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Planning group details $6.85M in cuts, more to come

In an effort to address the current challenges the college faces from last year’s economic downturn, the Ad Hoc Financial Planning Group on Friday released its recommendations for $6.85 million in bud…

ADA compliance reviewed by Department of Justice

Members of the Department of Justice visited campus two weeks ago to ensure that the college is making progress in meeting the Americans with Disabilities Act Accessibility Guidelines for Buildings an…

Olde Club to undergo flood damage repairs

Going into his senior year as Olde Club Facilities Director, Louis Jargow ’10 said that he was passionate about pushing for improvements and renovations to the social space. But before classes started…

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Green roof tour

There will be a tour of David Kemp dorm’s green roof today from 1 p.m. to 2:30 p.m. Free and open to the public, the tour will meet at the Scott Arboretum offices. It will be can…

Israeli teenagers speak out against their military

While many American teenagers spend their senior years of high school writing college essays or applying for jobs, two Israeli women who spoke at the college yesterday prepared themselves for a much d…

Chopp backs college financial transparency

President Rebecca Chopp released an update on Monday about college finances in an e-mail to the campus community. The Phoenix’s Dante Fuoco spoke with Chopp to clarify and expand upon the details of t…

Bookstore removes fee from wholesale costs for campus

In an effort to save the college money amid a struggling economy, the bookstore has started to waive fees on large-quantity orders purchased by departments of the college.

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Free condoms to be placed in dorms within the week

Aiming to make sex safer on campus, the Sexual Health Counselors are beginning to work with RAs to stock recently-funded condoms in every dorm.

This year the SHCs have received $400 of SBC funding for…

Planning group weighing college’s financial options

Though classes just started this week, members of the college will begin discussing next year’s budget today in an effort both to seek financial sustainability and preserve the college’s values.

T…

Financial Aid nabs top ranking for satisfaction

While Swarthmore has often been forgotten amongst more well-known schools, in the past year, it has spent some time in the limelight by virtue of another aspect of college rankings that is becoming in…

Chopp ushered into new presidency with Class of '13

President Rebecca Chopp claims she never thought she’d be where she is now. Or where she’s been.

“I grew up in the 50s, and I grew up in the middle of Kansas,” she said. “I always imagined that I’…

Tests point out possible PTSD easing technique

Jack Keefe ’10 likes the theories behind neuroscience, whether it’s studying neural tracts or following receptors’ interactions. But that’s not why he chose psychobiology as his major.

“It’s f…

Symposium tackles issues in women’s athletics

Jenepher Shillingford admits that her collegiate coaching days are over. But as the keynote speaker at last Sunday’s first annual Women in Sports Symposium, she said that sports are always going to be…

SBC shaves pun/ctum, equestrian budgets

Correction Appended

This month the Student Budget Committee cut the budgets for the recently chartered photography magazine pun/ctum and the Swarthmore Equestrian Association. The SBC also decided to …

Shift in religious tolerance generates greater accord

Religion professor Mark Wallace remembers a time when students on campus closeted their beliefs, keeping their religious views hidden from their peers.

“Sometimes students would talk about ‘coming out…

Two seniors selected for Watson Fellowships

Neither Jess Engebretson ’09 nor Helen Chmura ’09 is sure what career she wants to pursue after college. Yet, as of last week, both are confident they will spend all of next year following their pass…

Students serve as observers in historic El Salvador election

Juan Victor Fajardo ’09, Harrison Magee ’09, Shadi Rohana ’09 and Alexa Malishchak ’09 traveled to El Salvador to serve as international observers to the nation’s presidential elections, a political e…

Next Lang visiting professor to focus on bilingualism

Ana Celia Zentella, Professor Emeritus of Ethnic Studies at U.C. San Diego, was named next year’s Lang Visiting Professor for Issues of Social Change. A distinguished linguist, Zentella specializes in…

Thievery on rise in McCabe, security presence up

Instances of theft in McCabe Library have increased over the past month, though overall theft this year is still low in comparison to recent years. Most reported instances of theft have been in reside…

Israeli-Palestinian conflict sparks discussion

Correction Appended

When Students for a Free Palestine held a discussion last week about recent violence in Gaza, its members admitted that the Israeli-Palestinian conflict is a historically complicat…

Rogue e-mail servers elicit prompt ITS repair

In an effort to ensure that e-mail providers and internet service providers won’t refuse mail sent from the network, the college has been working this past week to block spam from infected student com…

Reaccreditation process calls for introspection

Though the college expects to receive reaccreditation, it continues to proceed through the exhaustive process of internal self-study and external review with great attentiveness. Rather than treating …

RIAA shifts prosecution away from individual user

The Recording Industry Association of America announced last month that it would stop prosecuting individuals for pirating copyrighted music, hoping that working with commercial Internet service provi…