlesque workshop, which was hosted by Drama Board and taught by Jo Weldon of New York's School [...]
Student Council Election Results By the Daily Gazette on 04-24 at 11:47 pm
Student Council election results were released last nights. The winners include Yongjun Heo for president (by 96 votes), Bradi Covert for Financial Policy (by 177 votes), Ayanna Johnson for Educational Policy (by 485 votes), Andrew Scott Taylor for Campus Life (by 81 votes), and Chris Green for Student Groups (by 47 votes).
College Corner: Interview with Palestinian Student Nidal al-Ayasa '11 By Ramya Gopal on at 11:39 pm
Nidal al-Ayasa is a Palestinian international student at Swarthmore and one of three international McCabe scholars in the class of 2011. In this interview, al-Ayasa recounts memorable experiences from Palestine [...]
Students Chalk on Behalf of Professor Chiong Rivero By Neena Cherayil on at 11:20 pm
Swat students took note of several atypical chalkings that cropped up over the course of Ride the Tide last Thursday petitioning on behalf of Professor Horacio Chiong Rivero. Along with [...]
The Big Chair: End of an Era By Urooj Khan on at 12:53 am
I write a "Where is the Big Chair?" Ask the Gazette about three or four times every year. Each time, we're sent a panicked e-mail from a concerned student, and [...]
Senior Class Gift Contributes to Chester Arts School By Zoe Davis on at 12:04 am
This year’s senior class gift will facilitate the construction of a playground for the Chester-Upland School of the Arts, set to open in Chester, PA, this fall. This magnet [...]
Boy Meets Tractor Wins Comedy Competition By Dougal Sutherland on 04-23 at 1:22 am
Swarthmore's favorite (and only) sketch comedy group Boy Meets Tractor won a college comedy competition at the Helium Comedy Club, in Philadelphia, last week. According to group member [...]
