I’m looking for an old Powerbook adapter (not the magnetic sort). If you happen to have one that you no longer need, please contact me ASAP. Thanks!

Over break Career Services received a limited number of summer housing offers from Swat alums for students doing internship or summer research in cities away from home. These opportunities are available on a first-come first-served basis. Stop by during drop in hours M-F from 1–4:30 to review these opportunities.

Come to an OPEN SQU Meeting about questioning gender and sexuality. Share your experiences with questioning. Learn how to support anyone you may have in the questioning process.

*As an open meeting, people of different gender identities and/or sexual orientations will be attending. Please do not make any assumptions, and of course, the meeting will be completely confidential.

I have three tickets to The Ting Tings with Hot Tub show this Thursday, March 19 8:00 pm at the Starlight Ballroom. This show is sold out and has been for several weeks. I’m selling them AT COST… $15 + $2.50 service fee = $17.50 total each. Let me know if you want them.

Come watch this amazing film, nominated for Best Foreign Film at last year’s Academy Awards.

Please take an opportunity to view this great movie on a big screen!

We will prepare some refreshments as well.

Movie: Mongol (2007)
The untold story of Genghis Khan
http://www.mongolmovie.com/

Time: Thursday, March 19th, 7:00pm
Location: KOHL 115

Did you do anything interesting, magical, life-changing, or just plain fun this past spring vacation? Did you take photos of your exciting activities that include you (and perhaps other Swatties) in them?

If so, then we’d like to publish them in the yearbook! Send your fantastic spring break photos our way: email to “photos.halcyon@gmail.com”! Or be our friend on Facebook (“The Halcyon” in the Swat network) and check the info box for an easier way to submit!

Do it now so you don’t forget, and you just might see yourself and your friends in the 2009 yearbook!

Randall Exon has donated a beautiful and valuable painting for the charity auction, Friday night at Alice Paul, 8pm

Also Douge Herren, professor pottery, has donated pottery, along with Adrienne Bayton, who has donated another painting!

Chef Lisa, Head of Catering Services, will be preparing a dinner for up to 10 people on the date of your choice in honor of the Charity Auction.

FILET MIGNON WILL BE SERVED, ALONG WITH DELECTABLE VEGETARIAN OPTIONS!

Free Gift Certificate for Asian Cuisine in Media!! Plus the ADDED VALUE of a date with the LOTHARIO of all LOTHARIOS, soccer and sexual specialist, Ayman Abuminer!!! (Oh baby, oh baby!!!)

You cannot put a price on this… but the highest bidder will win =D

Friday night, 8pm in Alice Paul Lounge IT’S ALL GOING DOWN. That’s right: Your friends and your professors will be auctioning off their services shamelessly just to make a buck (well just to send a child from Ecuador to high school). Come for the wine, or come for the cheer, no matter what, JUST COME. You won’t regret it (SHUT OFF YOUTUBE. PUT DOWN YOUR BOOKS.) This is far too good.

*Highlights:

. Home-cooked dinner for a group by chef Rachel Head
. Boot-camp workout in Mullen with Matt Allen
. Sensual Serenade by G Patrick
. Your potrait drawn by Danny Walker
. SURPRISE TALENT by Margot Adams

Parlor Party in honor of Global Ed Week

Village Education Project sponsors Ecuadorian students on their journey through high school because there is limited free public education past middle school in Ecuador.

Therefore, to raise awareness, we are sponsoring global education week, and what better way than to have a parlor party with ECUADORIAN FOOD?

TRADER JOES HUNDREDS OF BOXES OF EMPANADAS AND DRINKS.

YUM YUM YUM YUM

The deadline to submit to the Spring 2009 issue of Small Craft Warnings has been extended to THIS FRIDAY, 3/20!

Please send submissions to “submit.scw@gmail.com” even if this entire address does not appear as a hyperlink.

No limits on form, style, genre, or creativity. Attachments are preferred.

Come check out Open Hours at the Women’s Resource Center this week! Every Monday through Thursday, 7 pm to midnight.

Monday, 7–9:30: Cookie Baking Party

Tuesday, 7–9:30: Study Break with all kinds of tea
Tuesday, 9:30-midnight: Open Soup and Study Hours

Wednesday, 7–9:30: Marathon of a TV show about an awesome female vampire slayer
Wednesday, 9:30-midnight: Marathon of the popular medical drama about the most obnoxious doctor on the east coast.

