Hannah Purkey

On the Lambert scandal

Like many others in the sports world, my attention this week was turned to an unlikely place — the Mountain West tournament game between the BYU and New Mexico women’s soccer teams. Normally not a g…

Religious double standard marks conference policy

It’s the kind of thing every athlete dreams of someday doing: walking up to the mound to pitch in a World Series game. It’s not something many would pass up.

Yet that is exactly what hall of fame …

Rethinking the rankings: Is an upset really an upset?

It was a strange comment for a quarterback to make after an exciting one-point victory that helped his team to a No. 11 national ranking.

“The only thing that we’re going to watch on TV from now on is…

Learning to run away from your foot problems

The advertisement is the same whether in English, French or Korean. A woman unplugs her iPod from the computer and into her headphones before heading outside for a run.

The road passes under her brand…

A Giant home run melts an ice hockey fan's heart

There are some things that you can count on every summer. There are short skirts, beach days and Hollywood blockbusters. There are warm weather and popsicles. And, of course, there is the inevitable s…

Alum connects law theory to faith and reason

Correction Appended

Princeton Professor Robert George ’77 spoke Tuesday about his work on natural law theory and its intersection with religion in the public sphere. In his talk, named “Faith and Reas…

Title IX a small segment of sports sexism stigma

It was one of those PR disasters that someone really should have seen coming. The President of the United States was going on national television to showcase his populist appeal by sharing his bracket…

Food price-hikes point out Dining difficulties

This week, Essie Mae’s Snack Bar announced that it is raising the prices of four of its products. The price changes raised the price of soymilk to $1.50, Gatorade to $1.75, chicken fingers and fries t…

Sharks and others combact 'Stanley Cup Playoff Fizzle'

As March Madness winds down, a new (and in my opinion, much more exciting) madness will take its place: the Stanley Cup. With only six games left in the regular season, the race for playoff positions …

Afghan women’s rights activist aims to educate

Afghan women’s rights activist Suraya Pakzad spoke on Monday, March 23 at the Friends Meeting House about her work to provide women in Afghanistan with the opportunity for education. Pakzad is the dir…

SLAP urges action from public, opinions clash

After months of what they felt was inaction by the Swarthmore administration, members of the Swarthmore Student Labor Action Project sent a letter to the editor of the local paper, The Swarthmorean, w…

Activism shapes student life at Swarthmore

During her time at Swarthmore, Miriam Feingold Real ’63 was no stranger to the county jails. An ardent activist who was involved in organizing many of the demonstrations against segregation in Chester…

Elder trio Sharks' jaws of life

With the much-awaited return of injured players and the flu no longer ravaging the locker room, San Jose Sharks coach Todd McLellan returned to a more familiar lineup for Saturday’s win against the At…

The downside of winning

It was the perfect game — the embodiment of every reason to watch sports. The defending Stanley Cup champions the Detroit Red Wings and the National Hockey League’s points-leading San Jose Sharks, sep…

Worth reevaluates expenses

Worth Health Center is undergoing a review of its expenses and the programs it offers due to increasing health costs and tough economic times. While Worth has not made any significant cuts, according …

Arboretum constructing new facility, greenhouse

Construction of Scott Arboretum’s Wister Education Center and Greenhouse continues this semester as the foundation of the building is completed and the walls begin to rise. The construction of the new…

On throwing like a girl

With the Super Bowl less than a week away, the playoff traditions of sports fans are starting to emerge across campus. Whether it’s putting on your football team’s jersey and not taking it off until t…

Students pressure college to divest from Israel

A group of alumni started an effort to gather signatures this week asking Swarthmore to divest from Israel because of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict in the Gaza strip, West Bank and Israel. Those wh…

Athletes and sticks: a dangerous mix

March 5, 2004 should be remembered as a historic day in sports. It should be remembered not because of the conference on the historic struggle for women’s equality in sports or because of the launch o…

Rivalries exploited to boost morale and ticket sales

Dallas Stars left wing Sean Avery is paid to be annoying. He is paid to make obnoxious comments to opposing teams and to be in all the right places to give an opponent an extra shove when the referee …

Five ingredients for a Sharks success story

Because of the length of the season, hockey commentators argue about how early one can tell if a team will have a good season or if they will be contenders for the Stanley Cup. Still, with the way the…

Staying loyal to the Sharks, no matter the score

In the biography “The Fly Swatter,” famous economist Alexander Gerschenkron is described as impressing on his grandson the importance that “someone who was going to grow up to be a person of true prin…

Changes in drug testing a burden for DIII athletes

There have been plenty of embarrassing moments in the sports world. Take, for instance, Diana Ross missing her ceremonious penalty kick as part of the disastrously gaudy 1994 World Cup opening ceremon…

