Peaslee is hosting its Spring Tournament and we are looking for people who would like to judge. The tournament runs from 4:30 on Friday through Saturday afternoon. Judging debate is a fairly easy and rewarding experience. If you have past debate experience or no experience at all, we would love your help.
We will have information sessions to teach you about Parliamentary Debate on Monday April 6th at 8pm in Kohlberg 226 and Thursday April 9th at 8pm in Kohlberg. Pick one day.
Also, people who judge get an AWESOME PARTY as a giant thank you from Peaslee.
If you are interested in judging or have any questions, contact jbernha1@swarthmore.edu

Diverse people, diverse talents!

i20 introduces international week 2009! we are hoping to create international awareness on campus by bringing diverse programs throughout the week.

events are as follows:
1) cultural kickoff!

Come enjoy i20’s annual, laid-back, gloriously international Cultural Show! featuring acts from all around the world!

Sunday 4/5/09 4:30pm Upper Tarble

2) movie screenings from around the world
4/5: Sepet (Malaysia)
A look at how two young lovers from totally different background cope with family and social pressure.

4/8: Amores Perros (Mexico)
A horrific car accident connects three stories, each involving characters dealing with loss, regret, and life’s harsh realities, all in the name of love.

4/10: Let the Right One in (Swedish)
Oscar, an overlooked and bullied boy, finds love and revenge through Eli, a beautiful but peculiar girl who turns out to be a vampire.

4/11: Yesterday (South Africa)
After falling ill, Yesterday learns that she is HIV positive. With her husband in denial and young daughter to tend to, Yesterday’s one goal is to live long enough to see her child go to school.

movies are all to be shown in LPAC Cinema each night, 8PM! bring yourself, keep the popcorns!

3) international fair
parrish porch will be filled with students from all around the world with tables with goodies/food/gifts from different countries. come eat good food, take pictures with students in their traditional costumes/hang out with your favorite group of students!

at the same time there will be a handicraft sale with peace week. Handicraft fair selling earrings, scarves, bags, .... etc from which proceeds will help to sponsor education of children and widows displaced by the conflict in Nepal. 1 year’s education for a child costs only $15! Everything sold in the fair will cost $15 or less. More than 50,000 children and widows have been displaced due to the conflict.

Parrish Beach, Friday April 10th, 4:00–6:00pm

4) International Club Pura Vida Ibiza – “The Mother of All Parties”

come dressed up in party/beach wear, with vibrant mediterranean colors! we will have REAL party music from around the world!

sat, 4/11 paces 10–2am

The April 2nd issue of the Swarthmore College Weekly Classifieds has been posted at:

http://weeklyclassifieds.swarthmore.edu/

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

Sharples Room 6
6:30pm

Always wanted to drive a golf cart?
Looking for extra cash to start out the summer?
Wanna to get a free T-Shirt?

Apply to be a student worker for Alumni Weekend ‘08! With over 1,500 alums expected to be on campus for Alumni Weekend, there are plenty of jobs for student workers.

Students are paid $8.27/hr and work June 5, 6, and 7 (the weekend after graduation). Meals are provided during the weekend and we can provide housing to a limited number of students from move-out day (May 18) through Alumni Weekend. Housing is limited and will be given out in order of application.

You can apply now on-line (http://www.swarthmore.edu/alumni/aw_worker.php) or pickup an application in the Alumni Office, Sproul 106. The application deadline is May 1st. Again, housing is limited, so get your application in early!

If you have any questions send an email to Matthew at marmste1@swarthmore.edu.

Relax and unwind with yoga every Wednesday night from 7–8 pm. No prior experience needed. Alice Paul lounge. Free mats for the first 15 students to sign up. Taught by Mary Anne Anderson.

Dear Ladies and Gentlemen of Swarthmore,

We would like to present to you the opportunity to participate in an introduction to the beauties of le fromage. Both experience cheese lovers and those as yet unfamiliar with cheese are welcome and encouraged to come to our event. This Saturday Matthews & Green are bringing nine exquisite cheeses and one exquisite speaker to campus:

- Brie de Meaux – Brie
– Keen’s Cheddar – chedder
– Bleu D’Auvergne – blue cheese
– Berkswell – Hard sheep’s milk cheese
– Humboldt’s Fog – Soft goat’s milk cheese)
– Ardrahan – Pasteurized cow’s milk washed rine cheese
– Camembert Mini Wheels – Camembert
– Tete de Moine – Swiss cheese
– Aged Pecorino Toscano

- And Ms. Heather Dumigan, local Cheese connoisseur.

Juice, Perrier, fruit and other accompaniments also will be provided. Please note that this is not a dinner event.

There will be a short presentation by Ms. Dumigan followed by a cheese-tasting and refined conversation.

All interested parties should RSVP to swatcheeseparty@gmail.com . Space is limited and reservations will be accepted in order received.

What: Cheese Party
When: April 4, 7:30 PM
Where: Bond Hall
Who: Any Trico student
Wear: Formalwear. Career Services has formalwear that may be borrowed if necessary.