Thursday, 9:30-midnight: Screening of an award-winning documentary about the “history and fantasy” behind Barbie.

APIA (Asian Pacific Islander American) MONTH has begun (for Swarthmore)!!! It is a time to celebrate Asian and Pacific Islander Americans and raise awareness of APIA heritage and culture.

THIS WEEK‘S EVENTS:

1) Genevieve Ching-wen Lee’96 lecture by Jean Pfaelzer entitled: “DRIVEN OUT: The Forgotten War Against Chinese Americans”
WHERE: SC 101
WHEN: March 17 (TOMORROW!) @ 4:30pm

2) SAO Student/Faculty/Staff Luncheon
WHERE: Scheuer Room
WHEN: March 19 from 12pm-1pm
(open only to students/faculty/staff who identify as APIA)

3) Traffic Light Paces Party
WHERE: Paces
WHEN: March 20, from 10pm-2am

4) Asian American United Anti-Casino Petitioning in Chinatown
WHERE: Philadelphia
(For more information, contact John Dinh: jdinh1)

Pearl Kim the Assistant District Attorney that is currently working on
recent violent crimes against Asian Americans in Philadelphia. She
currently need translators in the attorney’s office. She needs somebody in
her office this week who can speak fluent Mandarin.

Her contact info is:
Delaware County Courthouse
201 W. Front St.
Media, PA 19063
phone: (610) 891–6109
fax: (610) 566–8366
email:KimP@co.delaware.pa.us

So you’ve got talent, charm, and personality… Compete to be MR. SWARTHMORE 2009!

It’s that time again… LaSS is presenting the third annual Mr. Swarthmore competition on Friday, April 17th at 9PM in Upper Tarble. Contestants representing various organizations on campus will be competing to be this year’s “Mr. Swat” in six hilariously entertaining events. The night’s events include “formal wear”, bathing suit/tropical wear, a talent component, and for those remaining 5 a brief Q&A session, Dash for Cash, and a surprise event!!!

But we can’t have the event without YOU… If you want to compete to be “Mr. Swat 2009”, e-mail Jessica Hamilton (jhamilt1) with your name and the group/organization you are representing. All information regarding competition details will be e-mailed over the next few weeks.

*Mr. Swarthmore is an annual fundraiser. This year, all proceeds will go to Women’s Way: a Philadelphia-based organization devoted to the achievement of women’s equality, safety, self-sufficiency and reproductive freedom.

So you’ve got talent, charm, and personality… Compete to be MR. SWARTHMORE 2009!

It’s that time again… LaSS is presenting the third annual Mr. Swarthmore competition on Friday, April 17th at 9PM in Upper Tarble. Contestants representing various organizations on campus will be competing to be this year’s “Mr. Swat” in six hilariously entertaining events. The night’s events include “formal wear”, bathing suit/tropical wear, a talent component, and for those remaining 5 a brief Q&A session, Dash for Cash, and a surprise event!!!

But we can’t have the event without YOU… If you want to compete to be “Mr. Swat 2009”, e-mail Jessica Hamilton (jhamilt1) with your name and the group/organization you are representing. All information regarding competition details will be e-mailed over the next few weeks.

*Mr. Swarthmore is an annual fundraiser. This year, all proceeds will go to Women’s Way: a Philadelphia-based organization devoted to the achievement of women’s equality, safety, self-sufficiency and reproductive freedom.

Drama Board and the President’s Office are sponsoring a Clown Workshop taught by Quinn Bauriedel ‘94. Clown is an incredibly fun and challenging performance style that explores the relationship between actor and audience. And you get a red nose. The dates are:
March 22, 7:30–10:30 pm
March 28, 3–6 pm
March 29, 7:30–10:30 pm

Sign up on the Drama Board in Parrish today!

BE AWARE:

March 20th-March 22nd
COMEDY AWARENESS WEEKEND
presented by Boy Meets Tractor

Kickoff BMT/VGG joint show w/ special guests Lighted Fools and No Offense.

Vertigo-go Playdate

Come Film with BMT!

Audience of Two & Olde English Headline Comedy Show.

Seven Dirty Words Olde Club Party

That’s What She Said: Women In Comedy Discussion

Dinner and Comedy Movie Screening: Bring your own dinner.

