Swarthmore in the News

Editor's Note: This is a double issue.

The Philadelphia Inquirer

Headline: Student rally raises voices against war

03/06/2003

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By James M. O'Neill

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Echoing tactics from antiwar protests from the Vietnam era, hundreds of high school and college students throughout the region yesterday walked out of classes and converged on City Hall to protest a war with Iraq. About 600 students participated in the march and rally, and for at least three hours a smaller group sat in the middle of Broad Street north of City Hall, snarling the evening rush-hour traffic.

Five Temple University students handcuffed themselves to the front door of the Armed Services Recruiting Office at the corner of Broad and Cherry Streets.

At Swarthmore College, many students stood during classes to show opposition to the Bush administration's plans for war.

The Philadelphia rally was part of a larger national student-organized day of protest against a war, as students at about 300 schools across the country, from Chicago to San Antonio, Texas, walked out of classes, set up tent cities, and rallied in downtown areas. ...

The Philadelphia Daily News

Headline: Ready to declare war, against war

03/05/2003

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By WILLIAM BUNCH

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Within hours after the first cruise missiles rain down on Baghdad, anti-war activists here in Philadelphia are planning a massive strike of their own - on 6th and Market streets in Center City. An area coalition led by the Brandywine Peace Community says at least several hundred people have pledged to take part in a large-scale, nonviolent effort to shut down Philadelphia's Federal Office Building and the adjacent U.S. Courthouse.

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Today, thousands of collegians across the country, including here at the University of Pennsylvania and Drexel University, are slated to boycott classes in what aims to be the largest campus strike since the Kent State shootings in 1970. At Swarthmore College, students, faculty and staff are planning to stand up all day - even at classes and at meals - to show their opposition to a war.

The Philadelphia Inquirer

Headline: Class casts a wide net for clear Iraq view

03/03/2003

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By James M. O'Neill

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A small cadre of Drexel University students are so riveted by a course this semester that they have to catch themselves from chattering too much about what they're learning to roommates, friends and family. The course, which looks at the causes and possible ramifications of war with Iraq, is an ambitious bid to tackle incredibly fluid current events while sweeping through a century of Middle East history, Western foreign policy, and cultural conflict. The collaboration by 20 faculty who volunteered for the project has clearly grabbed the 25 Drexel students by the straps of their backpacks.

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Although Arthur Shostak, the sociology professor who initiated the course, has tried to assemble a balance of speakers for class, most students have grown to oppose war with Iraq. That surprised Shostak. "This is not Swarthmore or Haverford or Penn. We're a faculty and student body with their feet squarely on the ground, a pragmatic, mainstream university." ...

Christian Science Monitor

HEADLINE: A costly courtesy: overdraft privilege

March 3, 2003, Monday

SECTION: FEATURES; WORK & MONEY; Pg. 15

LENGTH: 1360 words

BYLINE: By Jennifer LeClaire Special to The Christian Science Monitor

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Besides being illegal, bouncing a check is costly. Customers face combined charges from banks and retailers that often total $ 60 or more. In recent years, banks have helped customers avoid such consequences by offering overdraft protection - and, more recently, overdraft privilege - selectively covering checks that would otherwise bounce.

But some consumer groups say more recent versions of this program encourage customers to overdraw their checking accounts, generating millions of dollars in fees for banks. More than 1,000 banks offer some variation of overdraft privilege. Many banks also allow customers to overdraw accounts with ATM and debit-card transactions.

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Consumer groups are urging the Federal Reserve to stop banks from providing overdraft privilege unless they abide by "truth in lending" laws and have a customer's written consent. "If the Fed doesn't rein in it, then there are going to be big problems," says John Caskey, an economics professor and banking expert at Swarthmore College in Swarthmore, Pa. ...

Dow Jones News Service

Headline: Cash America Down Despite Tough Times

03/04/2003

By Bob Sechler

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AUSTIN, Texas (Dow Jones)--If any business is well-positioned in a turbulent economy, it would seem to be a pawn shop. But shares of pawn shop chain Cash America International Inc. (PWN) have lost steam in recent weeks, sliding about 6% so far in 2003 to its recent price of $9, after gaining 13% last year.

The momentum has stalled largely because of increased regulatory scrutiny of "payday lending" - or short-term, high-interest loans - rather than because of any change in overall economic conditions, which have been described by Cash America executives as "ideal" for the pawn business overall.

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John Caskey, an economics professor at Swarthmore College in Pennsylvania who studies the "fringe" banking market, said the stepped-up regulatory activity represents a setback for payday lenders because it appears to have cut off federally chartered banks as potential partners, and it may increase costs. But he also said demand for payday loans has been booming, and he thinks payday lending is likely to remain a viable business regardless.

Austin American Statesman

HEADLINE: Evolution of the anti-hero

March 3, 2003, Monday

SECTION: Lifestyle; Pg. E1

LENGTH: 1508 words

BYLINE: Diane Holloway, AMERICAN-STATESMAN STAFF

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Today's anti-heroes are raw, and they're unencumbered by white-hat heroes to offset them. They're not featured on Top 10 shows, but they have large and loyal followings, lots of buzz and the praise of many critics. Besides Mackey, the sharpest examples include Tony Soprano on "The Sopranos" and Miguel Cadena on the just-ended (but possibly returning) drug drama "Kingpin."

