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Inside: Students, colleagues remember Professor Moskos Susan Fenton exhibits photographs at List Gallery Three athletes named academic all-stars

New televisions pop up in dorms, dining areas.

But are they really necessary? p. 4

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Thursday, January 27, 2011 Volume 133, Issue 15

The independent campus newspaper of Swarthmore College since 1881.

EDITORIAL BOARD Camila Ryder Editor in Chief Marcus Mello Managing Editor Menghan Jin News Editor Adam Schlegel Assistant News Editor Susana Meideros Living & Arts Editor Dina Zingaro Living & Arts Editor Olivia Natan Opinions Editor Paul Chung Photo Editor Allegra Pocinki Photo Editor Julia Karpati Graphics Editor Peter Akkies Director of Web Development Eric Sherman Director of Web Development

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Junior Naomi Glassman swims the butterfly. The Garnet women’s swim team picked up its fourth win in a 139-94 win over Cabrini.

News NinjaGrams to help fundraise for GN This Valentine’s Day, all proceeds raised through the NinjaGram delivery service will be donated to Global Neighbors and the Mosaic Project. PAGE 3

New TVs create buzz on campus Broken televisions have been ubiquitous on campus, but now new TVs occupy both Sharples and Essie Mae’s. PAGE 4

Tribute to Professor George Moskos (1948 - 2011) Beloved French professor and colleague, George Moskos, passed away on January 4 from lung cancer. PAGE 5

LSE artists bring energy to Super Bowl XLV pits GB LPAC concert hall Packers against Steelers Last weekend, indie band St. Vincent and mo-town entertainer Mayer Hawthorne performed at LPAC in a Large-Scale Event organized by the LSE Committee. PAGE 8

Three athletes named acaExhibition on light, simplic- demic all-stars for 2011 David D’Annunzio, Micah Rose and Allie ity opens at List Gallery

The List Gallery will feature two of Susan Fenton’s award-winning photographic collections, Nocturne and Ballinglen. PAGE 9

If you fear the inescapable gossip that accompanies your every hookup, consider TriCo dating — it’s fun and stress free.

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With three swimmers picking up double first place finishes, the men’s swim team remains undefeated. The women move to 4-2 (3-1 CC) on the season. PAGE 16

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Men’s basketball falls to 5-12 after loss to Ursinus

Green groups on campus have been spearheading efforts in composting and plan on bringing composting to McCabe Library.

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President Obama’s State of the Union speech shied away from making hard decisions by leaning on the hope of bipartisanship. PAGE 12

Living & Arts

American exceptionalism shows its darker side

Folk band Prince Rama, punk band Duchampion, and Sierra Leonian folk singer Janka Nabay will be featured in Olde Club this Friday. PAGE 7

Temporary amnesia in a post-winter break era Living in a post-winter break daze, sea urchins and Swatties begin to look very similar as information threatens to overwhelm our brains. PAGE 7

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Coleman have been named Philadelphia Inquirer Academic All-Stars for their strong performances in 2010. PAGE 15

Forget ‘Smarriage’: the Men’s and women’s swimpossibilities of TriCo dating ming dominate Cabrini

Composting to reach Bipartisan rhetoric overMcCabe in one week looks realities of Congress

Bands to bring punk and folk music to Olde Club

Tim takes a look at the AFC and NFC Championship games, offering his votes for the MVPs of each game. PAGE 14

Jon emphasizes the positive and negative aspects of what makes the US and its political process unique. PAGE 13

Greater civility needed after Tucson shooting

In a physically aggressive game, the Garnet men lost to Ursinus. The Garnet, finding themselves ahead after the first half, could not keep the lead. PAGE 16

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Tyler criticizes the tone of the media firestorm that followed the Arizona shootings but reminds us that civil political debate should not be forgotten. PAGE 13

In the article “Six sophomores awarded $10,000 grant for projects,” the program through Chester Upland school district was wrongly referenced. The organization is Chester Education Foundation.

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events menu Today Nonviolent Peaceforce Learn about Nonviolent Peaceforce, a professional civilian peacekeeping organization, from representatives and volunteers in the Keith Room in the Lang Center at 7:30 p.m. This information session will focus on the organization’s mission and the experiences of trained volunteers.

Discussion: Race, Whiteness and Relationships A closed discussion will be held for white students on campus to address questions such as “Does race play a role in relationships between white people? How do we build and maintain multiracial relationships?” Come to Kohlberg 328 at 8 p.m. if interested.

Boy Meets Tractor auditions Interested in sketch comedy?

Then audition for Boy Meets Tractor, one of two campus comedy groups, in Sci 158 from 4 p.m. to 8 p.m. Be sure to e-mail Sara Lipshutz to sign up for a time slot.

Tomorrow NinjaGram making party Valentine’s Day is here again and it’s time for another round of NinjaGrams! Be a part of this NinjaGram-making extravaganza by following your heart to the Shane Lounge at 7 p.m. Don’t forget your ninja skills.

Cycling club interest meeting Want to meet with other Swatties on campus who are passionate about cycling? Then come mingle with some at the Cycling Club interest meeting in Kohlberg 115 at 7 p.m.

Swarthmore Investment Club interest meeting Join other students interested in investing, portfolio management and the banking industry in Kohlberg 226 at 8 p.m. for an informational meeting held by the new Swarthmore Investment Club.

Saturday, January 28th How to integrate mindfulness and relaxation into hectic daily life Come to the Scheuer room for a workshop from 2 to 5 p.m. offered by the Swarthmore Wellness Advisory Team to learn relaxation techniques that will allow you to better manage stress and become more in tune with your self.

Snacks will be provided.

Princeton Roaring 20 + Grapevine concert The women of Grapevine will be holding their first concert of the semester in the Parrish East Parlor at 8:30 p.m. Special guests, the Princeton Roaring 20 A Cappella Group, will also perform.

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NinjaGrams and GN join forces

BY NAVIN SABHARWAL nsabhar1@swarthmore.edu Swarthmore’s Global Neighbors will partner with the NinjaGram service this semester to raise funds for its Mosaic Project, a collaborative undertaking by GN members and Children and Adult Disability Education Services (CADES) students in building a mosaic mural in the CADES school.

“Our group is functioning to bridge the gaps between CADES and Swarthmore. That’s how we see our role into it,” Michio Taya ’13, a member of Global Neighbors, said. “Art is a great medium for that to happen.”

NinjaGrams, started in 2006, will donate all of the proceeds from this year’s service to helping Global Neighbors successfully carry out their Mosaic Project. In return, GN will help out with the preparation and delivery of NinjaGrams for this Valentine’s Day. “I got a few really cool proposals and Global Neighbors was one of the proposals,” said Phil Chodrow ’12, the current head of the project. “I like that it’s local and that they have a great cause. So we decided to work with them [and] donate all our funds to the Mosaic Project and they’re going to help supply us with manpower.”

Members of GN can help out with the process by making and selling cards in preparation for delivery on Valentine’s Day -- a day in which dozens of student volunteers stalk and sneak around campus dressed as ninjas to deliver all the cards.

“NinjaGram is a ninja-powered Valentine’s Day card delivery service,” Chodrow said. The service lay dormant without a coordinator until Chodrow “picked it up on a whim in 2010.”

Last year, the service raised over $1,000 for Haiti relief. For GN, this will be the first fundraiser for their Mosaic Project.

“The [Mosaic] project idea was discussed as part of an effort to have one large scale project per year at CADES,” Taya said. Seeking to pursue their goal of reducing the stigma of disability and increasing the points of contact between Swarthmore and CADES students, Global Neighbors will collaborate with CADES to create a mosaic mural.

Members of Global Neighbors volunteer at the CADES school each week, assisting disabled children in art, P.E., music and pre-school classes, among others. “Outside of the CADES campus, the students have very few friends.

We’re a fresh batch of faces [whom] the students know to make friendships with,” Taya said.

Global Neighbors is a student group devoted to raising awareness for people who are socially marginalized as a result of medical conditions.

Through the creation of beneficial and sustainable relationships with affected communities, the group seeks to end the discrimination as well as to promote the dignity of those disenfranchised by medical and physical conditions.

Inspired by a trip to China working with victims of leprosy, Bettina Tam ’10 founded the group two years ago. “It started off with Joy in Action (JIA) and working mainly with the Chinese organ-

Photo courtesy of Michio Taya

Max Bressman and Tom Liu, along with other members of Global Neighbors, organized a CADES variety show last spring for Discovering Abilities Week at the CADES school featuring many Swarthmore student groups. ization that deals with helping survivors of Hansen’s disease, which is leprosy,” said Linda Hou ’13, a current member of the organization.

The group is funded by Project Pericles, which is the largest Swarthmore grant intended to support students who seek to implement visionary social and civic action projects.

According to the Pericles grant proposal, the JIA project strives to raise awareness for Hansen’s disease through a campus-wide event each fall.

With the support of grants and fundraising, JIA continues to support two volunteers from Swarthmore to participate in projects in post-Hansen’s disease villages in rural China.

“After [JIA], they expanded the group

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goal to working with other groups. We started working with CADES which is a local organization which educates children with disabilities,” Hou said.

Volunteers at CADES enjoy the time they spend and relationships they build with students at CADES. “I love how we’re able to see the same students each week ... and get to know them well. Volunteering at CADES is an amazing experience,” Yuan Qu ’14, a member of Global Neighbors, said.

Logan Grider, assistant professor of studio art, will assist in the project, as will Paul Zecher, an art teacher at CADES. Although the timeline is not yet clear, Taya estimates that the project should be completed, at latest, by the spring of 2012.

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New TVs create buzz on campus

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“We are now working with [Miyuki Baker ’12] to develop an attractive channel guide that can As returning students made their function both practically as a guide way over to Sharples dining hall as well as a nice artsy addition to early last semester, there seemed to dorm spaces,” Thackurdeen said. be a new addition to the However, the degree to which telSwarthmore community. Clinging evisions are either important or reltightly to the back corner of the evant to student life remains largely main dining room, a 65-inch undefined.

Samsung flat screen television monStudent opinion seems to be itor greeted students at the opening divided on the issue of dorm televiof the new academic year. sions as well as cable access.