2 swim test opportunities will be offered to those students who need to complete the swim test requirement for graduation. The dates and times of the swim tests are as follows:

Wednesday, March 18: 4:30 pm, 5:00 pm, and 5:30 pm
Thursday, March 19: 4:30 pm, 5:00 pm, and 5:30 pm

Please RSVP for the swim test by Monday, March 16. When replying, state your preferred date/time slot, full name, and class year.

For those students who cannot pass the swim test, two (2) Beginning Aquatics classes will be offered this quarter (March 17 – April 30):

Tuesday/Thursday 8:30AM – 9:45AM (new) CRN 23278 PHED 011B-03
Tuesday/Thursday 11:20AM – 12:35PM CRN 20645 PHED 011B-02

Please complete an add/drop form to register for class.

If you have any questions about the swim test, or PE requirements, please contact me.

Marian

Last call for Directors and Playwrights for Drama Board’s One Act Play Festival!

Missed the interest meeting last week? Still want to put on a One Act? No worries! Join Drama Board’s semesterly One Act Play Festival.

Contact Isa St. Clair (istclai1) or Jessie Cannizaro (jcanniz1) for more information!

Actors – keep an eye out for auditions in the coming week!

Come volunteer with Saturdays of Service next Saturday, March 21 from 11:00am to 2:00pm at Books Through Bars in West Philly!

Books Through Bars is a non profit organization hoping to make a positive change on the lives of those in prison through access to educational materials and through facilitating prisoner education.

We will be meeting outside the rose garden at 10:45 am. There will be donuts and bagels! The van will be LEAVING AT 11:00am and returning around 2:15pm ish.

If you are interested please email Jeff at zcao1@swarthmore.edu.

Global Health Forum, in partnership with SolesUnited and Crocs, Inc., is collecting Crocs and sending them to people living in Pémon, Venezuela in order to improve their health and quality of life.

So how do Crocs help improve people’s lives?
—Basic footwear improves hygiene and lowers rates of infections transmitted through barefeet, like tungiasis. These infections can greatly increase the risk of secondary infections, like tetanus, which can be lethal.

These infections are completely preventable—Please donate any available Crocs to be recycled and redistributed—collection begins after Spring Break!

Collection Bin Locations:

Shane Lounge
Sharples (top lobby)

(and as always, every little bit helps. GHF and the people of Pémon thank you!)

Students interested in the Buenos Aires Program for Fall 09 should contact Professor Diego Armus, darmus1@swarthmore.edu as soon as possible. There are still few available places. Swarthmore in Buenos Aires provides individually-crafted programs of study with total immersion in the academic, artistic, social and political life of Buenos Aires. It aims at serving students in social sciences, the humanities, and applied sciences interested in taking their Spanish to an advanced level of fluency, as well as those at beginner or intermediate levels. But along with its language improvement component students participating in the Swarthmore in Buenos Aires program will organize their work around three or more areas of interest (in any field or discipline) that may include directed reading on a chosen subject, a research project, community work, an internship in a lab or in a cultural institution. They will participate in individual weekly discussion meetings with their mentors – university professors, artists or researchers – as well as in open courses at several public and private universities. Academic oriented traveling (from Patagonia to Iguazu Falls to areas of the Argentine interior with a strong native American presence) could be part of the program’s offerings. Students may enroll for one semester or the full year. For a detailed description of the different ways in which you can plan your stay in Buenos Aires, please contact Professor Diego Armus, History Department and check the Program Web site: http://www.swarthmoreba.com.ar

A) Community CPR: adult,infant, & child
Tuesdays: 3/24 and 3/31/2009
Time: 6 pm – 9:30 pm Cost: $50.00
B) Progressive First Aid:
CPR certificate required
Tuesday: 4/7/2009
Time: 6 pm – 9:30 pm Cost: $15.00
C) Community CPR recertification
Tuesday: 4/21/2009
Time: 6 pm – 9:30 pm Cost: $15.00
Community CPR and first aid can be combined for the cost of $60.00
To register for classes call Worth Health Center at 610–328-8058
Registration ends 3/19/2009
6 person minimum to hold class

Lost Scarf. Pink and brown squares. Knitted.

Found keys in Parrish Parlors on Sat. If you are missing your keys forward me the description and I’ll give them to you.

Found in Sharples OneTouch Ultra2 Please come to the health center to claim.

Lost a personal check to Marc Engel as I was leaving the Mailroom/Parrish. It was a birthday check!

A pair of men’s gloves were found in Kohlberg’s classroom 328 on February 17th. Please stop by Kohlberg 316 to claim them. Thank you.

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.