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Op-Ed: Religion Faculty Call for Divestment

Op-Ed submitted by members of the Religion Faculty To the Swarthmore Community, We, the undersigned members of the Religion Department faculty, are writing in solidarity with our students in the…

Op-Ed: Overlooked Aspects of the Student Intervention in the May 4th Board of Managers Meeting

Op-Ed submitted by George Lakey, Visiting Professor of Peace and Conflict Studies, Research Fellow at the Lang Center for Civic and Social Responsibility I understand the hesitation to endorse MJ’s forceful action, nearly…

Religion Department Students for Divestment

Op-ed submitted by Lo-Yuan Chou ’15, Damella Dotan ’15, Benjamin Ellentuck ’14, Marcus Ford ’15, Christopher Geissler ’13, Joshua Gregory ’15, Porsché Poole ’14, and Naia Poyer ’14, majors and…

Op-Ed: Raped and Betrayed

Op-Ed submitted by Mia Ferguson Andrea Pino notes in her article, “it’s hard to say what could be worse than my rape.” I was sexually assaulted my first year at…

Op-Ed: A Different Starting Point

Op-Ed Submitted by Katy Montoya ’15 In the midst of our privileged surroundings, the perpetual dissatisfaction of fellow students blazons an uncurbed sense of entitlement. Yet I, too, have my…

Op-Ed: Let’s be Clear: Divestment and Financial Aid

Op-Ed Submitted by Nathan Graf  ’16 and Zein Nakhoda ‘13, members of Swarthmore Mountain Justice As we head into an exciting Weekend of Action for fossil fuel divestment May 2nd-4th,…

Op-Ed: In Defense of Our Endowment

Op-Ed Submitted by Zoe Wray’16, Preston Cooper’15, Tyler Becker’14, Paige Willey’16, Cole Turner’15, Riley Collins’16, Savannah Saunders’16, and Nicholas Zahorodny’16. On behalf of the Swarthmore Conservative Society, we would like to express our opposition to the campus…

Op-Ed: History Students for Divestment

Dear Swarthmore Board of Managers, As history students at Swarthmore College, we support the campaign to divest our school from the fossil fuel industry. Our classes in the Swarthmore History…

Op-Ed: History Faculty Supports Divestment in Open Letter

To the Board of Managers: On behalf of the members of the Department of History, I am writing in support of Mountain Justice’s campaign to have Swarthmore College divest its…

Op-Ed: A Letter from SMART and Student Health Director Beth Kotarski

Dear Campus Community, *This letter is in response to the discussions regarding rape and sexual assault, so please know reading on might be triggering.*  Many students have approached me in…

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