Curiously enough, it wasn’t, and “I feel like TVs are mainly a dishasn’t been, turned on. traction to studying and productiviBut this isn’t the only television ty in general,” Zachary Belden ’12, a that’s been getting attention at the Resident Assistant in Alice Paul, college. All over campus, newly- said. “I can see how TVs might be a wired cable boxes have made their positive addition, but I don’t think appearance as recent additions to they’re all that necessary.” older monitors in the dorms as well Nevertheless, there are certainly as other coma few memmunal spaces, bers of the such as Shane campus comLounge and “By Fall break, we had at munity who Essie Mae’s. support the least one working cable Following a recent move survey sent to TV in each of the dorms.” to enhance telResidential evision and Sean Thackurdeen’11 Assistants of cable access at various dorms Student Council the college. by Student “If you Educational Policy Rep. Council last have a central semester, it area of enterhad been distainment in a covered that many of the television public space, there is guaranteed to sets around the college were in dis- be an increased number of people repair and thus were not being put hanging out,” Morgan Williams ’14 to use. said. “In effect, [TVs] could be a “Last semester, StuCo decided to community enhancer.” inventory the state of cable TVs in In addition to serving a commudorms [and other lounge spaces] … nity-building purpose, other stu[as] we had heard that not many dents added that TVs could potenwere working,” Sean Thackurdeen tially be utilized as a way to further ’11, StuCo Educational Policy develop communication between Representative, said. areas of the college, as in the event Upon receiving the results of the of an emergency. survey, StuCo began to work closely “In case of an emergency of some with both Dean Braun and kind, [TVs] could be used to rapidly Facilities to address the issue-at- correspond between locations on hand. “By Fall break, we had at campus,” Faiza Siddiqui ’11 said. least one working cable TV in each This notion of emergency funcof the dorms,” Thackurdeen said. tionality has been echoed by Dining In total, StuCo’s collaboration Services Supervisor Linda with Facilities led to the repair and McDougall, with reference to the replacement of approximately 25 Sharples television. “As the only television sets around the college. building on campus completely Not only were televisions backed up by generators in case of repaired, but they also received an emergency, [the TV could be] a cable network upgrades. “[Prior to way to provide access to essential Fall break] all dorms had cable information,” she said. access,” Bill Maguire, Maintenance However, today, nearly 5 months Manager, said. “[With the recent after the beginning of the school upgrades], in-dorm cable went from year, the television in Sharples conan analog to digital signal … tinues to remain lifeless and alone [expanding] what was originally a in the back corner of the main din20-channel range to in the area of 60 ing room. to 75 channels,” he said.

According to McDougall, Dining At present, StuCo is confident Services has recently purchased an that all television sets in the dormi- Apple Mac Mini in order to stream tories should be functional and campus events and menus from the ready for use.

Sharples television.

In addition to television repairs “Within two weeks, we hope to and enhancements, StuCo is cur- have Ethernet hooked up to the rently engaged in a project sur- TV,” McDougall said. rounding the creation of a channel For now though, the Sharples telguide to accompany each television evision remains inactivated and set at the college. unused.

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Students recite poetry and prose at a gathering on Saturday hosted by one of Swarthmore’s two literary magazines, Small Craft Warnings.

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Phineas personally comes to meet and greet students at the Phineas Pizza Parlor Party in Shane lounge on Sunday.

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James Gelvin, History professor at UCLA, hosted a Political Islam lecture last Friday in Sci 101..

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Tribute to Professor George Moskos (1948 - 2011)

Photo courtesy of the 1975–1976 Swarthmore College Bulletin

With a great passion for 19th century French literature, George Moskos came to Swarthmore in 1975 as an assistant professor in the French department.

BY MENGHAN JIN mjin1@swarthmore.edu Two years ago, George Moskos, professor of French language and literature, lent Christine Stott ’09 his copy of “Racine et Shakespeare” by Stendhal. It seemed impossible to read — it was infused cover to cover with George’s thoughts scrawled on hundreds of yellow Post-its.

Now, it has become a book that Stott will forever cherish.

“I remember where I left it in my house, and I’m thinking, ‘this is a treasure.’ It is a window into his mind,” Stott said.

On January 4, George Moskos died from a very severe case of lung cancer at the age of 62. He is survived by his partner of 40 years, Blair Gannon.

“I couldn’t possibly exaggerate the impact George had on my time at Swarthmore,” Stott said. “I considered him an incredible teacher, but also a mentor and a friend.”

He will be remembered by all members of the Swarthmore community for his openness and charisma in and outside of the classroom.

George’s sharp mind and passion for the French language and literature brought him to Swarthmore in 1975. Since then, he not only served as the chair of the Modern Languages and Literatures Department for five years, but also as the head of the French section.

Since his professorship, George was greatly involved in queer and feminist issues on campus, and in 1998, he was endowed with the title of James C. Hormel Professor of Social Justice.

An enthusiast of French language and literature, George made the Swarthmorehosted study abroad program in Grenoble, France a major part of his life

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at Swarthmore. He spent several semesters on and off in Grenoble with Blair, advising and guiding students along in the program.

“Over the years, he was one of the most committed people in keeping the program going,” said Professor of Theater Allen Kuharski. “George really thought it was essential and something he loved, and he was one of the people most willing, able and committed to going and being the faculty person in residence in Grenoble.”

Many students found George’s passion and teaching style moving. “When he taught a class,” Stott said, “he wasn’t just trying to transmit knowledge to his students, but also his love, his passion for the material. And it was absolutely contagious.”

Stott’s first class with George was “Introduction to French Literature,” a class that inspired her want to pursue French literature after Swarthmore.

“I think he genuinely loved the literature,” Kuharski said, “and he was happy reading and rereading that literature.

And I think that’s something the students really pick up on.”

Stott is now teaching high school English in Bordeaux, France.

George was also a major influence on Carson Young ’10, who, like Stott, chose to teach in Bordeaux after graduating from Swarthmore.

A philosophy and economics major, Young was able to work closely with George during the fall of 2008 when he attended the Grenoble program. When Young was struggling in his French poetry class, George held weekly one-on-one poetry reading sessions with Young.

“He would jump around and gesticulate wildly as we read Baudelaire together, trying to get me to feel the words that we were reading,” Young said. “I've never

had another teacher who made literature come alive for me in quite the same way.”

For George, teaching was always an incredible joy.

“He was always very happy,” Blair said. “I think he felt professionally fulfilled, because the reaction of his students to his teaching was always very positive.”

With George’s passing, Swarthmore has lost not only a most influential professor, but also a beloved colleague and devoted friend.

Carole Netter, French lecturer, started working with George 25 years ago in the French department at Swarthmore after meeting him in Grenoble. Throughout her years here, she was able to develop a close professional as well as personal relationship with George.

“He was an extremely helpful boss ... and was a joy to work with. We had meetings, of course, and we’d laugh out loud all the time,” she said.

Netter visited George’s house in the borough several times in years past. She especially remembers his love for Greek salads and impeccable warmth as a host.

To Kuharski, longtime friend of George, this rings true.

“He was very warm and he was very hospitable. . . . He really created a great environment for welcoming visitors [and] people look forward to coming again,” Kuharski said.

When he first started teaching at Swarthmore in 1975, George attacked queer issues on campus unflinchingly. He joined the community during a time when homosexuality was not well received at the college.

“When I came, it was still difficult. You would see on the sidewalks very bad comments about queer people,” Netter said.

But George worked hard to be accepted as an openly gay professional in academia and went on to become one of the first

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openly gay faculty members at Swarthmore to receive tenure.

In the 1990s, collaborating with Kuharski in the Sager committee, George was able to bring Sue-Ellen Case, a queer scholar, to campus as the Lang Visiting Professor of Social Change during the 1993-94 academic school year.

“It was visionary on their part and also courageous,” Case said in an e-mail.

“When it was announced that I was to give the Lang lecture on a lesbian topic, Lang wrote that he would like to distance his name from this. Nonetheless, [George and Kuharski] persisted in supporting my position.”

Meeting Case in New York, George used his charisma and vivacity in persuading her to teach at Swarthmore.

“George . . . [convinced] me that I would not feel isolated on the campus [and] . . . entertained me, socially, on numerous occasions, which were full of campy humor — a style not too common at Swarthmore at the time,” she said.

George’s sense of humor and vivacity translated to all areas of his life. In his French introductory class last semester, his personality made students wonder about his age; many thought he was half his actual age.

“Almost everyone I talked to in my class, when we saw that he was 62, we were shocked. He just had such a young, lively personality,” Gabbie Capone ’14 said.

Capone took George’s class as one of her first courses at Swarthmore, finding him to be one of the most engaging and enjoyable professors she has encountered so far.

“George’s class was the class I looked forward to every morning,” she said. “He was a fantastic teacher — very funny and personable.”

It was George, Capone said, that made her want to continue studying French at Swarthmore and take more of his classes.

Unfortunately, George was forced to stop teaching after Thanksgiving of last year.

And though his physical well-being started deteriorating by the middle of the semester, his energy and charisma never faltered.

“It was remarkable that between being on a lot of medication and not always being conscious, when he was conscious and when he was not feeling his symptoms, his personality was completely there,” Kuharski said. “He even wanted to speak French.”

Both Kuharski and Netter can attest to George’s enduring optimism and warmth, even in his last couple weeks of life when the cancer was just getting worse.

“He was extremely elegant, welcoming anybody when he was suffering a lot,” Netter said. “It’s difficult seeing a very close friend approaching death, but as soon as you were there, it was not difficult because he was the same person, just a bit handicapped.”

When Kuharski saw George 48 hours before he passed away, George wanted to hold a conversation with him in French.

Netter saw George on his last day; he was only able to smile at her.

Since George’s passing, those closest to him have come from France, Holland and Canada to give their condolences to Blair.

Members of the Swarthmore community have also reached out to Blair.

“I miss him very much,” Blair said. “I don’t think I’ve fully incorporated his passing yet.”

A memorial service for George has yet to be scheduled.

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Composting to reach McCabe in one week

BY PATRICK AMMERMAN pammerm1@swarthmore.edu This semester, the Good Food Project, a student group which already manages the campus’ composting in Sharples, Essie Mae’s, the coffee bars and the dorms, will offer a composting option in a new building on campus: McCabe library.

McCabe’s nightly snack will now offer compostable cups for beverages in efforts to further create and promote a more sustainable campus culture.

Waste from McCabe will then join other compostable material collected around campus to be taken to the local compost facility, located on Swarthmore property, west of the Crum Creek.

Jean Dahlquist ‘11, a compost coordinator for the Good Foods group, sees this expansion as another step in a long process. “The end goal is to compost everything that comes out of Sharples, and of the dorms and of all the food places here,” Dahlquist said.

Her goal may seem ambitious, but she has confidence in its success given the progress that has already been made.

“When I was a freshman we didn’t have a composting program,” she said.

