Features

Cell Divisions
Swarthmore-educated scientists,ethicists, and legal scholars help lead the stem-cell and cloning debate.

By Tom Krattenmaker

With the advance of biotechnology, the fanciful is becoming increasingly real. Although not perfected, cloning—once the stuff of science fiction—has become ever more possible.


Through Student Eyes
A weeklong “Photo Blitz” reveals students’ vision of Swarthmore.

By Jeffrey Lott

The 2003 Swarthmore calendar—mailed to alumni, parents, and friends of the College in November—is titled Through Student Eyes. Its images of the College were all taken by students, mostly during the week of Sept. 9.


Liberal Arts in a Conservative Land
Two Swarthmoreans help start a women’s college in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.

By Carol Brévart-Demm

A new liberal arts college opened on Sept. 8, 1999. Stretching over several city blocks, it has classrooms, laboratories, and sports facilities—including an Olympic-sized pool. There’s an 800-seat auditorium, a cafeteria, state-of-the-art library, computer center, and a house of worship.


Wetlands Warrior
Margaret Reno Hurchalla ’62 battles to save Florida’s Everglades

By Angela Doody

Ask Margaret “Maggy” Reno Hurchalla to discuss her career, and “professional grandmother” is the first job title she mentions.


Emigré
The College as a Place of Refuge.

By Alisa Giardinelli

As fascism and war infected Europe in the 1930s and 1940s, millions fled their homes to escape persecution and violence. Only a fraction of those uprooted managed to settle in the United States, yet among them were a remarkable number of scholars—many of them Jewish.