I am conducting an experiment for my economics class that can be done entirely in front of your computer at the time that is most convenient to you. It will require responding to 1–2 emails and about 20 minutes. I will randomly select 8 participants to receive the payoffs they earn in the experiment, up to $10.

I would really appreciate your help. If you would like to participate, please respond to jmcmanu1@swarthmore.edu by this Friday (4/17).

- Jeff McManus

LAST call for boat entries for Crum Regatta. You can send me your entry information by email and I will add you to the list. Please email me your info TODAY,no later than tomorrow morning.

Are your parents are coming for Parent’s weekend?If so, make sure to ask them whether they have any garden tools at home that they would be willing to donate to the Chester Garden Project. Bring your parents and any garden tools you collect to the GoodFood Workday event on Saturday April 19th.

For more information on the garden check out:
http://chestergardenproject.wordpress.com/about/

We need people to help with check-in, airport greeting, 30th street greeting, and office desk sitters on Thursday 4/16. The pay scale is category 1 (8.20/hr). Sign up sheet is on my window sill, the second on the right from the admissions office door. Slots are first-come, first served. Fringe benefits include: hanging out with the deans, and of course, hanging out with starry-eyed prospective students. And probably unlimited junk food involving high fructose corn syrup and hydrogenated oils. If you have any questions, please email apien1.

Andrea

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Want to earn some money? Work Ride the Tide!

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Andrea Pien ‘08
Admissions Counselor

Swarthmore College
500 College Ave.
Swarthmore, PA 19081

(610) 328–8300
www.swarthmore.edu

Calling all LGBT, Queer, and Questioning students -

We are creating a film project for our Latin American Sexualities class, and we would love to have the opportunity to interview you about your experience as a queer or questioning individual. We are hoping to examine the intersections between gender and sexual identities, class, race, nationality, ethnicity and culture, as well as the emotional experience of being queer or questioning at home and at Swarthmore.
The interviews will be about 20 minutes long, and we will provide questions for you to think about beforehand. You do not need to be ´out´ in order to participate in this project. We are willing to go to any lengths necessary to preserve your privacy and anonymity.
If you are interested in being interviewed, please email
queerintersectionsfilm@gmail.com and include several times when you are available.
Thanks so much!

Erika Slaymaker, Jean Strout, Dina Kopansky and Rebecca Ryan

Enter to win an Ipod Touch! $3 for 1 ticket; $5 for 2.
Tabling at Sharples, Lunch and Dinner.
The proceeds from the raffle will go to support Club Despertar, a tutoring group for the kids of migrant workers living in Kennett Square.

Come check out WRC Open Hours this week! We’re open from 7 pm to midnight, every Monday through Thursday.

Monday, 7–9:30 pm: Come dance the night away to Avril Lavigne!
Monday, 9:30 pm-midnight: Screening of a documentary about Haitian immigrants living in New York City and the band DJARARA, the only sustained rara band in America.

Tuesday, 7–9:30 pm: Need to study? Come for open study hours! Need a break? We’ll be having a study break with delicious cookies and tea!
Tuesday, 9:30 pm-midnight: Part 3 of The WRC Open Hours Lectures on Moving Image Pornography: “Pornotopia: Porn in the 21st Century.” Porn studies NOW: come to discuss the current state of porn studies, and how porn studies fits into the anti-porn/porn debate. Is this debate any longer relevant? Also, we’ll be discussing the policing of pornography through community standards. Can we watch porn without studying it? Can we study porn without watching it?

Wednesday, 7–9:30 pm: Marathon of the hit TV show about an amazing female vampire slayer!
Wednesday, 9:30 pm-midnight: A game of Monopoly for anyone interested in a fun study break!

Support Club Despertar by participating in our fundraiser. We are raffling off an iPod Touch. $3 for 1 ticket, $5 for 2 tickets. Money raised will go towards funding our annual Club D celebration for the children that we tutor from Kennett Square, PA. Tickets will be sold at the top of Sharples at lunch and dinner all this week.

Purchase some 100% handwoven silk goods, straight from the Tabitha Foundation’s Cambodian cottage industry program. These goods include scarves, coin purses, gift bags, and glasses cases. Proceeds go towards our housebuilding project. We’ll be tabling in Tarble at the bag lunch counter on Wednesday, but email jtrinh1@swarthmore.edu or demam1@swarthmore.edu if you’re interested but can’t make it!

1999 VW Passat GLS $5800 OBO – price lowered!
My son bought this in late fall ‘08 and did all the work to it – unfortunately the economy has caught up with him and he can’t afford to keep it.
This is a great car – must see and drive to appreciate especially the suspension and how well it handles. Burgundy with tan, leather interior. 5 speed, V6 engine with a short shifter. Hi-flo air intake, new timing belt, drive belts, struts, shocks, lowering springs, and water pump. Receipts for all. After market Kenwood head unit. Heated seats, power everything except seats. 127K miles.
For photos/more info call Diane at 610–283-0270 or ext 8047 or email me at dfritz1@swarthmore.edu.

