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Swarthmore taught me what a true teacher is—so I became one.

We're strengthening our Swarthmorean bonds, one dinner at a time.

I spent our shoot—and production cycle—grinning.

For 18 years, Don “Donny” Thomas has been the smiling face of Sharples Dining Hall.

Christine Poreba ’97’s Rough Knowledge is remarkable.

Over the past decade, the conversation about the politics of our food system has quickly risen from a simmer to a steady boil. Studies of the American industrialized food complex—which relies heavily on chemical processing and refining of foods to enhance flavor or shelf life by loading food with sugar, salt, and artificial ingredients—have revealed damning consumer health implications linked to a range of ailments, including obesity and Type 2 diabetes.