For years, composting material on campus meant that the compost had to be turned by hand, a labor intensive process of manually mixing up decaying compost material. The amount of work required for this kind of composting meant that campus groups could only process a limited amount of material. A breakthrough came when Scott Arboretum staff began to assist in moving the compost to a composting facility. “[Before] when we were turning the pile by hand … that was so much more labor intensive,” Dahlquist said. “The arboretum decided eventually ‘well, it would be a lot easier if we just picked this stuff up and took it to our composting facility.’” Now, the students need only bring the compost behind the track bleachers. It is then combined with organic material collected by the arboretum and taken to the composting facility.

Furthermore, new solar-powered compost turners, designed and constructed this summer by Andreas Bastian ’12 and Everbach, have also boosted composting initiatives on campus.

The subsequent surge in composting has been spearheaded by the student body, but would not have been possible without strong support from the administration.

“I think that most schools’ students have to fight the administration to do composting and our students have found a quite willing administration,” Professor Carr Everbach, co-chair of the Sustainability Committee, said.

Everbach believes that this cooperation has helped place Swarthmore “at the vanguard of composting among other colleges and universities in the United States.”

Vice President Maurice Eldridge, another member of SusCom, said, “The students were there first and did a really good job of pushing us in the administration and faculty to jump on board and buy in.”

He cited regular presentations put on

for SusCom by student groups as a driving force behind composting and other sustainability efforts at Swarthmore.

As efficient and widespread as Swarthmore’s composting system has become, it hasn’t been without its share of problems. Major inhibitory issues for the Good Food Project include theft of compost buckets and acts of vandalism on their associated signage.

Buckets have gone missing in countless locations, leaving entire dorms without a receptacle for compostable trash and frustrating the students who live there. Sometimes buckets these turn up later in completely different locations, and sometimes they disappear altogether.

Vandalism on informational signs also causes confusion and frustration for those who are unfamiliar with composting. According to Dahlquist, the new compost signs in Essie Mae’s, which are hung off the ground above the reach of vandals, and the replacement of the snack bar’s large trashcans with compost bins “basically tripled our load.”

These arrangements, organized with the help of Cash Operations Manager Augustine (Gusti) Ruhri, who runs Essie Mae’s and the two coffee bars, have made a marked impact on the volume of composted materials at Swarthmore.

It has not escaped Eldridge’s notice that there is more to be done to make composting more accessible to everyone.

He observed that even though composting signage may make sense to many Swarthmore students, “most visitors really don’t get it at all.”

He also was displeased with how many cans, bottles and compostable food still ended up in the wrong depository, even with clear labels.

“In order to be a good place to teach about these things, as an institution we have to be as good as we can be at reducing our [carbon] footprint,” Eldridge said.

“We’re still evolving, if you’re looking at the big picture.”

Nonetheless, the success of Swarthmore’s composting program has attracted the attention of other colleges and universities. “I get the occasional email saying ‘How did you start? What are you doing?’” Dahlquist said.

Everbach similarly remembered that, while attending the American Association for Sustainability in Higher Education conference in October, “many students said ‘wow you’re so lucky, you have a great system!’”

Even more sustainability efforts are being designed as complementary to the Swarthmore system, such as a new project to make a part of the campus’s lawn, between Mertz Hall and Magill walk, entirely organic by using naturally occurring chemical processes that take place in compost output in place of fertilizers and other chemicals.

“The compost we’re using for this project comes from … what we make from the college waste and food,” Nicole Lewis, a groundskeeper working on the project, said. “It would be great if we find that we can keep our lawns beautiful without the synthetic chemicals.”

Work on Mertz lawn began in the fall and has been running smoothly so far.

“The end goal is to compost everything that comes out of Sharples, and of the dorms and of all the food places here.”

Jean Dahlquist ‘11 Compost coordinator

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Several large compost signs in Essie Mae’s inform students of what can and cannot be thrown in the compost bins.

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Bands to bring punk and folk music to Olde Club

BY SERA JEONG sjeong1@swarthmore.edu

Olde Club kicks off it’s spring semester line up this Friday, Jan. 28th featuring artists Prince Rama, Duchampion and Janka Nabay.

The band Prince Rama borrows its name from the Hindu deity Prince Rama of Ayodhya and draws much of its inspiration from Indian mysticism. In fall of 2010, The New York Press described Prince Rama as an “incredibly young freak-folk/ psychedelic/minimalist art-band.” Sisters Taraka and Nimai Larson, along with musician Michael Collins, compose this Brooklyn-based trio, which formed while the members met at a Hare Krishna retreat in Florida. At such a retreat, participants participate in multi-day workshops that promote the monotheistic belief in Krishna as the supreme God. Once exclusively run by the experimental band Animal Collective, Prince Rama’s record label entitled Paw Tracks signed the group in 2010. This year, Animal Collective is curating the All Tomorrow’s Parties, which is a music festival that takes place in the UK. At the show, the curators plan to feature Prince Rama in the lineup for the festival in May. In the past year, Prince Rama broadened its horizons abroad while touring overseas, in over 15 European shows, including Lisbon and Antwerp.

“I think this will be a super fun, varied show.

Prince Rama makes accessible tunes out of these long, winding tracks that are reminiscent of Baroque-styled church chorales, with their reverb-

drenched chanting and all that,” Bertolain Elysee ’11 said, a recent listener of the artistic trio.

Along with Prince Rama, Olde Club will also feature Duchampion, which formed in 2009 at Wesleyan University and is another Brooklyn-based band. However, this band’s music style is quite different than that of Prince Rama. Duchampion’s music draws from many genres such as experimental rock, pop and punk. Guitarists and vocalists Asa Horvitz and Ben Seretan shared their musical choices. “We’re trying to do as much as possible with guitar, bass and drums,” Horvitz said.

Both artists feel unfazed and instead, anticipate the opportunity to perform alongside other artists with very different musical styles. Since their own line-up ranges in style, they believe a mix of various sounds will be a positive feature for the show.

Horvitz said, “Our craft is pretty diverse from song to song anyway … It’s a good thing.”

For those considering attending the show, Seretan believes students should expect to have a good time. He feels that students who are “interested in music but who also love parties” will enjoy the show. Horvitz agreed and said, “[Students should expect] high energy, high level of musicianship.”

“Duchampion is similarly somehow able to combine rhythmically experimental, exploratory elements with riffs that really jam … sound something like post-rock for punks, maybe?” Elysee said.

Also billed to play for Friday’s show, Janka Nabay originates from the Temne people of Sierra Leone. He performs Bubu, which is the indigenous folk music of Sierra Leone; however, Nabay adds a

contemporary twist. Often associated with historic Muslim culture, Bubu artists use instruments such as bamboo pipes. In his music, Nabay reinvents this traditional style with his addition of synthesizers and drum machines.

Through his lyrics, Nabay tries to introduce the Sierra Leone culture in order to bring attention to political issues. Sierra Leone, a West African country, recently resolved a civil war that began in 1991.

Unfortunately, during the Sierra Leone Civil War, Nabay believes rebels misused his songs. “The rebels would use the music to lead people to come out of their houses and they would lead those people to any location where they could capture them and conscript them, turn them into rebel soldiers, especially the children. When I heard about this, my heart broke,” he said in a 2010 interview with the online music magazine Stereogum.

In one of his singles from his album Bubu King titled “Eh Congo,” Nabay’s lyrics recall when the Kennedy Administration aided African nations by sending food and second hand clothing. Primarily, Nabay chooses to sing in his native tongue, but will occasionally sing in English. For example, in “Eh Congo,” the singer uses ‘John Kennedy’ to pay proper homage to Kennedy’s altruism.

For Friday’s show, the performers will each share their very original styles to the stage.

Originating in such different places of different histories and cultures, the artists will merge Indian mysticism, experimental post-punk, and Bubu from Sierra Leone.

End of winter break brings temporary amnesia

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head filling up with cows, and very little room is left for anything else. If you were unable to follow that slightly complex explanation, it may be effectively illustrated by the following:

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With a whoosh, winter break seemed to come and go.

You may still have memories of it b u r i e d beneath unpacked suitcases, bits of as-yetAriel Swyer unassembled Let’s Be Serious espresso machines, several pumpkins left from Halloween, piles of new course books, along with a few old ones, German children’s books about pirates, overturned tea cups, rogue tea grounds, odd numbers of shoes, a boomerang, etc, etc. Below all of this, in each of your dorm rooms, lie fleeting images of your hometowns and, most notably, the beds in your hometowns in which you, poor sleepy Swarthmore students, were allowed to sleep for lengths of time (frequently exceeding four hours). Though break lasted only four weeks, it provided sufficient time to forget everything we’d learned at Swarthmore. For me, after just three days in Vermont, I couldn’t even remember what Swarthmore was. Of course, this could be a phenomenon that is unique to Vermont. Actually, I’m pretty sure I’ve figured out why it happens.

Here’s the story: Vermont is full of cows.

Cows are very big. Anyone spending a length of time in Vermont will find their

Now I believe you probably understand where I’m coming from. See, I would sit there in Vermont and say to myself, “Swarthmore, hmm, Swarthmore, that sounds familiar.

They’re sort of spiky and live in the ocean, I think. Or are those sea urchins?

Swarthmore … sea urchins … Is a Swarthmore a type of sea urchin? Are sea urchins really spiky? Are these Swarthmores spiky? Can either of them be found in tide pools? Tide pools are pretty interesting — Moooo!!” And after that, my thoughts would be chaotic and confused. For those in North Dakota, I assume this does not happen, but I could be wrong. Please, do let me know if you

are from North Dakota and have experienced this particular problem.

The bottom line is that we all tend to forget a lot of things over the course of winter break, even those of us whose brains are not assaulted by large cows.

However, once back at school, we are definitely reminded of the difference between Swarthmore and sea urchins, but in my own experience at least, that’s all I am sure of.

We find ourselves unsure of what classes to take, what state we’re in, the location of our other shoe, and whether moving into the Crum to support a huntergatherer lifestyle and wear loincloths is a good or a bad idea. It is always good (and healthy) to be aware of one’s own ignorance. However, sometimes, to avoid total mental breakdowns, one should try to focus on the things that one does know. In particular, let’s remember the difference between sea urchins and both Swarthmore and its residents (aka Swatties). Therefore, for now, that is exactly what I am going to do.

To begin, sea urchins are sometimes pink, whereas Swarthmore is never pink. Also, sea urchins live in tide pools, whereas Swatties cannot be found hanging out in tide pools. Luckily for us, as Swatties, there are also no sea urchinlike spikes around campus. Now that

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I’ve calmed myself by pondering the things I do know, I am going to now try to further my understanding on this subject, as a responsible and inquisitive Swarthmore student surely would.

