Honors at Swarthmore
By Lauren Stokes
SWARTHMORE DAILY GAZETTE
In the past few weeks, Swarthmore’s sophomores have been trying to choose whether to do the Honors Program. It’s a very different choice now than it was just fifteen years ago, before the Honors Program was revised in an effort to address declining enrollments. The Gazette spoke to English Professor and Honors Director Craig Williamson about the impact of these changes. Read the rest of this entry »
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In Features
Haverford History Across the Leap YearsBy Isabel Clark 2008 is already proving to be an exciting year—Fidel Castro announcing his resignation as the president of Cuba, President Steve Emerson’s engagement to biology professor Jennifer Punt becoming public knowledge, the New York Giants taking Superbowl XLII over the 18-0 New England Patriots, Haverford College switching to a loan-free financial aid program—and February isn’t even over yet. In fact, this year February even gets an extra day. As interesting as this leap year is at Haverford, so too have others been in the history of the College. |
In Sports
Men’s Squash Caps Season with 37th Place Finish at NationalsBy Jeff Monhait The Haverford Men’s squash team finished a gritty season full of blood, sweat, and tears with a 2-1 showing at Nationals in the E division to firmly grab hold of 37th place in the National Rankings. The men entered the tournament at Harvard University as the 3rd seed in the E division, ranked 35th nationally. After an opening round 6-3 loss to Drexel, the men rallied with exceptional squash in a 6-3 win over Fordham and a 7-2 win over Washington University. |
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In Opinion
Three Goals for Student Space at HaverfordBy Lauren or L.K. Adriaansen Over the last five years, the one concern that has come up every semester, without fail, is the status of student space at Haverford. |
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In Arts
Poet John Ashbery Reads at HaverfordBy Sean Hughes Last Tuesday, Haverford had its first major poetry reading in recent memory, an hour of poetry from John Ashbery, arguably America’s greatest living poet. The reading was organized by the English Department and Professor John Vincent, a leading scholar on Ashbery’s work, and garnered a large attendance, nearly filling Founders Great Hall, drawing from equal parts faculty and students. |
In Last Word
A Bi-Co Love StoryBy Megan Rowley It was the fourth day of the second week of first semester freshman year that we met. I was in the checker line at Haffner. Just as Martina was swiping my card, I saw you, out of the corner of my eye, come crashing through the doors at the head of what looked like a horde of macaques, all flirting and bouncing around and picking out each other’s lice, all squealing “pizza! pizza!” |
