Interested in doing Learning for Life this semester?

Sign up by filling out our questionnaire by 5pm Monday February 2nd!

http://spreadsheets.google.com/viewform?key=pJ4DEHy0abRD2ghXaq4rzbw

Learning for Life is a program that pairs current Swarthmore students with staff members (typically from Dining Services, Environmental Services, Facilities, and Public Safety) in learning partnerships. Partners work toward their personal learning goals—anything from cooking to computers to photography to physical fitness. L4L is emphatically not a tutoring program; the exchange that happens in partnerships is bidirectional. Students and staff learn from one another doing fun activities that interest them, and often develop close friendships.

The time commitment is small (most partnerships meet for 1–3 hours per week) and the hours are FLEXIBLE. We pair you up based on when you are free!

For more information, check out the L4L website http://www.swarthmore.edu/Admin/learningforlife or stop by the Lang Center for Civic and Social Responsibility. Any questions can be sent to
LearningForLife1@gmail.com .

Tuesday @ 7:30PM
Kohlberg 115

Come meet Rick Lowe, candidate for Mayor of Swarthmore, and discuss College-Ville relations with someone who might be Mayor pretty soon.

Sponsored by the College Democrats. All are welcome!

AUDITIONS for Swarthmore theatre’s MAIN-STAGE has been EXTENDED to WED 2/4.

SIGN-UP for YOUR AUDITION TIME TODAY on DRAMABOARD in PARRISH!

Questions? Contact Charles Inniss at cinniss1@swarthmore.edu

The Orientation Committee has 3 more vacancies. If you want to make a difference for the new freshmen please apply!

THE NEW SEMESTER‘S HERE! Do you identify as Asian/Pacific Islander and as queer or questioning? PersuAsian will be meeting soon, so shoot us an e-mail if you’re interested!

It’s time to sign up for 7 on 7 indoor soccer. Games will be played on Wednesday evenings and Sunday afternoons in the field house. Get a team organized. The teams can be all male, all female or co-ed. All teams will play in the same league. Games are slated to begin on Wednesday February 11th. ROSTERS ARE DUE BY MONDAY FEBRUARY 9TH, 3:00PM.

This is what you need to do:

1. Organize a team.
2. Designate a captain; pick a team name.
3. Captain should email me the roster and team name.
4. No more than 12 players on a roster.

Reporters attend weekly meetings and write at least one story a week for the news section. Contact Anna Zalokostas (azaloko1@swarthmore.edu) if interested.

Paces Cafe is ready to serve you the cheapest and most delicious non-meal-plan delicacies on campus!
We are open Sunday through Wednesday, 9:30 pm to 12:30 am.

Here’s our menu for the week:

Desserts:
Chocolate Salted Caramel Cake
Mocha Cream Cake
Apple Lemon Tart
Tiramisu
Vegan Pumpkin Bread
Apple Pie

Main Dishes:

Sunday and Monday:
Pesto Pasta
Spicy Vegetarian Pizza with Mozzarella, Spinach and Pineapple

Tuesday and Wednesday:
Pulled Pork Sandwiches

Plus our everyday menu of milkshakes, nachos, bottomless coffee, quesadillas, and more.

Stop by and enjoy! We have music, board games and good company.

VOLUNTEER WITH THE VILLAGE EDUCATION PROJECT, SUMMER 2009
FOR MORE INFORMATION AND APPLICATION FORMS, EMAIL VILLAGEEDUCATIONVOLUNTEER@GMAIL.COM

Volunteers with The Village Education Project will teach Math and English
at a rigorous summer program for underprivileged children in
the rural villages surrounding Otavalo, Ecuador. The program will prepare the students to attend high school, which The Village Education Project fully funds for students who participate in the summer program. Volunteers will also have the opportunity to work with children of all age groups, and to branch out of
the three core subjects to teach sports, music, art and other subjects. The program for volunteers includes both pre-departure and on-site training. Outside of working hours, volunteers in the past have taken salsa lessons, traveled to the nearby cloud forest, climbed volcanoes, visited the rain-forest, and goneon numerous hikes through the Andes mountains.