“What,” I wonder critically, “if Swatties were more like sea urchins?”

In reality, there are many valuable lessons to learn from sea urchins. For example, sea urchins are good at disguising themselves. When a sea urchin encounters trouble or a threat, it immediately picks up several bits of rock and attempts to disguise itself as a tide pool.

For me, I think I just might adopt this strategy. So, the next time I encounter a hungry seal, have an overwhelming workload, find myself stuck in some dreadfully uncomfortable social situation, or lose my shoes, I shall pretend to be a tree rather than a person. What if all Swatties adopted this habit?

Imagine if there was mass distress, such as finals week or an unusual brown and enigmatic Sharples offering … things could definitely end badly. The result would be total pandemonium with the campus’ population pretending to be trees — a frantic arboretum staff and baffled squirrels sitting on people’s heads. Now, I can only be sure of the difference between Swatties and sea urchins, and I’m quite thankful that our behavior at Swarthmore is so unlike that of a sea urchin (even if sea urchins are sometimes pink). For now, I bring my observations to an end because I think that’s all there is room for in this Swattie’s brain.

Ariel is a first-year. You can reach her at aswyer1@swarthmore.edu.

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BY MIHIKA SRIVASTAVA msrivas1@swarthmore.edu

This past weekend, Swarthmore’s anticipated Large-Scale Event hosted indie artist St. Vincent and soul/Motown artist Mayer Hawthorne. Under the moniker St. Vincent, Annie Clark received three PLUG Independent Music Awards, and won Female Artist of the Year in 2008. Her second album, “Actor,” received worldwide critical acclaim reviewers such as from “Entertainment Weekly.”

Contemporary artists such as John Mayer and Kanye West praised Mayer Hawthorne’s work.

Regarding Hawthorne’s neo-soul stylings, West said, “That Mayer Hawthorne album brings me back to that golden time in music.” Also, “New York Times” and “Rolling Stone” featured Hawthorne as an up and coming soul artist.

While there were students who were familiar with the artists, many students were not. Caitlin Sequira ’14 said, “Even though I hadn’t heard their music personally, I had heard that they were anticipated by many people so I was pretty excited.

I’m also always open to listening to new music, especially if it’s free.”

Prior to the LSE, committee members grappled over artists to invite, as these two artists were not the only acts originally considered.

“I had heard they were thinking of bringing Janelle Monae and I’m a really big fan of hers so I’m disappointed that that fell through,” Marissa Miller ’14 said.

Originally, the LSE committee considered among many others indie/pop artist Janelle Monae.

However, the artist did not respond to the committee in time, and the committee postponed the event. In the end, the committee selected St. Vincent and Mayer Hawthorne with the hopes of appealing to a wide audience. “We wanted to bring two very different types of artists so that more of the student body would be interested in coming to the show, so we thought St. Vincent and Mayer Hawthorne were really good choices,” said LSE committee member Ashley Vogel ’13.

Clark opened the show at 8 p.m, beginning with a track from her debut album, “Marry Me.” Throughout the performance, Clark provided vocals and electric guitar, while band members Evan Smith performed on woodwind and keyboard, Daniel Hart on violin and guitar and William Flynn on bass and clarinet.

Most of St. Vincent’s selections relied on interesting vocals, along with an eclectic mix of instrumentals. Several songs finished with a heavy emphasis on electric guitar.

“I thought it was interesting that she used so many different instruments but the guitar was too much and you couldn’t really hear the other instruments as well,” Sequira

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(Upper Left) Mayer Hawthorne entertains the crowd with his old-school soul beats. (Upper Right and Lower Left) Annie Clark leads St. Vincent in vocals, and accompanies herself on an electric guitar. (Lower Right) Hawthorne snapped a photo of the Swarthmore audience and later tweeted, “Jeeez Louise! Swarthmore just brought the f-ing house down! Y'all were live as hell!”

said.

Following St. Vincent, Hawthorne took to the stage, alongside his band The County. With an upbeat, soul sound, the music brought students to their feet at the front of the stage. “I didn’t know Mayer Hawthorne before, but their songs were really fun and easy to dance to,” Miller said. “I’ll definitely listen to them after this.”

In between songs, Hawthorne chatted with his audience, and even shared interesting anecdotes about being mistaken for “Spiderman” actor Tobey Maguire and also, about his experience working with rap artist Snoop Dogg.

While performing, Hawthorne

interacted with students as he encouraged them to sing and dance along. During one song (in Hawthorne’s “tweeted” photo above), the crowd imitates Hawthorne to illustrate the falling of rain. After Hawthorne’s final bow, students continued cheering and asked for an encore. The band granted the audience their wish, and returned to the stage for three more songs Since planning the LSE requires a great deal of preparation, the committee spent much of the summer working on the show. Vogel said, “We had a spreadsheet of about 100 artists that we wanted to contact. I, myself, contacted about 20 of the

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artists.” To construct the list, the committee drew from polls they conducted of students, which asked about preferred genres of music and favorite artists they hoped would visit for the show.

Though plans for some of the artists fell through due to artists’ conflicting bookings or their expensive prices, the LSE committee feels pleased with the product of their work. Prior to the show, Vogel admits her concerns regarding Swarthmore students reactions to the artists. However, she said, “Once I saw how well people were responding to both bands that night, especially Mayer Hawthorne, I knew the show had gone really well.”

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­S wat­St­­y le­Snapshot Name: John Buterbaugh Year: 2014 From: Austin, TX Current Residence: Dana What He’s Wearing: Buterbaugh is wearing white Adidas high tops from a thrift store, coupled with a pair of dark wash skinny jeans he ordered online, probably from Macy’s. Keeping it classic with a “good ol” argyle sweater, he often chooses to layer this number over a collared button-down. Buterbaugh found his vintage leather jacket at a store in Austin called New Brohemia, which is a pun on the name of a women’s clothing store known as New Bohemia.

How He Describes His Personal Style: “When I started developing my idea of a personal style it was pretty much influenced by the fact that I was into minimalism at that time,” Buterbaugh said. At first, he preferred neutral tones, specifically black and grey, but later branched out into different styles and combinations.

Buterbaugh feels that he’s “somewhere between quoteunquote hipster with influences both on the preppy side and punky side of things.” For him, particular pieces, such as an argyle sweater or a pair of shoes create the distinctions between preppy and punky. However, Buterbaugh said that overall he tends to pick “bits and pieces up from things [he] finds interesting,” rather than adhering to hardand-fast style rules.

Where He Shops: For most of his wardrobe, Buterbaugh shops in small stores in Austin where he found both his high tops and bomber jacket, though he often scours the Internet for long inseam jeans. One site he frequents is JackThreads.com, which Buterbaugh says sells “fairly nice, sort of like, street clothes.”

On a college budget, Buterbaugh said that he wishes he could afford to shop at stores such as J. Crew, but instead just enjoys window shopping. “I could either read a book or go to J. Crew, and they would have the same function,” he said. “[They are both] aesthetically pleasing.”

Fashion Influences / Inspirations: “When I see something I think is interesting on some-

one else, I may or may not try that out,” Buterbaugh said. Books he reads influence his style choices, as he sometimes goes out of his way to find a particular piece of clothing that will make him feel like he felt when he first read a book he enjoyed. “There’s a sort of aesthetic or feeling I get from a character, and if I want to emulate that to some extent then I will dress more in that way,” Buterbaugh said. “Of course, I don’t know what I would be trying to emulate right now.”

Favorite Item in His Closet: “I have this pair of pointy-toed, Aldo dress shoes that I absolutely love,” Buterbaugh said. Since the pair serve as good dancing shoes, he often pairs them with more formal attire. Though the jacket he is wearing may become a favorite, it’s too soon for him to tell — it isn’t worn in just yet.

Wardrobe Staples: “Sweaters for sure,” Buterbaugh said, without hesitation. Even though Austin weather is a bit warm for sweaters, he enjoys thrifting for cheap ones. When he is not wearing his beloved sweaters, Buterbaugh explained that he often reverts to “boring” Tshirts or collared shirts, which he can choose to wear year-round.

Favorite Fashion Era: American artist Edward Gorey is an artist known for his macabre illustrated books and represents Buterbaugh’s favorite fashion era. In a more general sense, he explains his admiration of the British Edwardian period with its sleek and sophisticated, dark style. For those unfamiliar with the era, Buterbaugh offered a few suggestions. “Did you see either the movie of Brideshead Revisited, or read the book?” he asked. “Start there.”

Do you think you (or a professor) have great style? Then submit a photo of you in your best outfit to phoenixlaed@gmail.com. Please include your name and contact information.

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Exhibition on light, simplicity opens at List Gallery

BY STEVEN HAZEL shazel1@swarthmore.edu To mark the opening of her exhibitions in the List Gallery this month, artist Susan Fenton will give a lecture at 4:30 p.m. The exhibition will feature both the Nocturne and Ballinglen collections, two award-winning photographic collections focused on the use and absence of light and on still lifes of the artist, who already has two permanent exhibitions in both the Chicago Art Institute and the Philadelphia Museum of Art. A professor of photography at Saint Joseph’s University, Fenton began her work in photography later than most artists, since her original interest lied in painting. “I went [into school] as a painter,” she said. “I then took a [photography class] and fell in love. The second year of grad school I was doing more photography than painting.”

A graduate of Temple University, Fenton later taught in Saint Mary’s University in Rome and Temple University in Japan prior to working in Pennsylvania where she primarily focuses on black and white photography in her darkroom work. Her collections range from photographs of figures to evocative still life arrangements.

Her focus on photography, whether of objects or human-like figures, originates from a desire for immediacy. During graduate school, Fenton’s introduction to the newly popular color Xerox machine inspired her interest in photography.

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Working with the machine, she assembled hand-drawn objects and created copies until she produced an image matching her hopes. “I became interested in the political message that stood behind certain images,” Fenton said. “With the Xerox machine I was able to get many different versions of an idea and show the passage of time.”

This early work with the Xerox machine led to Fenton’s varying techniques in her photography. Through her collections of black and white photography, she has explored use of light, received numerous grants such as fellowships from the William Penn Foundation, the Pennsylvania Council on the Arts, and the Ballinglen Arts Foundation in Ireland.

“Looking at her work, the sheer simplicity of it probably attracts a wide audience,” Riana Shah ’14 said. “It certainly interests me in a way.” From as far as the Victoria and Albert Museum in London to as close to home as Bryn Mawr College, several museums and galleries across the country display Fenton’s work in permanent collections.

