FeaturesGallerySpying On SwarthmoreFall 2014Files stolen from the FBI’s Office in Media, Pa., by burglars calling themselves the Citizens Commission to Investigate the FBI revealed that the agency had been spying on Swarthmore students and faculty members with the help of College employees as well as the Swarthmore’s borough’s chief of police, postmaster, and letter carriers. + ASK THE AUTHOR: See the comments section below to ask your questions about this story.
FeaturesTwo Take TorontoFall 2014Toronto is a tall-shouldered city. I.M. Pei–designed towers soar above the financial district at King and Bay with windows that face the CN Tower and the lakeshore. But beyond this financial hub of Canada, pockets of culture beckon, from boutiques and music clubs on Queen Street West to the spicy scent of idli sambar wafting from the doorways of Little India eateries. Deeply entrenched in this stewy mix of on-fire industry and global culture are two compatriots, Rob Prichard ’71, H’07, and Marianne McKenna ’72, who got together one recent morning to talk about their shared past and present.
FeaturesGalleryA Five-Year SeminarFall 2014Rebecca Chopp’s presidential mettle encountered its first major test shortly after her arrival in 2009. It came courtesy of what would one day be known as the Great Recession. Chopp’s resolve to put people first drove her response to the financial crisis facing the nation. The College made changes, as did all institutions. But at Swarthmore, no employee was furloughed. Nor did the College diminish its financial aid commitments to students. Chopp, who left in mid-July to become chancellor at the University of Denver, had a far-reaching impact as Swarthmore’s 14th president and the first female leader ...
FeaturesTurtles All The Way DownFall 2014Tyler Lyson uncovered his first mystery of paleontology as a 6-year-old boy in remote southwestern North Dakota. He was hunting rabbits with his brother “because that’s what kids do out there,” he says, when they came across a dinosaur jawbone half-buried in the earth. “My brother gave it a kick or two and took off after the rabbit. I stayed back with a stick and slowly carved out the jawbone. I kept it and still have it.”
Web ExclusivesGallery VideoOxbow on the CrumFall 2014Perched on the edge of Crum Woods is a 10-by-10-foot cabin with a view of a particularly striking oxbow (U-shaped bend) in Crum Creek.
Liberal Arts LivesRampant curiosity guides this pathologistFall 2014Patty Pesavento ’83 admittedly does not fit the pathologist’s image as portrayed on CSI where, as she says, “all pathologists are tall, good looking, in high heels with nice nails, and always coming back from an opera. ...
Spoken WordHow Green is Her ArtFall 2014During a sabbatical year, Syd Carpenter, professor of studio art, spent two weeks visiting gardens and farms in the South and meeting the African-Americans who cultivate the land.
Alumni ProfilesGoing to the DogsFall 2014With dread, Deb Cunningham ’94 recognized the jingling collar and the clicking nails in the hallway. Head lowered in acknowledgement of her broken sit-stay command, JB ...
Q&AMoving AheadFall 2014On July 14, with the departure of Rebecca Chopp, Constance Cain Hungerford, Mari S. Michener Professor of Art History, became interim president.
Global ThinkingThe Billion-Dollar RiddleFall 2014After 28 years with the organization, physicist Bill Goldstein ’77 is now the 12th director of the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory.
Web ExclusivesVideoSetting SailFall 2014Bob ’65 and Jonah Eaton ’02’s dreamboat finally sails off into the sunset ...
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Liberal Arts LivesOf Satellites and BeerFall 2014More than a spacecraft designer-engineer, Joe Hackel has a thirst for solving small problems.
Common GoodAll-American GirlFall 2014This spring Katie Jo McMenamin ’16 became the fifth—and only the second underclass student-athlete—to earn All-American status in outdoor track and field.
Common GoodGalleryBoard Welcomes 5 Managers Fall 2014The Swarthmore Board of Managers welcomed five members at its September meeting.
RewindPuzzling OriginsFall 2014Just weeks after my graduation from Swarthmore Will Shortz, crossword editor of The New York Times, asked me to be his assistant for a year.
Alumni NewsGalleryDC Swattie Summer GatheringFall 2014Washington, D.C., startup TechChange, founded by Nick Martin ’04, hosted a Swattie Summer Gathering in mid-July.
Alumni NewsChristopher Castellani ’94—Guggenheim Fellowship Fall 2014Christopher Castellani ’94 was awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship in April ...
Alumni NewsBook Tour, Internships, and Welcome to Swarthmore ...Fall 2014Join Swarthmore faculty, administrators, alumni, and President Constance Cain Hungerford on Nov. 20 ...
Alumni NewsCarolyn Mitchell ’74—Enriching Young Lives Fall 2014Carolyn Mitchell ’74 joined the board of directors for Jazz House Kids ...
Alumni NewsSpeak Up: Fall 2014Fall 2014Was there a class that transformed your life and influenced the person you became? Send us your comments!
Common GoodGallerySoccer Teams Take EuropeFall 2014In August, Swarthmore athletes kicked around Europe—literally. the Swarthmore men’s soccer visited the Czech Republic while the women’s soccer team visited Spain.
Common GoodGalleryInductees AnnouncedFall 2014Oct. 31, during Garnet Homecoming and Family Weekend, five former student-athletes and one of the College's most dominant teams will be enshrined in the Garnet Athletics Hall of Fame.
Community VoicesNo LimitsFall 2014After nearly 35 years of teaching, I think I finally get it. Sometimes we have to tell students what we want them to know. I’m talking about the really big-picture stuff: broad skills, life lessons ...
Web ExclusivesGallery‘When Atticus Came To Hopkinsville’Fall 2014William Oglesby "W.O." Soyars, Class of 1914, would be satisfied that Abigail Soyars Henderson ’15 will graduate from Swarthmore in December.
Common GoodThe Lioness of LondonFall 2014“This woman, who stood about 4-foot-11 inches, spent 70 years shaking up the world,” proclaims Christopher Densmore, curator of the Friends Historical Library.
Learning CurveGalleryA Magician of all TradesFall 2014Kim Comer ’09, a logistician for Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), assists with MSF’s anti-malaria efforts in Chad ...
BooksA Career and Life Guide for the MultipassionateFall 2014The Renaissance Soul is the perfect career- and life-crafting guidebook for innovative, creative, multipassionate individuals ...
Alumni NewsMiriam Greenwald Harris ’94—Executive V.P. Fall 2014Miriam Greenwald Harris ’94 is now the executive vice president for Trinity Place Holdings Inc.
Common GoodLooking for a LeaderFall 2014A presidential search committee led by Salem Shuchman ’84, vice chairman of the Board of Managers, began meeting this fall.
Common GoodA Fine Sense of HumorFall 2014Anyone looking in McCabe Library for B. Roland Lewis’ Contemporary One-Act Plays will be disappointed. It’s not there—maybe because whoever checked it out never returned it.
Editor's ColumnRenew/RecycleFall 2014The communications world has changed dramatically since our last redesign in 2008, and achieving synchronicity between digital and print publishing is imperative ...
Web ExclusivesMore Matchbox Love ...Fall 2014Our tale begins in elementary school, but it’s not what you might think! ... We were two years apart in age, an eon at that age. We did not know one another!
Web ExclusivesAlumni and Fellow Teachers Gather to Talk Education, Reform Fall 2014In July, Philadelphia public school teachers, including five alumni, gathered to share challenges and indulge their passion for teaching.
Alumni NewsTom Fennimore ’97—Philanthropist Fall 2014Tom Fennimore ’97 was elected to the board of trustees at Bank Street College of Education.