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Tuesday, December 2, 2008


Opinions

The BlackBerry presidency?

Examining the politics of e-mail

An election news addicted America is beginning to go into withdrawal. Now that the hoopla leading up to Nov. 4 has subsided, Americans are…


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Interview with activist Manuel Calel Morales

The Phoenix’s Alexander Rolle recently interviewed Manuel Calel Morales, an indigenous human rights activist from Guatemala, after his…


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New biweekly discussion group centered on women in and writing fiction to begin meeting next Monday in WRC

Starting on Nov. 24, the Women’s Resource Center will begin hosting a biweekly discussion group designed to explore the contributions of…

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Debate-over-financial-aid-policy-intensifies

Debate over financial aid policy intensifies

BY MARTHA MARRAZZA

Published November 20, 2008

A string of events over the past few weeks has brought the discussion of financial aid and access to higher education to the forefront at Swarthmore.

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Students travel to Georgia for human rights protest

Published November 20, 2008

This weekend, the organization Students for a Democratic Society has scheduled a trip to Georgia to participate in an annual protest against the Western Hemisphere Institute for Security Cooperation, formerly named and still largely known as the School of the Americas.


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Admissions Office to initiate new telementoring program

Beginning this spring, Swarthmore will offer college counseling services to low-income and first generation applicants in the form of…


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‘Conversations’ reaches out to mentor and aid Asian students

Signaling its desire for more expansive community outreach, the Swarthmore Asian Organization has teamed up with Han and Deshi for the first…


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College prepares Middle States reaccreditation

This year, Swarthmore is up for review by the Middle States Commission on Higher Education, an organization that accredits colleges and…


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Status of proposed inn remains uncertain

Representatives from Swarthmore’s administration met with members of a planning committee to discuss the proposed inn on Nov. 11. The focus…


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SLAP advocates unionizing rights for future inn workers

As the Swarthmore administration continues to deliberate plans for a future Swarthmore Inn, student activists are mobilizing to make sure…


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Alum mobilizes community in opposing Proposition 8

Proposition 8, the California ballot initiative that would define marriage as a union between a man and a woman, was passed on Tuesday,…