One of the highlights of this List Gallery exhibition is a portion of Fenton’s Nocturne series, which is a collection of photographs designed to explore the limits placed by light upon the human eye.

The origins of the word nocturne, which means “of night” in Latin, reflects the use of Roman columns to hold the objects, as well as the theme of darkness. “I [took the photographs] over a period of four years.

Trying to find [the point where the darkness obscures the whole pictures] is very difficult — you think you are there, and then your eyes adjust,” Fenton said.

Nocturne features a variety of seemingly mundane objects, including a miniature horse and a bust. However, Fenton explained that this focus on the mundane is purposeful. “That’s everything about me, the way I live, it is what I respond to,” she said. “Putting them together simply.

To make sure the objects take the backseat to the light or the lack of light.”

“The more I look at [the photographs] the more I see meaning within the simplicity of a couple of objects on a column or a piece of moss,” James Pao ’13 said.

In her collections such as Nocturne, Fenton often hopes to convey political messages. During Fenton’s years in graduate school in the late ’70s, women were a minority in art departments, especially in the photography arena. Towards the end of the decade however, more women took up an interest in art and began to create work reflecting their stronger presence in the art world.

“There was a movement … to recognize the female gender in art forms,” Fenton said. “I was not a feminist, but I was sensitive to many of the issues that were ‘female’ and I wanted to bring them to the table.” This emphasis on the female gender and female forms is evident in her Figure/Fabrication collection, which features photographs of women in dress and with facial expressions that provoke notions regarding women and society.

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“Crescent Vase, Box and Mug #3” from Nocturne

Concerning her personal influences, Fenton listed a host of artists that she admires and whose work inspires her own. For example, Italian artist Giorgio Morandi painted mundane objects such as boxes or bottles repeatedly to illustrate subtle differences in these simple paintings. “He bucked the odds, he went against what was trendy,” Fenton said.

In a similar way, Fenton tries to do what truly interests and inspires her, rather than simply move with whatever is considered current. “I do like beauty in art even though I realize that’s becoming old fashioned,” she said.

Fenton hopes that visitors to the exhibition “realize that there can be beauty in everyday objects, that you don’t need to go very far or dig very deep to find a subject.”

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Forget ‘Smarriage’: the possibilities of TriCo dating I spend a lot of time on the Internet. Over the past year, the benefits of my net addiction have, for you, been largely technological — my articles have centered upon net security, computer upgrades and online discounts. Today, however, I shall blaze a trail into new and potentially danSteve Dean gerous territory: dating.

Life Tips from a Dean In this article, I assess the pitfalls of the current dating scene at Swarthmore and the potential benefits of Tri-College dating. In my next installment I will report on my travels and travails throughout the relatively unexplored (and definitively under-explored) realm of online dating!

I would be willing to bet that for most Swatties, the concept of dating outside of the bubble may seem abhorrent. Dating at Swarthmore is ultra-convenient and virtually free, after all, and you have a high probability of intellectual and social compatibility, given Swarthmore’s political compatibility.

Also, you can assume a certain degree of safety because you’re on a secure campus surrounded by your friends. Why, then, would you want to date outside the bubble? Well, for starters, let’s look at the term “date” itself. If you want to take someone from Swarthmore on a “date,” chances are you will find yourself sitting across from him/her at Sharples (if you’re feeling particularly suave, you might snag one of the highly-contested window booths). You probably encountered that person somewhere on campus during the week, made eye contact, acknowledged each other’s existence and self-worth, and then proceeded to hook up at Paces or one of the frats. Your first “date” was probably your shared Sharples meal, and “dates” thereafter likely revolved around finding places on campus to study together. If the two of you find this setup particularly satisfying, you may eventually make your situation Facebook official.

The drawbacks of Swarthmore’s “dating” situation are numerous. For one, the smallness of the campus makes dating multiple people (whether linearly or simultaneously) quite awkward at times — after all, your friend groups will almost definitely overlap, and Swarthmore culture ubiquitously frowns upon dating within shared friend groups.

Even before you start dating, you have to fear the ubiquitous and inescapable gossip (termed, endearingly, “Swassip”) that accompanies your every hookup. Within minutes of your first public sighting with another individual, the questions come rolling in: “Ooh, are you two a couple now?” Then there’s the implicit awkwardness of the one-dininghall campus, namely, that you are virtually guaranteed to see your hookup in Sharples the next day.

So, do you sit with him/her? Do you nod knowingly? Do you ignore the person completely? This may be why we Swatties come off as so very awkward.

We over-analyze these things to the point of social dysfunction.

Let’s turn now to the largely untapped possibilities of TriCo dating. First and foremost, if you’re a Swattie and you are not going abroad, you will likely yourself feeling quite claustrophobic sometime during your sophomore or junior year as a result of having spent entirely too much uninterrupted time inside the bubble. Having your daily actions intensely scrutinized by all manner of Swatties — from friends, to acquaintances, to recovering Daily Jolt trolls — can be exhausting. So why not hop on the TriCo shuttle and enter a world free of Swassip, Sharples monotony, and redundant social scenes? Haverford and Bryn Mawr are both located in dynamic towns where you can actually walk off campus to socialize, barhop and attend cul-

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tural events. You can go on real-world dates in the ment of their social lives). A Bryn Mawr student area without having to necessarily spend time and who is currently in a TriCo relationship swears by money travelling into Philly. You also get to build a the setup, remarking, “We have our own space, our new network of own lives, our own friends. It’s a friends who can novelty to see the other person. It’s offer novel colnot like being married — you’re not lege perspectives. together all the time. That way Perhaps most you appreciate your time togethsignificantly, the er more because you have to entire feel of a plan it.” It’s also worth noting TriCo relationthat the TriCo shuttle is free, ship is different, and all TriCo parties are free to in a good way. attend. If you remain skeptical You run no risk on the grounds that you don’t of the inevitable know anyone outside of Swat, I time sink that is recommend taking a course at a “Smarriage” one of the other colleges in order (Swarthmore marto start building your network riage, a term that and widening your perspective. affectionately disAt the very least, you’ll be able dains the tendency to change up your dining hall for Swat couples to rotation... spend virtually all Steve is a senior. You can their time together, reach him at sdean1@swarthusually to the detrimore.edu.

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CROsswORd ACROSS 1. Have the throne 6. Puppeteer Lewis 11. AIM gasp 14. The Jetsons’ dog 15. Desert resting place 16. Bogey beater 17. Positive replies 18. Pizzeria order 19. The first “T” of TNT 20. Most expensive, usually 23. Minnesota twin?

26. Former 27-Across officer Aldrich who turned out to be a Soviet spy 27. Espionage org.

28. Rapper’s entourage 32. Trap 33. Sony co-founder Morita 35. Like fingerprints 37. Where you might be if you’re lost 42. 1910’s-20’s art movement 43. Baseball analyst Hershiser 44. Comes in last 47. Reveal 49. Hair goop 50. French summers 51. Actress Kidman 53. Flatfish or starfish, for example 59. Decay 60. Element with the symbol B 61. Discontinue 65. Cheer for a toreador 66. “_____ behold!”

67. Disney’s _____ Center 68. Maiden name preceder 69. Restless 70. Watermelon throwaways

10. “Aha!” 11. Kia sedan 12. George Eliot’s “Silas _____” 13. Dolphins Hall-of-Fame QB Bob 21. Pushed snow aside 22. Excited shout from a crow’snest 23. Ponzi scheme, e.g.

24. Retired Giants running back Barber 25. Settled, as a bill 29. Sandbar 30. Swedish mezzo Anne _____ von Otter 31. Max associated with 42-Across 32. Use a Singer machine 34. Most bizarre 36. Loch _____ 38. _____ Vegas

39. As a result 40. Fishing line holder 41. Vogue competitor 44. Former Cavalier James 45. Peter of “Lawrence of Arabia” 46. Small sofa 48. Sisters’ daughters 52. Brunch offering 54. Syllables before “di” or “da” in a Beatles song 55. Ganymede, Io, or Titan 56. Toga party site 57. Ages and ages 58. Outfielder Chávez 62. Starting pitcher 63. Lawn base 64. Fliers of U.F.O.’s

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Monday, Jan. 31 Science Center 101 7 p.m.

Featuring custodial workers of diverse backgrounds who share their career motivation.

Enjoy a discussion after the screening, moderated by Professor Barry Schwartz.

Over 100 participating restaurants offer: Three-course lunch, $20.

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A Swarthmore and Princeton A Cappella treat!

S.W.A.T. presents “Reducing Stress: Getting a Good Night’s Sleep” GRAPEVINE PRESENTS: Princeton’s “ROARING 20”

Professor Abbe Blum offers tips on improving your ability to handle stress and sleep better.

Saturday, Jan. 28 at 8:30 p.m. in Parrish Parlours

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Bipartisan rhetoric overlooks realities of Congress In a show of unity and respect after the Tucson shooting, members of Congress sat together regardless of party at Tuesday’s State of the Union address.

This show of bipartisanship, an idea proposed by Senator Mark Udall (D-Colorado), was a result of a national tragedy and not of some new united Congress.

Though the seating arrangement was an appropriate and necessary response, it should not be confused with the actions of Congress in its 112th session.

More importantly, Congress is in no place to meet the President’s idealistic suggestions outlined in the speech.

Since the Civil War, and especially in the last decade, our Congress has become more and more ideologically polarized.

This can be seen in empirical measurements of role call votes, in the intensity of political debate, and in the levels of bipartisan voting on ideologically charged issues.

The emergence of the Tea Party has furthered polarizing tendencies within both parties, with Republican leadership distancing itself from the Tea Party while retaining their conservatism and with Democrats clinging to their liberalism in the face of such a radically conservative assault.

Furthermore, progress in Congress of any sort would be very difficult because the two chambers are held by different parties, thus necessitating bipartisanship from ideologically opposite groups.

None of this should be news to President Obama, and yet his State of the Union speech was full of optimistic plans contingent on bipartisan progress in Congress.

While he pitched plans that required concessions from both parties, Obama also presented ideas which clearly were catering to one party and as such were unfeasible.

These party-targeted plans and projects also undermined his focus on unity and bipartisanship by very overtly currying favor with each party.

Though Obama’s optimism is one of his hallmark traits, he went too far with it in the State of the

Union, proposing plans that cannot be realized.

For example, asking Congress to help ensure 80 percent of U.S. energy comes from clean sources by 2035 is a hefty goal.

Major legislation would have to be passed for such a lofty standard to be reached, yet a comprehensive energy bill would require support from both parties to pass in both the House and the Senate.