We have just learned that the EZBorrow system malfunctioned last Thursday evening through Friday morning. This means that any requests entered between 7:15 pm, 4/9/09 until 9:15 am, 4/10/09, have been lost. If you placed an EZBorrow request during that time, you will need to enter it again. Apologies all around.
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Speak 2 Swatties is a group of peer counselors and mental health advocates. You may have heard of us through several of the events we have thrown on campus this year, including We’re All Mad Here or the upcoming lecture by Tamar Chansky. We are currently looking for new peer counselors for the upcoming school year. If you like to listen and
discuss issues concerning mental health, this may be the group for you! Anyone interested in applying should contact Melissa Cruz (mcruz1) and
Megan Jeffreys (mjeffre1).

Come support your culinarily (yes that’s a word) talented classmates and SwatCambodia!

Sunday:
Peruvian Stirfry
Classic New York Cheesecake w/ Apricot Glaze
Carrot Cake

Monday:
Orange Madelines
Apple Cream cake

Tuesday:
Dark Chocolate Brownies

Wednesday:
Cinnamon Mocha Cupcakes
AND…
SwatCambodia Takeover!! featuring lychee, coconut or durian ice cream!!

As always, Sunday to Wednesday, 9:30 to 12:30

Come volunteer with Saturdays of Service at the Parent Summit at Chester High School on Saturday, April 18 from 10:00am to 1:00pm. Lunch provided!

The Parent Summit is an conference aimed at connecting Chester residents with the school district. Workshops include computer classes, urban family planning, educaitonal games, and much more. They need volunteers to come help set up and provide assistance with organization. They also need volunteers to supervise and play with the kids.

This is a great opportunity to get out of the bubble and get to know the residents of Chester! No experience necessary. Please contact Jeff at zcao1@swarthmore.edu if interested in any of above.

If you cannot make those times, we can also help set up the day before, Friday April 17 from 4:30pm to 6:00pm. Please come to one of those times!

Chester Neighborhood Bike Works will be conducting a bike repair and safety workshop at the Parent Summit at Chester High School on Saturday, April 18 from 10:00am to 1:00pm. We will also be promoting the summer program to the students of Chester. If interested in helping out, contact Jeff at zcao1@swarthmore.edu. No experience with bikes necessary.

Your ASS is grass, and I’m going to smoke it—in just one week’s time, hordes of paranoid students will be thinking these very words. If you want in, email the Assmaster back (masterofasses@gmail.com) by Friday, April 17—the hunt begins at sunrise on Monday, April 20. Undoubtedly some on campus might be feeling a little bit extra-relaxed on 4/20, so just a few words of wisdom: Watch Your Ass!

The Alice L. Crossley Prize is awarded each year to the student (or students) for the best original essay on any topic in Asian Studies or Asian American Studies.

The competition is open to all Swarthmore students regardless of their major or year. Term papers, theses, and substantial research papers are eligible. Faculty members may nominate students’ work, however, the responsibility is on the student to submit the paper. Only one entry per student is permitted.

Papers must be submitted to Anna Everetts, Trotter 107, via campus mail or email attachment, by Monday, May 4, 2009.

Going somewhere?

Check out the Ride Board outside Parrish 109!

If you’re driving into Philly or even to New York and have some extra space…

Or if you want to get home for the summer without paying for planes and trains…

Use the Ride Board to save money and to help a fellow Swattie out! Be cool: Carpool.

Kitao Gallery Board Positions!

Interested in art, curating exhibitions, or planning events of other kinds for the Swarthmore community? The Kitao Gallery board, which oversees Swarthmore’s only exclusively student-run gallery, is looking for new members! To apply, please answer the following questions in the body of an email and send it to kitaogallery@gmail.com by 11:59 PM on Friday, April 17th. This is a strict deadline. We are looking for a treasurer (cannot be a rising senior), a culinary director, a publicity director, artist liaison, and several members at large. Feel free to apply for any or all positions.

Application questions:

1. Why do you want to be on Kitao board?

2. What would you bring the position?

3. Any relevant past experience of any kind (art related or not, event planning, organizational, etc.)? If so, please describe.

4. Do you play an active role in any other on-campus organizations?

5. What role do you think the Kitao gallery should have on campus, and what role should you have on the Kitao gallery board?

6. Anything else we should know?

We look forward to reading your applications! Please send applications and any questions to kitaogallery@gmail.com.
Application deadline: Friday, April 17th

Voice Workshop

Drama Board is sponsoring a Voice Workshop taught by Audrey Pernell ’04. It will focus on exploring the voice and body using the lens of Yoga and dance. It will be very informal, fun and informative for singers, actors or anyone interested in exploring their voice. The dates are:

Thursday, April 16th, 7:00pm-10:00pm
Saturday, April 18th 10:00am-1:00pm

Sign up on the Drama Board in Parrish today! Questions? E-mail Nell at nbangje1@swarthmore.edu.

I lost my cell phone Monday afternoon. I suspect it fell out of my pocket in either Sharples or at the SEPTA station. It’s an old LG model (VX7000)—silver flip phone with dark blue on the cover. Please let me know if you find it! Thanks.

I lost my flash drive—it is a black, 4G HP flash drive. If you happen to find it, the drive’s name is “Hermes,” and has some documents on it that I really need. Thanks for your help!

Lost near Sharples: keys attached to a yellow lanyard and a black walllet

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.