Summer 2009 Program Overview

Eligibility Village Education Project volunteers must meet the following requirements:

1. 18 years of age or older
   # High school diploma or GED equivalent
   # Evident leadership, initiative, and personal responsibility

The following characteristics are preferred but not required:

1. At least basic proficiency in reading, writing and speaking Spanish
   # Teaching experience

Program Dates Summer 2009 program dates are June 20, 2009-August 21, 2009

Arrival Volunteers must arrive in Otavalo on one of four determined start dates. A certain amount of flexibility can be made to accommodate for cheaper airfare prices during the week, but volunteers who arrive early must arrange for their own accommodations* and plan to meet with the VEP Program Coordinator on a determined start date. Start dates for Summer 2009 include: June 20th, July 4th, and July 18t. and August 1s

NOTE: Volunteers that DO NOT speak Spanish MUST start the program on June 20th for intensive Spanish classes.

Duration The program is broken down into three stages, in which volunteers take on different responsibilities both in and out of the classroom:

1. June 20th – July 5th : Volunteers will prepare for summer classes, design teaching materials, and develop students’ coursework. Volunteers with weak Spanish will take daily Spanish lessons.
   # July 7th – August 7th : Volunteers work with 7th graders to prepare them for high school in daily Math and English classes.
   # August 10th – August 21st : Volunteers work with high school students in review sessions, and to prepare them for the next grade level.

Because of the importance of consistency in education, volunteers are required to stay for a minimum of three weeks, but are encouraged to stay four weeks or longer.

Costs Costs for Summer 2009 include the following:

1. $500 Program Fee
   # $150/week for food, housing and transportation, payable upon arrival in Ecuador
   # Plane fare; travel arrangements and payments must be made individual by each volunteer

Unfortunately, The Village Education Project is unable to provide financial aid for volunteers. However, we will do our best to support fundraising efforts undertaken by volunteers to cover costs. Please contact us at VillageEducationVolunteer@gmail.com if you would like help fundraising your trip.

Application Timeline

Saturday, April 18 Applications due by 11:59 pm

Saturday, May 2 Admissions decisions completed

Saturday, May 16 $500 Program Fee due

Applications will be processed on a rolling basis and within two weeks of submission. Consideration will be given primarily to leadership and commitment to service. Some consideration may also be given to Spanish proficiency and length of stay.

Please join us for this incredible opportunity!

Applications for the Richard Rubin Scholar Mentoring Program are now available.
Now in its fifth year, the Program’s fundamental objective is to advance the academic,
inter-personal, social, and professional success of Swarthmore College students who
are from disadvantaged backgrounds and/or first generation students attending
college. The Program is open to currently enrolled freshmen, sophomores, and
juniors. Students selected for the Program will have a campus mentor – faculty or
staff – to guide them during their time at the college and after working with their campus
mentor for one year (sophomore year), they will be eligible to apply for a 4–6 week
summer internship and placed with alumni or friends of the college in their field
of interest.

Students will be considered for the Rubin Scholar Mentoring Program through two
routes: they can be nominated by a faculty or staff member with whom they already
have a mentoring relationship, or they can self-nominate and ask a faculty/staff member
to sponsor them, and become their campus mentor.

Application packets are available from Betsy Durning in the Dean’s Office (Parrish 140).

Deadline for applications is Tuesday, February 17, 2009.

If you have any questions, don’t hesitate to contact me (dsmaw1).

Dean Darryl Smaw, Program Administrator
Richard Rubin Scholar Mentoring Program

Come tell us about your work with the Columbus students! What is going well? What can be changed?

Sharples Room 6
6:30pm

A forum to share what’s working and what needs to improve with Dare2Soar @ Columbus. Email: d2scolumbus@gmail.com

2/11/09
Sharples Room 6
6:30pm

Do you have a project for which you would like summer grant money? Grants from a variety of college-administered sources are available to support research by students in each of the three divisions during the summer. All continuing students are eligible to apply for summer research support; however priority is generally given to students who are currently completing their junior year. Graduating seniors are not eligible.

For additional information and guidelines: http://www.swarthmore.edu/summerresearch.xml

Any questions, please contact Rose Maio (rmaio1 or x8106).

All applications are due 2/23.

Come to the scheduling meeting of Swarthmore’s new Aikido club! Sunday Feb. 1st at 1:00 in West Parrish Parlors. We welcome all styles and all levels of experience. Join us!