The President’s calls on Congress to pass legislation specifically targeted at one party will also face serious challenges getting through both chambers.

Obama proposed reforming both the corporate tax system, including lowering the corporate tax rate, and business regulations.

This plan clearly caters to the Republicans who won their seats with campaigns against high taxation and excessive regulation.

Though Obama’s optimisim is one of his hallmark traits, he went too far with it in the State of the Union, proposing plans that cannot be realized.

Lowering the corporate tax rate and eliminating regulations in this environment don’t send the right message — to voters, to companies or to the members of Congress.

Beyond specific changes to existing legislation, Obama said that he and his administration “will develop a proposal to merge, consolidate, and reorganize the federal government in a way that best serves the goal of a more competitive America.”

Though this plan to make the federal government more efficient and effective is the right message for him to send at the start of the 2012 campaign season, the rhetoric cannot and will not be followed up with action.

Obama alientates his own party by making so

many concessions to the Republicans, and he is giving companies incentive to return to their reckless behaviors that led in part to the current recession.

But this was not Obama’s most quixotic moment.

Rather, his suggested freeze on annual domestic spending until 2015 cannot happen without serious changes in the partisan dynamics of Congress.

This proposal is both too grand and too limited in scope. A freeze on domestic spending lessens the federal deficit by only $400 billion over the course of a decade.

This may not be enough to assuage Republicans’ calls for spending cuts, which are based in the ideological basis for their polarization.

Furthermore, there are other areas which need to see serious cuts more than domestic spending.

Congressional Democrats will be hesitant to cut the domestic budget, which is only 12 percent of government spending, when they could cut defense spending, which accounts for 26 percent of government spending.

Obama’s spending freeze requires ideological compromises from both parties without making serious progress on the deficit, and it doesn’t outline specific cuts.

This will inevitably result in no progress. When the time comes for Congress to pick programs to cut, the parties will not be able to agree on which programs are nonessential.

Obama’s talk of bipartisanship and cooperation seemed to completely disregard what has happened thus far in the 112th Congress and set him up for failure.

The responses from the members of Congress present Tuesday night mirror their polarization.

Only a few of the President’s remarks solicited applause from the whole audience.

The President should have catered to the interests of his party more by suggesting legislation friendly to the Democrats.

Though Congress currently seems to be in the mood for unity and bipartisanship, their extremely polarized ideologies will prevent the progress that Obama proposes from occurring.

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Greater civility needed after the Tucson shooting What should we learn from the Tucson shooting?

Conservatives have repeatedly been blamed for the terrible shooting in Tucson that targeted Arizona eighth district congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords, D-AZ, and killed 6 people, including a federal judge.

While there is nothing wrong with calling for civility in the American political Tyler Becker sphere, it is preposterous to The Swarthmore claim that Jared Loughner, the gunman, was driven to Conservative his mental state by conservative political commentators.

For one thing, Loughner is not a conservative.

According to CBS News, Loughner is a “conspiracy theorist” and thought that the government was responsible for the September 11th terrorist attacks. The books listed on his YouTube page include “Mein Kampf” and the “Communist Manifesto.”

CBS also reported that Loughner “began to characterize people as sheep whose free will was being sapped by the government and the monotony of modern life.” He has a disdain for government and did not pay attention to the news, watch television, or listen to talk radio.

If his views can be characterized as anything, they align with the radical left, not conservatives. He did not want to have less government like those on the right; he wanted to annihilate the current system.

Loughner was clearly mentally unstable as shown by his past actions. He was forced out of community college for a video in which he said that the college was against the Constitution. The college saw him as a “threat.”

A woman who shared a class with Loughner had emailed her friends in the past about Loughner. In one email, she wrote, “We have a mentally unstable person in the class that scares the living crap out of me. He is one of those whose picture you see on the news, after he has

come into class with an automatic weapon.”

Despite Loughner’s mental state, the national news media allowed analysis to air that the shooting was a result of the uncivil political climate in America created

by Glenn Beck, Sarah Palin and other conservatives.

Sheriff Clarence Dupnik, who is in charge of the investigation, told ABC’s Diane Sawyer that Rush Limbaugh’s rhetoric “is not without consequences.” He made this statement with no evidence that Loughner ever listened to Limbaugh, or even knew who he is.

Should we really be surprised that conservatives were blamed in part for the shooting? After all, the Democrats have lost power even since the 112th Congress started last month. Blaming conservatives for the shooting is in the Left’s best political interest.

Even more telling is that many of these calls for “civility” have come from politicians and media personalities whose past statements can certainly not be called “civil.”

The hypocrisy is unbelievable.

Keith Olbermann, a liberal, now-former MSNBC host, attacked conservatives following the shooting.

However, when now U.S. Senator Scott Brown, R-MA, was running for the open Senate seat there, Olbermann called Brown “… an irresponsible, homophobic, racist, reactionary, ex–nude model, teabagging supporter of violence against women and against politicians with whom he disagrees.” I would not characterize those untrue comments as civil.

Then, there is President Obama and his call for civility. While Obama did give a speech more focused on bringing the nation together than Sarah Palin’s “blood libel” comment, he is guilty of making statements in the past that could be stretched to say he was inciting violence, much like some on the left have done with statements by conservatives. Obama said in 2008 that if the Republicans “bring a knife to the fight, we will bring a gun.”

Even after the shooting, the Democrat’s calls for civility have been ignored by members of their own caucus.

Rep. Steven Cohen, D-TN, compared Republicans in the House with “Nazis” as they voted for the bill to repeal healthcare reforms.

The blame-game, used to paint conservatives as in part responsible for this shooting, has put the real issues at hand in America on the back burner. Our economy is still in a recession, our soldiers are fighting a difficult war in Afghanistan and our fiscal house is not in order.

Trying to score cheap political points out of a national tragedy is ludicrous.

At Swarthmore, I have experienced many civil discussions about my political beliefs, which differ from the campus “norm.”

The fact that we can have civil discussions and still be passionate about our beliefs is an incredible strength of this college. In Washington and in the media, this is not always how political conversations take place.

So, in light of the national tragedy in Arizona, I ask you not to succumb to the belief that conservatives caused this awful shooting. It was one deranged individual who acted alone. Criticizing conservatives or any group for an action taken by one person does not contribute to civility.

And, don’t lose your passion. Whether you identify as liberal or conservative, Republican or Democrat, it is okay to be a little uncivil sometimes if you want to get your point across.

One of my biggest fears following this shooting and the improper blaming of conservatives that followed is that political correctness will dominate America more than it already does. That would be the wrong lesson to learn from this tragedy.

Tyler is a first-year. He can be reached at tbecker1@swarthmore.edu.

The blame-game, used to paint conservatives as in part responsible for this shooting, has put real issues at hand in America on the back burner.

American exceptionalism shows its darker side In his State of the U n i o n address, President O b a m a invoked his and the “American p e o p l e ’ s” faith in American exceptionalism. He Jon Erwin-Frank raised the Sensible Socialist specter of a r i s i n g China and issue a clarion call for public investment in the nation’s future. He directly and indirectly called on Congress and citizens to unite together in an effort to revive the glory of a real past of global dominance and an imagined one of universal middleclass prosperity.

He did not — as an astute politician should not — discuss the other side of American exceptionalism: the exceptional brutality, the exceptional scope and the exceptional endurance of the racial, social and economic hierarchies that have defined our republic since its inception.

Recognizing the exceptionally ugly parts of American history does not require rejecting the possibility of a positive American exceptionalism. I believe in a good American exceptionalism, but locate it not in economic or military power, or even in a durable liberal consti-

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tution, but rather in the legacy of liberaHowever, this is only half of the piction. ture. Every struggle for liberation in A simplistic reading of United States American history has been met with history might tell the story of rebels fierce resistance and, in many cases, with teaching rebels. It would begin with the brutal backlash. founding fathers and revolutionaries who In her book “The New Jim Crow,” in spite of their fundamental elitism Michelle Alexander describes the enshrined in the constitution the seeds of resilience of anti-black oppression from continual rebellion. imposed rural servitude after the Civil It would describe the rise of abolition- War to the rise of mass incarceration in ism and the bloody war against both the late 20th century. countrymen and our collective personal Most Americans are not familiar with demons that led to a triumph of moral the fact that the same country that just progreselected its s i v i s m , first black w h i c h president despite its incarcerEvery struggle for liberation in brevity lasted ates more American history has been met long enough people per to give us the c a p i t a with fierce resistance, and, in 13th, 14th and t h a n many cases, with brutal backlash. China or 15th amendments.

Iran, or The ideals that largeof these ly because amendments and the struggles behind of the criminal justice system’s aggresthem helped inspire the social move- sive, disproportionate targeting of ments of the 20th century. The 14th minorities — primarily for non-violent amendment in particular has made the drug crimes — most young black men United States and Canada the only first have a higher chance of serving time in world countries that assure birthright cit- prison than going to college. izenship, a powerful tool in the project of This stark reality forces recognition of building a multi-racial democracy. what remains a two-sided American The ongoing social movements for exceptionalism, of the cycle of brutal civil rights, women’s rights and queer oppression, adaptation and empowering rights, among many others, have learned liberation that has long governed and are learning from one another. They American struggles for social justice. are the modern expressions of a unique This may be the realization that inspired legacy of liberation that one does not have Martin Luther King’s famous utterance: “The arc of the moral universe is long, to be dishonest to call exceptional.

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but it bends towards justice.”

Some might take issue with what is still a rosy sketch of U.S. history. Notably absent is the accurate Marxist contention that extreme poverty and gross economic inequality have consistently characterized this country since before the revolution.

However, it would be a huge mistake to dismiss the successes and the legacy of American liberation movements. Most Americans will interpret Obama’s call for renewed American exceptionalism as good capitalists should, as a call to boost GDP growth and be more potent than the other guy.

The rest of us should bear in mind the responsibility we’ve inherited from the legacy of liberation — the responsibility to recognize the true American exceptionalism and relentlessly drive it towards its better half.

Michelle Alexander makes a compelling argument that mass incarceration has evolved into a new system of institutionalized oppression comparable to Jim Crow.

It is a system that glaringly contradicts the shared values we claim to possess and, like segregation during World War II, makes U.S. leadership on human rights issues decidedly less credible.

It is also an issue that lends itself to mobilization, advocacy and direct action.

If and how we address this issue will do much to determine which side of American exceptionalism defines this country in the 21st century.

Jon is a senior. He can be reached at jerwinf1@swarthmore.edu.

