If you are a junior or senior and are planning to apply to medical
school during the summer of 2009 please attend the information session
on how to apply to medical school on either Monday November 10th at
12:30 – 1:15 pm or on November 11th at 4:30 pm. Both sessions will be
held in Cuniff Hall in Science Center 1.

If you are a premed student, but not currently receiving emails from the
Health Sciences Office please contact Jennifer Lenway at jlenway1@swarthmore.edu and
she will put you on our mailing list.

Have you ever resisted the temptation to roll across Parish Beach? Do you ever wonder how easy it would be to throw that person walking behind you?
If you can’t get enough Aikido in your life (or you’re just interested in learning more about an amazing Japanese martial art) then come to an interest meeting for establishing a NEW all-styles Aikido club. Wednesday, November 12, 6:00 PM in Parish Parlors.
Questions contact Jen Spindel at jspinde1@swarthmore.edu

Psyched about Swat?

Want to meet potential students? Love showing people around campus?

Apply to be a tour guide! Pick up a copy of the application at the admissions office (2nd floor Parrish), or get it online at http://docs.google.com/Doc?id=dc6ncz2v_53f2kfc2cp

Applications are due by Friday, November 14th at 4:30. Please see the application for more instructions. Contact eglickm1 or dkopans1 with any questions.

The November 6th issue of the Swarthmore College Weekly Classifieds has been posted at:

http://weeklyclassifieds.swarthmore.edu/

2009 Tri-College Multicultural Winter Institute
Building Cross Cultural Leadership Skills for Students, Staff and Faculty

When: Tuesday, January 13 through Friday, January 16, 2009
Where: Swarthmore College
Who Can Apply: Students, Faculty, and Staff from Bryn Mawr, Haverford and Swarthmore Colleges. Space is limited to 45 participants. (15 per campus)
Program Description: This program will consist of 3½ days of intensive experiential workshops focused on issues of race/ethnicity, socioeconomic class, gender, religion, and sexual orientation and privilege
Program Objectives:
To provide a safe place for open and frank discussions
To develop a common language to discuss diversity issues
To promote personal learning about inter/intra group dynamics
To encourage cross-cultural dialogue
To explore intergroup and intragroup conflicts
To develop skills and to build coalitions of students, staff and faculty committed to building multicultural change on camps.
Activities:
Small and large group discussions
Simulation games
Cultural sharing
People of color caucus/white people caucus

The deadline is 4:00 PM November 13. Email or return a hard copy to Betsy Durning (edurnin1@swarthmore.edu ) in Parrish 140. See link to application:

If you have any questions regarding the Institute please contact Darryl Smaw, Office of Multicultural Affairs, Parrish 140, dsmaw1@swarthmore.edu or 610–690-4823

Due to low response, the fan bus to JHU for the women’s soccer Centennial Conference semi-finals has been cancelled.

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.

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

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

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).

Lost purple Swarthmore Nalgene. If found, please e-mail vlayne1. THANK YOU!!!

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

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.