Teams prepare for season openers

Fall sports teams returned to campus this week to jumpstart their seasons with pre-season training. Volleyball, field hockey and soccer players descended on the Field House for daily practice sessions…

Chelsea Clinton stumps at Swat, speaks on behalf of mother

Chelsea Clinton spoke on campus last Thursday to rally support for her mother’s candidacy. After delivering a speech entitled, “It’s Your Future; It’s Bright,” she fielded students’ questions on Senat…

Student support integral for presidential candidates' campaigns

Anne Kolker ’08 can pinpoint the moment when she regained her faith in the American political system. It came over three years ago, when she was a newly arrived first-year at Swarthmore. After returni…

Chelsea Clinton to make speech on Swarthmore's Parrish Beach this morning on behalf of her mother's candidacy

Swarthmore Students for Hillary Clinton will be hosting speaker Chelsea Clinton Thursday at 11:15 a.m. on Parish Beach West. Clinton will be giving a talk entitled “Your Future, it’s Bright,” which wi…

Daily Jolt threat provokes adminstrative reaction

On Tuesday morning, an unidentified individual threatened violence against Swarthmore students on the Daily Jolt, an online forum, according to Dean of Students Jim Larimore. A student who saw the pos…

Panel on Iran challenges popular conceptions of the Islamic Republic

On Monday afternoon, Representative Joe Sestak (D-Pa.) joined two experts on the Middle East from prominent, Washington-based think tanks to discuss future relations between Iran and the United States…

Sawyer, Stoller take highest award at Skidmore debate tournament; Mahomva, Felizardo win second for novice

Both the varsity and novice debate teams of Swarthmore’s Amos J. Peaslee Debate Society were successful in the Skidmore College Invitational. The varsity team of Chris Sawyer ’10 and Cyrus Stoller ’10…

Event series on Islam begins

Jamal Elias, University of Pennsylvania professor of Religious Studies, gave a lecture Tuesday as part of a film and lecture series on Islamic studies taking place this month. The lecture, entitled “I…

Elhai wins Thomas J. Watson fellowship for cross-cultural vocal study; Mittleman, Morales also receive awards

Wren Elhai ’08 recently won the Thomas J. Watson Fellowship for a year-long, self-directed study abroad to study traditions of vocal sound imitating nature. Elhai is one of 50 graduating college senio…

New club to be resource for Japanese study

The newly created Japanese Club, formed to foster a comfortable environment for students interested in all aspects of Japanese study and culture, will have its first general meeting next Thursday.

Rob…

Conference on deaf culture attracts diverse audience

Last Friday and Saturday, the linguistics department, in conjunction with the William J. Cooper Foundation, hosted a conference at Swarthmore on deaf culture and issues. The conference, entitled “Arou…

Quiz Bowl wins in the Mideast

Swarthmore’s Quiz Bowl team is heading to St. Louis for the National Academic Quiz Tournament finals in April after winning the 2008 Mideast sectionals this month in Pittsburgh.

Quiz bBwl is a trivi…

Eldridge recalls racial tensions of undergraduate days

In honor of Black History Month, Vice President Maurice Eldridge ’61 held a fireside chat sponsored by the Swarthmore African-American Student Society on Monday evening, in which he discussed the stat…

'Horizons' plugs science to girls

The Expanding Your Horizons Network is currently planning its next conference for March 29 to help get middle school girls interested in math and science. The annual conference, started in 2005, is pa…

Social Scene Advisory Council forming

The new Social Scene Advisory Council will meet for the first time on Friday to begin discussing ways to improve the social life at Swarthmore. The SSAC, recently assembled by Assistant Director of St…

Tri-Co energy conservation competition to result in cash prize

The first of the month kicked off the Tri-Co Energy Diet, a competition between Swarthmore, Bryn Mawr and Haverford Colleges to reduce energy consumption between the months of February and November.

T…

Student opinion to be solicited for deer decision

In response to the overpopulation of white-tailed deer in the Crum Woods, the Board of Managers is moving forward with a consultant’s recommendation to hire sharpshooters to eliminate the deer abundan…

Nyombayire commended for anti-Genocide activism

Stephanie Nyombayire ’08 recently was recognized by the first lady of Rwanda, Jeannette Kagame, as a Young Rwandan Woman Achiever for her efforts with the Genocide Intervention Network.

“I am honore…

National college conference addresses writing program diversity

Convened to discuss topics such as diversity issues in writing programs and the training of tutors, the Small Liberal Arts College Writing Program Administrators, a group of the directors of the writi…