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Super Bowl XLV pits GB Packers against Steelers also the best career rating in the history of the NFL. was nothing new for the Jets, and the statistics are borGive the Bears a lot of credit, in that case, for making derline depressing: In 16 first quarters this season, the the adjustments needed to slow down the apparent Jets’ offense managed a total of 29 points and haven’t Greatest Quarterback of All Time. After racking up 186 scored a first-quarter touchdown since Week 4 at the yards of offense in the first 20 minutes of the game, beginning of October. They started slow during the regGreen Bay managed just 170 during the rest of the ular season, they started slow against Indianapolis, and game, with Rogers getting picked off twice on promis- they started slow against New England, and each time ing drives. Ironically, the quarterback’s greatest contri- they were able to rely on their defense to hold down the bution, in a game decided by seven points, may have fort until they could put points on the board. By the been a touchdown-savtime they ing tackle after getting scored their picked off by Chicago first points on Brian linebacker Sunday, they Uhrlacher. Ultimately, were down 24-0 it was that fast start, and now it was and Greg Jennings’ their defense’s ability to thrive in sinturn to start gle coverage, that gave slow. the Packers enough of a As much as cushion to resist a late Mark Sanchez push by the Bears’ has matured as third-string signala quarterback caller. compared to And then there’s Jay last year, no Cutler. By now, we will one is confusGreen Bay Packers 21, Chicago Bears 14 ing the New “We’re a few hours away from a Caleb Hanie-Mark have seen the usual York’s passing Sanchez Super Bowl,” someone joked at 5:30 on Sunday army of pundits — talk game with that evening, and the resulting laugh failed to belie the fact radio hosts, sportswritof a team like that this possibility somehow became a reality for a ers, players turned analysts — offering their New England. good half-hour. Until, of course, it wasn’t.

Just like last That half-hour came when the Bears were forced to opinion as to whether year, the Jets turn to their third-string quarterback because of a knee Cutler should have conPhoto courtesy of www.steelerstoday.com rode their injury to Jay Cutler and Todd Collins being terrible. tinued to play after Hanie, an undrafted free agent who had attempted eight injuring his knee in the Rashard Mendenhall, running back, and the Pittsburgh Steelers strong defense and rushing passes in his career before Sunday, entered the game second quarter. Not knocked out the New York Jets last Sunday. attack to the midway through the third quarter and actually gave could have. Should AFC title game, the Bears a shot at a come back. Despite throwing an have, the distinction interception to Packers lineman B.J. Raji that was being that Cutler, regardless of how bad the injury only to be betrayed by areas of strength when they returned for a touchdown, Hanie came right back with might turn out to be, was nevertheless able to remain needed them the most. Steelers running back Rashard a touchdown pass of his own, and subsequently drove standing and even pace the Bears’ sideline for the rest Mendenhall gored the Jets for 95 yards in the first half and 121 overall, evading Jets tacklers despite consistent Chicago deep into Green Bay territory in the final min- of the afternoon.

As of Monday, Cutler’s injury is being reported as a penetration by New York into the backfield. While the utes when the Bears needed a touchdown to tie the Grade 2 MCL tear, which would usually cost a player numbers for Ben Roethlisberger weren’t as impressive game.

In situations like these, when the expectations could about three weeks. Such an injury runs the risk of as they usually are (10/19 for 133 yards and two internot possibly have been lower, it’s almost cruel to put being aggravated with any contact, and Cutler was ceptions), his ability to avoid sacks and keep plays alive under constant pressure hurt the Jets on several occasions, including two potenany burden of behind the struggling tial sacks-turned-first-down conversions at the end to blame on an Bears offensive line. But ice the game for the Steelers. undrafted free the image on the screen is The biggest surprise of the afternoon, however, was agent with only everything, and the image the futility with which LaDainian Tomlinson and eight career of Cutler walking the side- Shonn Greene ran the ball for the Jets. As good as the pass attempts line while his team’s sea- Steelers are at stopping the run, the Jets were able to for throwing the son drew to a close may have marginal success during their meeting in Week 15, interception prove to be the damning racking up over 100 yards. On Sunday, they gained 70, that cost his third strike against the which includes a first-half total of, and this is not a team a trip to quarterback. Cutler’s well- typo, one yard on five carries. The New York Jets, they the Super Bowl. documented unpopularity of the “ground-and-pound philosophy,” in the biggest The outcome of as a player, along with the game of the season, gained one yard … on five carries. that throw, not-so-distant memory of In a nutshell, this should explain why Jets fans, even which occurred San Diego’s Philip Rivers the ones willing to block out unpleasant realities (like on a 4th-and-5 playing in the AFC how Richard Nixon was the president who hosted the from the Green Championship on a torn last Jets team to win a championship) should not feel as Bay 29-yard line, ACL (in the knee hierar- if anything was stolen from them on Sunday. Their was almost prechy, ACL injuries are gen- team put themselves in a 24-point hole against an elite ordained by erally considered to be franchise. what happened more severe) account for For even a chance to win, they would have had to one play earlier. the other two. Obviously, play a perfect game from there on out and they didn’t Facing a 3rdPhoto courtesy of www.packersplayers.blogspot.com the story has yet to run its even do that, as the scoreless eight-minute drive will and-3 from the Packers’ 27 and Green Bay Packers wide receiver Greg Jennings is Tim’s pick for course, but for the time attest to. Mark Sanchez, who has had a second consecbeing, Jay Cutler, and the utive postseason of impressive moments, made plays with Green Bay offensive MVP from Sunday’s game against the Chicago Bears.

Chicago Bears, are out. against the Steelers secondary and in many ways outdecidedly on performed Roethlisberger for the game, but the fact their heels, the remains that one team made the plays it needed to Bears attempted to run a gadget play: a reverse to Earl Offensive MVP: Jennings (8 catches, 130 yards) make on Sunday, and one team did not. That first team Bennett over the left side that was doomed before he even got the ball. Bennett lost two yards, the Bears were Defensive MVP: Raji (1 solo tackle, neutralized the is the one going to the Super Bowl, and they completely forced to throw to keep their season alive, Hanie threw Bears’ run game, 1 interception returned for a touch- deserve it. his 28 career pass into double coverage, and the Packers down) Offensive MVP: Mendenhall (27 carries, 121 yards, 1 are going to the Super Bowl.

TD) As for the Packers, the big story coming into the Pittsburgh Steelers 24, New York Jets 19 As easy as it is to get fixated on the failure of the Jets game was Aaron Rogers’s ascension to elite-quarterback status. Halfway through the second quarter, when to score off of their eight-minute, fourth-quarter drive Defensive MVP: Steelers CB Ike Taylor (3 solo tackles, the Packers had driven down the field twice to take a 14- that took them to the Pittsburgh 1-yard line, the story of 1 forced fumble that resulted in a touchdown) 0 lead, FOX displayed a graphic showing that Rogers this game is really much more straightforward: The Tim is a sophmore. You can reach him at not only had the best playoff quarterback rating in the Jets’ offense started slow as always, only this time their history of the NFL (through three and a half starts) but defense wasn’t there to bail them out. The slow start tbernst1@swarthmore.edu.

This week on “Bullet Points”: • Four teams try so hard, they get so far, but in the end (for two of them), it won’t even matter.

• Will Aaron Rogers’ impressive body of work become even more of a wonderland when he takes on the Bears?

Timothy Bernstein Will Ben • Roethlisberger think Bullet Points Mark Sanchez is pretty, without any makeup on?

Will he even think he’s funny, when he tells the punch line wrong?

• To the window, to the wall, to the sweat drop down footballs.

You guessed it: Cue up the FOX intro, smooth the wrinkles out of the duvet, because the NFL Conference Championship Review is happening right now!

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three athletes named academic all-stars for 2010

BY ANA APOSTOLERIS aaposto1@swarthmore.edu

Swarthmore may be more wellknown for its reputation of academic intensity than its athletic prowess, but the culture of excellence does not stop when classes end. The Garnet sports teams also lay claim to some of the finest Division III athletes in the area.

Three Swarthmore student-athletes have been recognized for their outstanding performance in the classroom as well as in competition, as David D’Annunzio ’12 (men’s soccer), Micah Rose ’12 (men’s soccer), and Allison Coleman ’13 (volleyball) were recently selected as Academic All-Stars by the Philadelphia Inquirer. To qualify for selection, a student-athlete must maintain at least a 3.0 GPA while serving as a starter or a key reserve.

The Philadelphia Inquirer also named D’Annunzio the Men’s Soccer Academic All-Area Performer of the Year. An engineering major from Piedmont, CA, D’Annunzio established himself over the past three seasons as one of the finest goalies in Swarthmore history, as well as in the Centennial Conference. In his junior season, he led the Conference with an 0.51 goalsagainst average and recorded eight shutouts on the year, which brought his career total to 21, second on Swarthmore’s all-time list. His impressive work in the net led the Garnet men to a 16-1-4 record (7-0-2 in Conference) and an appearance in the NCAA tournament. For the first time in the school’s history, the Garnet men held the national #1 ranking for a week midseason.

“I felt that this season was amazing,” said D’Annunzio, who views his academic and extracurricular success as a testament to the balanced Swarthmore environment. D’Annunzio started as goalie his freshman year and found that being a Swarthmore athlete still allows him to be a student, as well as to participate and excel in other extracurriculars, both on and off the field.

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Allie Coleman, the Garnet volleyball team’s setter, has grown to become a key player and team leader this past season. the PhoenIX

“At many other schools, being an athlete is like having a full-time job, and that doesn’t appeal to me,” D’Annunzio said. “To have the success that we’ve had and to have all of the other great parts of college at the same time is a wonderful and unique experience.”

Men’s soccer coach Eric Wagner describes his goalie as “very consistent, dependable, and dominant.”

“David quietly put together the best season by any goalie in the Centennial Conference,” Wagner said, adding that D’Annunzio made “invaluable contributions” to the team this year.

The Academic All-Star honor is D’Annunzio’s second, as he was also selected by the Inquirer in his sophomore year.

Micah Rose, a junior from Williston, VT, is the second men’s soccer honoree. The midfielder is a sociologyanthropology major and served as a team captain this season. In recogni-

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Micah Rose, a captain on the soccer team and recipient of many accolades, led the Garnet midfield.

tion of his stellar performance, Rose was named to the Centennial Conference First Team and was selected as an NCAA All-American. He was also named to the Centennial Conference Academic Honor Roll, making him one of only three men’s soccer players to earn both Honor Roll and First-Team accolades. In addition to being one of the Garnet’s top scorers, he led an airtight defense which surrendered only 0.57 goals per game.