RSVP to: swatcheeseparty@gmail.com

We look forward to your attendance.

Yours sincerely,
Messieurs Robert Matthews & Christopher Green

1999 VW Passat GLS
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 with sub. Heated seats, power everything except seats. 127K miles. $6250 OBO. For photos/info contact dfritz1@swarthmore.edu, call ext 8047 or 610–283-0270.

Love to bake and interested in contributing to an exciting theatrical endeavor? I’m seeking help with creating an interactive feast, to be served as a part of my thesis production of Macbeth, May 1–4 in Crumhenge. Looking for varying levels of commitment, from those who want to take charge to those who might be able to bake a loaf or two. Contact me at jvitale1@swarthmore.edu

Where is everybody? There is a Saturday Morning shuttle service that runs between ML, PPR, Strath Haven, and Parrish Circle from 10 AM -12 noon. Go see your friends off campus, go to breakfast at ML (use your meal card! fresh food!), come to campus, do whatever you want. We look forward to seeing you on the shuttle!

Caps & Gowns, Swarthmore Rings, Diploma Frames
Tuesday, Wednesday, & Thursday,
March 31, April 1, & April 2
from 10:30am to 5:00pm in the lobby of the Bookstore.

Participants in Commencement MUST wear caps & gowns. Please bring $24 to
cover gown rental.

If you’d like to purchase a souvenir tassel in school colors with your class year, please bring an additional $6.

If you can’t stop by the bookstore during the above listed times, please
send a friend or proxy to order your cap and gown.

Thanks!
-Your Senior Class Officers

We are looking for up to 10 underclassmen who are dedicated to the Senior class, responsible, and able to stay on campus for the entire Senior Week (May 23rd through May 31). Senior Week Workers will stay on campus after finals and through graduation (May 31, 2009). Workers will be given room and board as compensation for their help. Their duties will include assisting the class officers with set-up and clean-up, for events both on campus and off. Some of the helpers will also be ushers at the graduation ceremony. Workers may be asked to drive vans if they are van-certified.

Workers will have time off during the week to hang out with their senior friends or family members and are encouraged to join in the fun of senior week when not on duty. To fill out an application, go to the following link: http://spreadsheets.google.com/viewform?formkey=cHdsUUlfdE93QVlseFpqdWpuM3NkVEE6MA

Chester Bike Works is holding a children’s bike drive on Saturday and we need someone with a truck to help us move bikes back to Swat from the 320 Market on Saturday. Time commitment should only be about an hour, from noon to 1 pm. We may be able to compensate you for your help with a delicious sandwich from 320.

The Women’s Resource Center has open hours every Monday-Thursday, 7 pm to midnight. Come check out some of our amazing events this week!

Monday, 7–9:30 pm: Screening of the original tragic Kate Winslet and Leonardo DiCaprio movie, about love found on a boat.
Monday, 9:30 pm – midnight: Screening of a documentary that explores the connections between sound, rhythm, time, and the body by following percussionist Evelyn Glennie, who is nearly deaf.

Tuesday, 7–9:30 pm: Open Study Hours with yummy snacks.
Tuesday, 9:30 pm – midnight: WRC Lectures on Moving Image Pornography: a series of interactive talks on the history of porn and discipline of porn studies by budding sexologist Kevin Kim ‘11. This Tuesday: PART ONE: “Girls on Film: Stags and the Men Who Loved Them.” Come to learn about the origins of moving image pornography, and the concomitant construction of early porn’s male audience. We will discuss the gaze. We will watch experts from some French “blue movies” from the 1920s- 1940s. When we’re watching porn as scholars, are we also watching porn?

Wednesday, 7–9:30 pm: Marathon of the popular TV show about an amazing woman vampire slayer.
Wednesday, 9:30 pm-midnight: Showing of the popular TV comedy about life in the office.

Thursday, 9:30 pm-midnight: Discussion – “Fat Talk.”

LPAC 7:30 PM this Thursday April 2!

Come see Swarthmore’s manliest and feminine-iest a cappella groups perform! Come support the seniors – Laura Wolk, Minju Kim, Sasha Shahidi, Emily Sun, Cara Arcuni, Colin Aarons and Henry Clapp!
Grapevine will be performing SIX never before heard songs plus some old favorites.
(Also there will be food.)
(Also we will be done before pub nite.)

LPAC 7:30 PM This Thursday April 2!

It is that time of year again! The Photo Club is running a student photography show during
Family Weekend and we are accepting submissions until THIS FRIDAY (April 3)!

Submission guidelines are simple: Send full-size photographs of any subject to Steve Dean [sdean1@swarthmore.edu] by Friday, April 3rd.

If you want to submit film photographs, please send either Steve Dean or Miles Skorpen a copy via the Mail Room or hand it off to either of us in person.

After we receive submissions, we’ll select a limited number of photographs, and then matte them all (and, if funds allow, even frame a few). There is no limit to the number of photographs you can submit.
Submitters retain all rights to their photos.

