Come enjoy easy, fun dances, fantastic live music, and delicious food in Paces this Friday night from 9 until midnight. Absolutely no prior folk dance experience required.

Boren Scholarship (NSEP—National Security Education Program) applications are now available for full academic year or semester programs. Science, technology, engineering and mathematics majors may also apply for summer programs of eight weeks or longer. NSEP award recipients must make a commitment to working in the federal government for a minimum of one year. Boren Scholarships allow U.S. undergraduate students to study less commonly taught languages in world regions critical to US interests but underrespresented in study abroad.
If you are interested, please see Rosa Bernard in Pearson 113, rbernar1@swarthmore.edu. Also, for more info www. borenawards.org. Campus deadline is: December 19, 2008

Don’t think God touches our lives and the lives of those around us? Come hear real Swatties (and a Swat professor!) talk about their journeys of faith and how God has changed their life for the better. Lois Park ‘10, Harrison Russin ‘09, and Professor Sonia Lee from the History Department will be speaking. Please come to support your fellow Swatties! All are welcome.
Friday Kohlberg 115, 7–8:30 p.m.

Brian Wilson, musical genius and songwriter/singer for many a Beach Boys song, is going to perform in Glenside, PA (a suburb about 30 miles from here) on Saturday, November 22.

If you’re interested in attending, please let me (Elena Smith ‘09) know. I’d like to carpool. I can rent PhillyCarShare or split the gas money if you have a car.

Email me at esmith3.

MELLON LIBRARY RECRUITMENT

Do you share a passion for equitable access to information, intellectual freedom and literacy? Can you imagine the library of the future? Want to know more about librarianship? If so, apply now for the Mellon Library Recruitment Program. Internships are available for spring semester 2009.

Meet former and current interns and learn about the program this Thursday, November 6, 2008 at the LIBRARY INTERN STUDY BREAK in McCabe Library Coffee Bar/Reading Room, 4:00pm – 5:00pm.

Applications, due FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 21, 2008, are available in McCabe, Cornell, and Underhill libraries or from the library homepage: http://www.swarthmore.edu/library.xml

More info, contact: Pamela Harris, Instruction & Outreach Librarian, pharris1@swarthmore.edu

Sponsored by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation

Sophomore and Junior Students planning leaves for Spring ‘09 semester:

RA applications are available in Parrish 108 for students who are planning leaves for spring ‘09 semester. Applicants must have junior status by the fall of 2009, and must be in good academic standing with the College. Completed application materials are due in the Dean’s Office by Monday, November 17, 2008. An informational meeting with Myrt Westphal and the RA Selection Committee will be held on Wednesday, November 5, from 5:00–5:30 p.m., in Parrish Parlors, East.

To all Moustache November participants:

The Daily Gazette would like to photographically track the progress of Moustache November… optimally, by taking a photo every 3–7 days. We can take pictures of you, or you could submit your own. E-mail mwhalen1 or gramire1

Training for Change is coming to Swarthmore this weekend to run a series of workshops entitled “Creating Community: Tools for Collective Empowerment” This will be an amazing opportunity to explore the way we at Swat relate to each other within groups, teams and the campus community and see how we can make it better. The workshops will focus around ideas of race, class, gender, among other things and is specifically catered to the Swarthmore Campus. There will be food! The workshops are THIS WEEKEND, November 7th, 5–8 in the admissions commons and continuing to November 8th, 12–6 in Bond – coming both days is great, but one day is fine. Register by e-mailing swarthmoreworkshopreg@gmail.com. Space is limited!! Don’t Miss this great opportunity!

Training for Change is coming to Swarthmore to run a series of workshops entitled Creating Community: Tools for Collective Empowerment. This will be an amazing opportunity to explore the way we at Swat relate to each other within groups, teams and the campus community and see how we can make it better. There will be food! The workshops are November 7th, 5–8 in the admissions commons and continuing to November 8th, 12–6 in Bond – coming both days is great, but one day is fine. Register by e-mailing swarthmoreworkshopreg@gmail.com.

My almost pink umbrella is no where to be found. Kindly contact me [ofaakye1@swarthmore.edu] if you come across it.
thank you. :)
Omari

Student reminder for FLU SHOTS!!!

Still available at health services! Stop by for your flu shot and be
protected against flu in time for holiday travel. You can now charge the
20.00 fee to your student account. Don’t delay…get the vaccine if:

you have a chronic health problem like asthma
you have friends or relatives who are very young, very old, or sick.
you work with children or elderly
you live or work in close quarters

Swarthmore SDS is planning a trip to attend the annual School of Americas protest in Fort Bennings, GA and is seeking other Swarthmore students interested in going. The group will be leaving on Friday 21st of November and returning on Sunday 23rd of November. We have 25 spots to fill and they will go on a first come first serve basis.

The School of Americas [SOA] is a US military base that trains Latin American soldiers and policemen. The school’s graduates have been responsible for torturing, raping, and massacring hundreds of thousands of Latin Americans since the schools founding in 1946.

There is a mandatory non-violent direct action training on taking place during the afternoon of November 16th for people who intend on going.