“He was a beast in the middle of the field for us,” raved Wagner. “Being an All-American makes him one of the top 33 in the country, [and] that is an incredible accomplishment. [He was] a fabulous team leader for us this year.”

Rose echoed D’Annunzio’s thoughts in discussing the 2010 soccer season and his athletic experience at Swarthmore. “This past season ended a bit earlier than we would have liked, but overall it was a success,” he said.

“Soccer has been great, but the best part of my Swarthmore [student-athlete] experience has been the people I’ve had the privilege of meeting. I’ve made lifelong friends here who have stretched me to grow as a person, as a

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David D’Annunzio, one of the Centennial Conference’s top goalies, has performed significantly well for the Garnet.

thinker, and as an athlete.”

On the women’s side, Coleman, a pre-med student from Palo Alto, CA, was the Garnet’s lone representative on the Academic All-Star team. The sophomore setter enjoyed a breakout year in 2010, leading the team to the Centennial Conference Championship match. She was named to the Conference Academic Honor Roll.

“I think I have improved as a player since the beginning of my freshman year,” said Coleman. “This year, as a sophomore, I was able to take on more of a leadership role, which my position calls for. A setter needs to be able to understand and control the pace of the game as well as motivate and connect with both the defense and the offense of the team.”

An enthusiastic team motivator as well as a key player, she credited the team dynamic for fostering passion in addition to a high level of play. “We really show a lot of determination and emotion when we play, which is part of what makes [it] so fun,” she said.

Volleyball coach Harleigh Chwastyck had nothing but praise for her athletic and academic all-star.

“Allie is a very competitive and passionate person in all aspects of her life,” Chwastyck said. “She is driven to succeed and as the on-court leader … leads by example in her work ethic and hustle.”

With 2010 behind them, Chwastyck and Coleman are focused on the future and see no reason for doubts.

“I expect to see [Allie] continue to improve and build upon her volleyball and leadership skills in order to benefit our team’s success,” said Chwastyck. “I am excited to see what Allie and our team can accomplish in the next two years of her volleyball career here at Swarthmore.”

Coleman expects her team to build off last year’s finish towards greater things in the future. “I want us to win our conference next year,” she said.

“We’ve seen that a conference championship is a possibility for this team, but I want it to be a reality next year.”

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Katie LytLe fy., basKetbaLL, harrisburg, pa.

What she’s done: the first-year recorded the first doubledouble of her career, scoring 12 points and grabbing 11 rebounds in the garnet’s most recent game against ursinus.

favorite career moment: “my favorite career moment is winning our tip-off tournament. it was the first time we won it in a couple of years.”

season goaLs: “one of our main season goals is to win the centennial conference championship game.”

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Men’s and women’s swimming dominate Cabrini

BY RENEE FLORES rflores1@swarthmore.edu The Swarthmore men’s and women’s swim teams dominated in the home meet against Cabrini Sunday, winning 121-80 and 139-94 respectively. The men maintained their perfect season and the women tacked on another win to their stellar season.

For the men (5-0, 3-0 CC), sophomores Jacob Benveniste, Daniel Duncan and Samuel Bullard-Sisken ’12 recorded two wins each.

In his first win, the 1000 freestyle, Benveniste finished with a time of 10:46.89, followed by Brian Nadel ’14 (10:52.62), Joshua Satre ’13 (10:54.36) and Peter Ballen ’14 (11:18.20).

Benveniste’s second win came in the 500, with a time of 5:16.32, followed by Ballen (5:17.13), John Flaherty ’14 (5:19.00) and Satre (5:21.43).

In the 200 butterfly, Duncan led the team, finishing at 2:00.58. Charlie Hepper ’13 follwed, with a time of 2:07.63. In third and fourth places were Tyler Hansen ’13 (2:09.13) and Frederick Toohey ’14 (2:21.56).

Duncan’s second win came in the 100 freestyle, with a time of 49.95, followed immediately by Tim Brevart ’12 (50.32).

Bullard-Sisken’s first win was in the 100 backstroke with a time of 59.42; his second in the 200 backstroke at 2:10.54. Following Bullard-Sisken was Roger Chin ’13 (2:14.27), Nadel (2:16.84) and Robert Fain ’14 (2:20.88).

Further wins in the day included Stan Le ’14 in the 100 breaststroke at 1:02.59, Brevart in the 50 freestlye (22.13), Lance Lui ’12 in the 200 breaststroke (2:26.45), Cyrus Nasseri ’14 in the 100 butterfly (56.20) and Hepper in the 400 IM (4:25.94).

For the women, who improved to 4-2 on the season, the team took 13 of the 14 events overall, and took the top times in all of the individual events.

“It gave us an opportunity to put people in a variety of events. The women swam in different events than we had them in [this season],” head coach Sue Davis said.

The women took the top three spots in the 200 medley relay, as the “A” team of Rosalie Lawrence ’12, Margaret Regan ’14, Hannah Gotwals ’13, and Erin Lowe ’14 grabbed the win with a time of 2:01.70.

Allison Bishop ’11 won in the 1000 freestyle with a time of 11:42.82, in the 500 freestyle (5:43.21). In the 1000 freestyle, Chelsea Brett ’11 and Jacqueline Scala ’12 finished second and third with times of 5:45.18 and 5:56.36 respectively.

Lowe took first in the 100 freestyle (57.96) and the 200 (2:05.08). In the 200, Brett (2:07.07), Sarah Bedolfe ’10 (2:09.86) and Michael-Anne Myrvang ’13 (2:10.62) followed.

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Senior David Dulaney rises for a breath while swimming the butterfly. The men’s swim team easily defeated Cabrini College 121-80 on Sunday.

Regan placed first in the 200 backstroke with a time of 2:34.39 and the 400 IM with a time of 5:01.31. Bedolfe, Myrvang and Alice Wong ’13 followed after Regan in the 400 IM with times of 5:19.45, 5:19.83 and 5:19.84 respectively.

Naomi Glassman ’12 won in the 100 backstroke with a time of 1:08.70 and the 100 butterfly at 1:03.83. Lawrence took the 100 breaststroke (1:14.05) followed by Regan (1:14.12) and Stephanie Su ’11 (1:14.85). Gotwals won in the 200 butterfly (2:19.36), Brett in the 50 freestyle (26.57) and Su in the 200 breaststroke (2:38.57).

“In most cases they’re swimming a little bit better, in some cases the same times as before Christmas. That’s good, because they’re tired,” Davis said.

With yesterday’s meet against Washington College rescheduled due to the winter storm, both teams are staying strong and working hard. Davis is urging the Garnet swimmers to “stay focused, stay healthy, and get adequate rest.”

In terms of the Washington meet, Davis said, “The women’s meet is going to be tough, depending on how

Washington swims and how we swim. We can win by two points, or 14 points, or anything in between. So, they have to be on top of their game.”

Brett agreed that the Washington meet would prove difficult for the women, saying that they would have to “swim their butts off” and hoping that their heart will help them win the day.

For the men’s team, Ballen feels that the Garnet should be able to add another win. “We have more depth than Washington,” he said. He feels that that will give the men’s team an upper edge on the Washington meet.

The men’s and women’s teams are going to have to wait to prove if they will dominate Washington, as the home meet was postponed until February 8 at 6 p.m.

“It’s time to start working on our technique. It comes down to the small things; a race can be won in one 100th of a second. I have faith that we’ll pull it off,” Brett said.

The Swarthmore men’s and women’s swim teams return to action in a dual meet at Gettysburg this Saturday. Action is set to begin at 6 p.m.

Men’s basketball falls to 5-12 after loss to Ursinus

BY DANIEL DUNCAN dduncan1@swarthmore.edu

It was a tale of two halves for the Swarthmore men’s basketball team against Ursinus last Saturday. While absolutely dominant in one, caution took over in the other. Ursinus had the last word, coming away with an 88-76 win.

The loss dropped the Garnet to 5-12, 2-8 CC for the season.

The defense had an incredible first half, holding the Bears to just 22.7 percent shooting for 20 minutes. Combined with double digit scoring in that half alone from Jay Kober ’14 and Will Gates ’13, the Garnet came out with a 14 point lead at the half.

“In the first half our defensive rebounding was excellent and our overall intensity was unmatched,” Federer ’14 said. He added, though, that “going into the second half we sort of came out a little flat, giving Ursinus a chance to creep

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back into the game.”

In fact, the Bears roared back into the game with a stunning 66 points in the second half to completely change the result.

The Garnet’s lead was gone in just seven minutes.

Gates said the officiating had a lot to do with the change in fortune. “It was a very tightly called game and I think certain players were afraid of being too physical and fouling out, so we played very tentative on defense in the second half,” Gates said.

While the Garnet defense played very aggressively in the first half, the second half saw more cautious play. According to Gates, “[The defense] did a great job of stopping penetration in the first half.”

Offensively, the Garnet had a strong first half, putting up 36 points, 12 of which came off the hands of Kober and 11 off the hands of Gates. Though leading by 17 points with just above eight minutes left in the half, Ursinus reduced the lead

to 14, cutting the Garnet lead to 36-22 at the half. The Garnet offense continued its strong play into the second half, with four players finishing in double digits for the game. Kober led the way with a career-high 26, followed by 18 from Gates.

Federer added 16, and Andrew Greenblatt ’12 came off the bench to give 10 points.

Toward the end of the game, fouls led to easy Ursinus free throws, and the Garnet didn’t get closer than within five points. The Bears attempted 52 free throws, converting 39 of them. The number of attempts was the third-most in Centennial Conference history.

The game proved physical from start to finish with a total of 66 fouls and three technical fouls committed. “Almost all of our bigs were in foul trouble and I think that really hurt our inside play,” Gates said. Gates himself finished the game with four fouls, and both Sam Lacy ’11 and Jordan Cheney ’14 fouled out.

With Cheney and Lacy held to the

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bench in the last 15 minute of the game, Ursinus took advantage and netted 15 points in four minutes, taking the lead with just short of 13 minutes left in the game. The weakened Garnet offense could not keep up with the Bears.

While the loss was disappointing, Gates recognized the Garnet’s strong points. “I think if we play all the time like we played in the first half against Ursinus, we're pretty tough to beat,” he said.

Due to the inordinate amount of snowfall in the area, Wednesday night’s game against McDaniel was postponed until today at 7:30 p.m. “The conditions were just too dangerous,” Mark Anskis, the Sports Information Director, said.

The Garnet’s next scheduled chance to shake off its losing streak comes against Gettysburg, where the team looks to avenge a 59-43 loss from earlier this season. Tip-off is scheduled for 4:00 p.m. at Tarble Pavilion.

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