Applications for the Richard Rubin Scholar Mentoring Program are now available. In its fifth year, the Program’s fundamental objective is to advance the academic, inter—personal, social, and professional success of
Swarthmore College students who are from disadvantaged backgrounds and/or first generation students attending college. The Program is open to currently enrolled freshmen, sophomores, and juniors.

Students selected for the Program will have a campus mentor – faculty or staff – to guide them during their time at Swarthmore; and after working with their campus mentor for one year (sophomore year), they will be eligible to apply for a 4–6 week paid summer internship with alumni or friends of the college in a field of their interest.
Students can be nominated by a faculty or staff person, or self-nominate and ask a faculty/staff member to sponsor them, and become their campus mentor.

Application packets are available from Betsy Durning, Dean’s Office, Parrish 140.

++Do your parents practice separate religions?

++Do you practice a religion different from your family’s?

++Have you ever felt conflicted, excluded, excited, lucky (...) because of your multi-faith heritage?

++Confused about how to identify religiously?

For Religion & Spirituality Week (Feb. 1st – 7th), the Interfaith Interns are sponsoring a student panel on growing up in an interfaith household.

We’re looking for students willing to serve on this student panel to share their experiences growing up with multiple religious heritages. This panel will be held:

Thursday, February 5th
7:00–8:30pm
Scheuer Room

For more information, please contact:
Dina Emam ‘11
demam1@swarthmore.edu

Have a favorite essay that you’re excited to share? Want to show off that A+ paper?

Submit to Alchemy!

Alchemy, Swarthmore’s only journal of student academic writing, is now accepting submissions for our spring issue. We accept papers from students of all class years and papers from all academic disciples.

Just e-mail your paper (or papers!) as an attachment to alchemy.swarthmore@gmail.com by Tuesday, February 3. We’ll get back to you by March with our decisions.

Questions? E-mail Judy at jbrowng1 or Sean at snessel1

SUBMIT TO ALCHEMY! GET PUBLISHED!

The MLL Language tables start the week of 1/26/09. Arabic meets in Room 6 on Thursdays at 6:00 PM. Chinese meet on Monday in room 6 at 12:30 PM and on Friday in room 5 at 12:30. French meet on Wednesday in room 6 at 5:30 PM. German meet on Friday in room 4 at 12:00 noon. Japanese meet on Monday in room 4 at 12:15 PM. Russian meet on Thursday in room 6 at 12:30. Spanish meet on Wednesday in room 4 at 12:30 PM. Everyone is invited to come and eat and converse in these languages.

Do you have a favorite paper you want to share? Maybe you want to show off that perfect essay?

Submit to Alchemy!

Alchemy, Swarthmore’s only journal of student academic writing, is now accepting submissions for our spring issue. We consider academic papers from students of all class years and from all academic disciplines. Send in your paper or papers to alchemy.swarthmore@gmail.com (attach the files, please). We’ll get back to you by March about our decisions.

Questions? E-mail Judy at jbrowng1 or Sean at snessel1

SUBMIT to ALCHEMY! Get PUBLISHED!

I lost a necklace at the gym. Its a silver chain, with a pendant (mexican symbols/ruins) green. Please let me know if you found it.

I recently lost a black Nokia flip phone that says AT&T on the cover. It has also has a dangly phone chain with two blue-green strings of blue cylindrical and green leaf beads, oval pearls, and a silver heart bead. Most likely lost in ML breakfast room.

Please let me know if you find it: jzhu3@swarthmore.edu

Thank you!

I lost my scarf! It’s very red and very shiny and you probably don’t want it because it sheds shiny red bits a lot. I don’t know where I lost it (Sharples? Kohlberg?) or when exactly (definitely within the last week), but please let me know if you find it!

I recently lost a pair of keys—just a dorm key and my mailbox key on a gold key ring with a silver fleur-de-lis.

If you happen upon them, please let me know by e-mail: jabell1@swarthmore.edu

Thanks!

I found someone’s watch on magill walk this morning around 8 am close to parrish. it’s basically grey, water resistant digital “armitron” watch with plastic straps and a metal buckle. Email me if it’s yours: lbengal1.

Lost: pair of red-and-black patterned velvet Thinsulate gloves, probably on 3rd floor of Kohlberg.

I am selling a mint condition Nikon SLR camera for $175. Its a standard 35mm (non-digital) with a case.

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.