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Ban on same-sex marriage in Pa.?
Yesterday, the newly elected Australian government announced that it would be taking steps to remove discrimination against queer couples in…
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College considers proposal to relocate campus bookstore
Although the bookstore’s central location has made it a fixture in every Swarthmore student’s daily ritual, its days beneath the bell tower…
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Suspect charged with attempted kidnapping of Swarthmore student
At approximately 2 a.m. this morning, an unknown individual attempted to physically force a male Swarthmore student into the car he was…
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President Bloom to leave college after 17-year tenure
Published May 29, 2008
President Al Bloom recently announced that he will be ending his 17-year tenure next summer, effective August 31, 2009. Bloom, who is the 13th president of the college, began his career at Swarthmore in 1974 as an assistant professor in psychology and linguistics before succeeding David Fraser as president in 1991. A search committee for Bloom’s successor is currently being formed and will include Board members, faculty members and two students who will be appointed by Student Council.
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Students act in support of Rivero after tenure decision
BY ROSARIO PAZ
Published May 1, 2008
Prompted by the college’s decision to deny tenure to Spanish language and literature professor Horacio Chiong Rivero earlier this semester, a number of students have continued to express their support for the reconsideration of this decision by collecting signatures for a collective letter, as well as chalking on campus. Currently, any review of the original tenure decision is still under consideration by the Department of Modern Languages and Literature.
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College implements telephone messaging system for disseminating information in emergency situations
On Monday an e-mail from Dean Jim Larimore informed students of the college’s implementation of Connect-ED®, a new emergency telephone…
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New parking committee to meet
The parking committee, which evaluates applications for parking permits, has been recently restructured to increase transparency and work…
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Chester Co-op to provide community-owned produce
A recent effort to get Swarthmore students involved with the Chester Co-op culminated on Saturday with the first shuttle run to the co-op.…
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College to use sharpshooters to manage Crum deer
The college announced yesterday that it has accepted a plan to use sharpshooters to control the overabundance of deer in the Crum Woods…
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Incoming president Heo discusses accountability, input
Phoenix editor Jack Keefe recently sat down with recently elected Student Council president Yongjun Heo ’09 to expand upon his previously…
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The Big Chair retires from Parrish Beach
Jake Beckman ’04, architect of the Big Chair, discusses its history and the possibility of designing a durable replacement
As Jake Beckman ’04 wheeled out his most recent art piece under the cover of darkness in the spring of 2003, he had no idea that the piece…
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- Students act in support of Rivero after tenure decision
- So far, ten seniors and recent alumni awarded Fulbrights
- Orientation considers changes
- The awkward revolution: Why goofy is in
- The quest for The Truth
- Ban on same-sex marriage in Pa.?
- Week in pictures
- From the editor
- Sexual assaults lead to questions of justice
- The quest for The Truth
- College to use sharpshooters to manage Crum deer
- Community considers alcohol’s role
- Sexual assaults lead to questions of justice
- From the editor
- Swarthmore education is trial by fire
- Suspect charged with attempted kidnapping of Swarthmore student
- Committee chooses two phoenix costume designs
- Week in pictures
- Students act in support of Rivero after tenure decision
- So far, ten seniors and recent alumni awarded Fulbrights
- Suspect charged with attempted kidnapping of Swarthmore student
- Op-art
- College to use sharpshooters to manage Crum deer
- The awkward revolution: Why goofy is in
- Swarthmore education is trial by fire
- Chester Co-op to provide community-owned produce
- Housing lessons
- From the editor
- Out of the terrordome: Dalva bids his final farewell