First-time SOA protesters are strongly encouraged!

To register please email: swatsoa@gmail.com

Juniors who are interested in being an Admissions Fellow as a senior (and are going abroad in the spring) can email Justin Holmes at jholmes1 for an application. The position is paid and mainly entails interviewing prospective students. It’s a lot of fun and is a way for you to help build the next class of Swatties! Completed applications should be returned to the Admissions Office by 4:30 pm on Friday, November 14th. If you have any questions, please contact Justin Holmes at jholmes1. (Juniors not going abroad will have a chance to apply to be a fellow in the spring).

I found a swatch in Shane lounge. If you email me back with a description, I’ll get it back to you right away. Thanks!

Audition for the Theater Department’s Spring Honors Directing Thesis Projects! Jackie Avitabile ‘09 will direct Romeo & Juliet and Jackie Vitale ‘09 will direct Macbeth. Rehearsals begin in January, and those who have taken Acting I are eligible to receive 1 academic credit for their work on the show.

Auditions will be November 5–6. Please come prepared with a Shakespearean monologue. Sign up for an audition slot outside of the theater department office on the bottom floor of LPAC.

Please contact us with any questions or concerns (javitab1 & jvitale1)

love,
Jackie and Jackie

For the last two semesters, Free Culture in collaboration with Olde Club has released free of charge a compilation CD of student performances at Olde Club.

Well, another compilation CD is coming, and will feature student performances from the Fall 2008 semester. The CD should be released shortly after the start of the Spring semester.

If you would like last semester’s CD (we have a few left), contact rkolodg1 or bmazer1.

If you would like the upcoming CD, please email bmazer1. We’ll try to print enough to match the number of requests.

Lastly, the cover art has been designed by students previously, and we’re now taking submissions for the upcoming CD’s cover. If you’ve got a design for the CD, email bmazer1. Naturally, the design should somehow be Olde Club-related.

Keys found in Beardsly photography studio. Stop by the Art Department office if they are yours.

It is a small blue and purple book. The title is Intermediate Microeconomics and the author is Varian.

If anyone has seen my Spanish book called Spanish Composition through literature by Candido Ayllon. Please if you have seen it, return it to me. Thanks so much.

I recently lost a long, cerulean blue jacket with snap buttons and a brass zipper. Please contact me at Lbackup1@swarthmore.edu if found.

There are 2–3 keys on the ring with a guatemalan purse on it…Thanks!

Contact: Simon Nin Zhu (sbc@swarthmore.edu)

Pay:$8.50

Hours: 4 per week

When: Spring Semeter

Where: Clothier 213

~4 hours/week, one semester term, three positions available

Assistant Managers aid in the administration and regulation of the SAA by attending SBC office hours, filing, recording, and helping people access funds that have been allocated. Job provides excellent training in office management and experience. Will also oversee SBC development projects at the direction of the Manager, including working with various campus groups and administrators. Potential for advancement to Manager. No prior experience necessary. Underclasspersons are encouraged to apply.

To apply, please reply to this email with a short resume and description of why you are interested in the position. Applications are due November 29th by 9:00pm. For more information about the position, please contact our current Assistant Managers, Adriana Popa, Tuan Dung Mai, Haichao Wu, or myself Simon Nin Zhu (sbc@swarthmore.edu).

Contact: Ali Placido (aplacid1@swarthmore.edu)

Penn Medicine needs a Dutch speaker for a patient who is hospitalized. Email me to discuss further details.

Contact: joyce tompkins (jtompki1@swarthmore.edu)

Pay:$8.60

Hours: vary

When: begin Jan '10

Where: campus

Applications are invited for the position of Interfaith intern for spring/fall semesters 2010. the interfaith interns:
* work together to initiate interfaith programs;
*plan and implement Religion and Spirituality on Campus Week (first week of Feburary);
*plan and implement the spring interfaith dinner;
*build communication between different student religious and spiritual groups on campus;
*help to raise the profile of religious life on campus through activities, publicity, web site updates;
*meet regularly with Joyce Tompkins, Interfaith Coordinator;
*other activities according to the interests of the particular interns.

To apply for one of these positions, please write a one-page essay outlining the reasons for your interest, your experience with religious/spiritual/interfaith life at Swarthmore, and ideas you might have for improving programs and communication between groups.

Applications should be sent to Joyce Tompkins at jtompki1 by December 5.

Contact: Caroline (caroline.sacko@gmail.com)

Pay:$150/week ($50/day)

Hours: 3:30pm-6:30pm

When: Monday, Tueday, Thursday

Where: Park Stree

I am currently a nanny for a family in the ville (on Park Street 5 minutes from the train station). I am looking for someone to take over Monday, Tuesday and Thursday (Tuesday and Thursday are negotiable). In a normal day you pick the kids up from the bus stop, make an after school snack, put in a load of laundry, prepare dinner and help with homework. No car necessary.

Contact: Julie Warech (jwarech1@swarthmore.edu)

I am looking for someone interested in giving guitar lessons (probably once a week). Someone who is a good teacher, preferably someone who can teach chord theory. Pay can be worked out. Contact me by email if interested.