C4 Students Protest Covanta Incinerator in Media - The Phoenix
WEBMarch 24, 2022. Covanta incinerator in Chester, Pennsylvania. The country’s largest trash incinerator is only four miles away from Swarthmore. On March 16, Chester City residents and students in the area protested its presence once again due to health and environmental concerns. Recently, the City of Chester renewed its contract with ...
New Online Housing Portal Opens Doors for Swarthmore Students
WEBSeptember 19, 2019. Last semester, Swarthmore introduced a new online housing portal to simplify the Spring housing lottery, during which students choose housing for the upcoming academic year. The new portal facilitates the processes of blocking, selecting a room through the Spring housing lottery, and selecting meal plans.
SWE Provides Support and Community - The Phoenix
WEBNov 7, 2019 · According to the National Science Board, 7.9% of female first years and 26.9% of male first years intended to pursue engineering, math, statistics, or computer science in 2014. Moreover, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, in the workforce only 13% of engineers are women. Considering the fact that there has been a …
Innocent but Treated Guilty: Debating Pretrial Incarceration
WEBNov 14, 2019 · Current members of Swarthmore’s Peaslee Debate Society, along with staff and students of the Rikers Debate Project, faced off in teams of three with speaking slots varying from two to five minutes. A coin flip determined sides, resulting in the government team arguing against pretrial incarceration, while the opposition team argued in favour.
Student Climbing Group Rocks Campus Extracurriculars
WEBOct 7, 2021 · Swat Rocks is a subgroup that He helped develop within the Swarthmore Outsiders club, of which she is also a member. It aims to restart The Outsiders’ rock climbing program, which was shut down during the 2021-2022 school year as part of COVID-19-related restrictions. The group climbs at the Gravity Vault, a …
“How do you write an advice column?” - The Phoenix
WEBSep 21, 2017 · First, you should set a conversational mood — this is, after all, an exchange of letters. This entails putting things like “hello” and “thank you for your interesting question” at the beginning of your column. You should do this even if it is insincere. It will be easier to do this if you pick questions to which you are excited to ...
“Occasionally Yours” in Borough To Close End of March
WEBby Shinz Jo Ooi. February 29, 2024. After 35 years of operation, Occasionally Yours, a beloved brunch restaurant in the Swarthmore Ville operated by husband and wife Scott and Theresa Richardson, will close on Mar. 24. The business opened on April 1, 1989 as a takeout and catering service, before becoming a restaurant by popular demand.
Ten Places in the Crum Woods You Didn’t Know Existed
WEBMar 17, 2022 · As such, I will be ranking ten cool places in the Crum from the most to least known. Even if you consider yourself a Crumaniac or a little Crumster, I hope everyone can learn something from this list. 1. Crumhenge: coming in at the most well-known is Crumhenge. Located just next to the SEPTA bridge and home to …
The little orange square: fashion and divestment - The Phoenix
WEBOct 23, 2014 · On September 21, around 200 Swarthmore students joined the group of 40,000 marching in New York at the People’s Climate March, one of the largest displays of group action against climate change to date. Many of them had little orange felt squares pinned onto their jackets or their backpacks. The square represents one subset of the group that marched — those who are working against climate ...
a very long ramble about damsels in distress - The Phoenix
WEBApr 17, 2021 · Enter the Revival Era Princesses: Tiana, Rapunzel, Merida, Moana, and Raya. The princesses in this era have distinct personalities and aspirations that do not revolve around the presence of the prince. In fact, Merida, Moana, and Raya don’t end up with a suitor at the end of their films, and Merida’s film itself challenges the stereotype.