See further details here: http://www.sccs.swarthmore.edu/org/photo-club/

If you are interested in helping with the show (matting, selecting
photographs, organizing) send me an email as soon as you can.

See you (or at least your pictures) at the show!

Thank you to everyone who signed up for the cooking workshop. We are currently trying to fit everyone in and are now fully overbooked. If the workshop is a success we will try to host another one in the near future.

The Daily Gazette is now the place for students to connect with one another about summer and post-grad housing plans. Login to the gazette directly or go through facebook to access the site.
http://daily.swarthmore.edu/housing/

I am trying to sell a 120 GB hard drive, a CD/DVD drive, a MacBook battery, and some 1 GB RAM. If you are interested, I have a document with pictures and details of what I am selling that I can send to you.

La Revista ñ, la única publicación en español de Swarthmore, busca expandirse y abarcar temas literarios, culturales, sociales y políticos de diversa índole.

Para hacerlo, ¡necesitamos que escribas!

Puedes participar de dos formas: concurso de cuento corto y convocatoria general (ficción y no ficción).

I. Concurso de cuento corto (sólo para estudiantes de Swarthmore College)*

Tema: Tragedias cotidianas
Fecha límite: 20 de abril de 2009, 11:59PM

Primer premio: $100;
Segundo premio: $50;
Tercer premio: $25

Enviar a: larevistaenie@gmail.com

*Todos los cuentos tienen que seguir las reglas publicadas en nuestra página de internet:

http://revistaenie.wordpress.com

II. Convocatoria general de escritos, primavera 2009
(abierta a estudiantes, profesores y ex-alumnos de Swarthmore, Haverford y Bryn Mawr)

Te invitamos a someter tus escritos a la Revista ñ. Fecha límite: 20 de abril.

Aceptamos todo tipo de escritos de ficción y no ficción en español: poesía, cuento, ensayo (puede ser académico), crónica, reseña, etc.
También puedes acompañar tu obra con una foto o dibujo.

Todos los escritos deberán someterse en formato word (.doc), doble
espacio, Times New Roman 12.
Debe incluir su nombre completo, año de estudios, dirección de e-mail y teléfono.

Poesía – máximo 2 páginas
Cuento corto – máximo 4 páginas
Ensayo – máximo 5 páginas
Crónica y Reseña – máximo 3 páginas

¿Preguntas? ¿Sugerencias?
E-mail: larevistaenie@gmail.com
Internet: http://revistaenie.wordpress.com

Live in the Ville! Closer than ML, air conditioning, private bath, private kitchen, large beds, convenient shopping, free parking. How could you go wrong?

For Sublet: Furnished 2BR apartment in Dartmouth House, with full amenities. Each bedroom has a full-sized bed, the kitchen is fully outfitted. TV, wireless internet, A/C, free heat & water. Available from when dorms close to when dorms open.
$400 & Utilities per month per person*.

(*if three people want to sublet , the total cost will be $1025 & Utilities per month)

Contact: Samantha (Herbert) Tanzer, ‘10, stanzer1

Just wanted to remind everyone about this great opportunity! We’re eager to hear from you.

Are you even a little bit interested in proposing a show to Drama Board for Fall 2009? Would you like it to take place on the LPAC mainstage? If so, please contact a member of Drama Board ASAP to express your interest in the mainstage. The earlier we know you’re interested, the easier it is for us to guide you through the process of getting your dream show approved and funded. Don’t wait until too late to get the ball rolling on what could be your most exciting project ever. Let us know you’re out there!

~Drama Board (dramaboard@googlegroups.com): Nell Bang-Jensen (nbangje1), Judy Browngoehl (jbrowng1), Jessie Cannizzaro (jcanniz1), Kim Comer (kcomer1), Emma Ferguson (efergus1), Ali Flamm (aflamm1), Chris Klaniecki (cklaniec1), Madeleine Laupheimer (mlauphe1), Nicole Singer (nsinger1), Isa St. Clair (istclai1), Dustin Trabert (dtraber1), Elena Viboch (eviboch1)

I lost my scarf during dinner in Sharples, April 1st Wednesday. It’s a really soft brown Pashmina scarf. Please email me if you find it
Thanks!

Hey, I lost this ring two weeks ago, probably in the fieldhouse but maybe somewhere else. It was a gift from my sister, and is very important to me. If found, please let me know!

In the Science Center Commons. Describe it to me, and I’ll return it. ncheray1

I lost my room key and mail key, along with a small black key for my bike lock. It’s on a blue lanyard with the text: “NC Governor’s School West.” It’s been missing since last wednesday (3/25).
Please email me if you happen to come across it!

Dear campus friends, I lost my ipod touch on Tuesday, March 25 around 11 PM. It is in a black case and I would be able to name many of the songs on it for identification purposes. I would really appreciate your help in keeping your eyes peeled, and if you find it please let me know! Thanks!

Lost: two keys clipped to a white lanyard designed with musical notes and hearts. If found, please contact me as soon as possible—thanks!

To claim, contact lbarki1

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.