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Andy Sipowicz, "NYPD Blue's" rumpled cop with racist tendencies and a volatile temper, launched the current trend. He seems to relish beating confessions out of quivering suspects, and yet he's mild compared to Vic Mackey. Sipowicz, after all, is a widower with an adorable son and a doe-eyed co-worker who loves him. His ragged edges are a little bit softer than the newer meanies.

"He's a guy who has some unpleasant ways of looking at life, but it's contained in a framework where redemption is possible," said Tim Burke, a cultural historian and professor at Swarthmore College. "At the core, he's decent; he's just a fixer-upper." ...

Cox News Service

HEADLINE: Evolution of the anti-hero

March 2, 2003 Sunday

SECTION: Entertainment, Television and Culture

LENGTH: 1102 words

BYLINE: DIANE HOLLOWAY

DATELINE: AUSTIN, Texas

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Morning Call
(Allentown, PA)

HEADLINE: Swarthmore professor paints quiet odes to light and memory

March 6, 2003 Thursday FIRST EDITION

SECTION: GO GUIDE, Pg. E6, GO ART

LENGTH: 663 words

BYLINE: By Geoff Gehman Of The Morning Call

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Randall Exxon chases and usually captures that most elusive element called memory. He's the sort of painter who gets away with comparing a dinged-up towel dispenser to a resilient boxer, who turns a shrouded view of an Irish hallway into a self-portrait at age 10.

"Quiet Light," a James A. Michener Art Museum exhibition of his oils, brims with easy evocations of important places no longer visited and striking buildings that don't exist.

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A professor of studio art at Swarthmore College, Exxon commands more than the past. His yellowed whites and ruddy greens have graceful movement and churning depth.

The camouflaged, prismatic earth tones of "Towel," which features that noble porcelain dispenser, suggest phases of a life, seen through a veil. A sort of spiritual graffiti, they help give a rustic studio the rich mystery of a Dutch genre scene. ...

The Philadelphia Inquirer

Headline: Show challenges ways of viewing

03/09/2003

Section: NEIGHBORS

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By Victoria Donohoe

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Lezley Saar's assault on museum-bound proprieties about how art should be displayed is both a refreshing first of its kind and quite an unusual show for the suburbs. The exhibit by this California artist, titled "Lezley Saar: Mulatto Nation," is an installation filling both rooms at Swarthmore College's List Gallery.

This display - which features large, dramatic, bannerlike portrait paintings, some with big, confrontational faces, and smaller, carefully wrought pictures - is about the historical origins of racial identity as reflected in mixed-race cultures of both the New and Old Worlds. These paintings are sensual and opulent, within an imposed framework that allows limitless variations.

Such a show marks the latest swing of the pendulum, far away from the "art-for-art's-sake" notion of viewing, say, African tribal sculpture only for its beauty, without any awareness of what significance those objects might have had in the daily lives of the people for whom they were made. ...

Library Journal

HEADLINE: Updating a Classic

March 15, 2003

SECTION: Special Report; Movers and Shakers; Pg. 24

LENGTH: 599 words

BYLINE: by Staff

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"We talk about the library being a laboratory for students in the social sciences and humanities, but Beit Midrash really brings them a new level of engagement with the books," says Peggy Ann Seiden of Swarthmore College Library's new Center for the Study of Classical Jewish Texts. Beit Midrash grew out of independent study between the center's current director, Helen Plotkin, and religion professor Nathaniel Deutsch. "He has a very deep background in chevruta, the traditional method of study partners poring over a text together," explains Plotkin. "What struck us as we engaged in this activity on the

Swarthmore campus was the juxtaposition of this dialogical method and the standard approach, which is more like a judge evaluating a book from the outside." ...

The Atlanta Journal and Constitution

HEADLINE: Don't forget the perfumes that bloom in autumn

March 13, 2003 Thursday Home Edition

SECTION: Home & Garden; Pg. 6HG; Garden Sketches

LENGTH: 441 words

BYLINE: ERICA GLASENER

SOURCE: For the Journal-Constitution

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While I expect spring and summer flowers to fill the air with olfactory delights, I am often surprised at how many scents perfume the autumn. A favorite since my first whiff is Osmanthus fragrans, tea olive. While it blooms in spring and summer, too, it is fall when I most appreciate its scent, which has been described as being like sweet apricot. It arouses pleasant memories of visiting New Orleans in the fall and inhaling tea olive as I walked down city streets, trying to get a glimpse into walled gardens.

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I first experienced this fall treat years ago while running across the Swarthmore College campus and was quite surprised when I discovered the source. Growing 40 to 60 feet tall, this tree has leaves that are similar in shape to those of a redbud. Although it will tolerate full sun, make sure to provide ample water while the tree is becoming established and during periods of drought. ...

Morning Call
(Allentown, PA)

HEADLINE: Quakertown grad dies in Georgia crash

March 11, 2003 Tuesday SECOND EDITION

SECTION: COMMUNITY REPORT, Pg. B3

LENGTH: 387 words

BYLINE: By Steve Wartenberg Of The Morning Call

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Sue Davis knew Kathryn "Katie" Stauffer was special the first time she met the Haycock Township resident. "She was someone who impressed me as a young woman who had all her ducks in a row, and knew what she wanted and how to get it," said the swimming coach at Swarthmore College in Delaware County. "Give me a team of Katies and that's a dream team. "She was so unbelievable, so happy -- she was Katie."

Early Saturday, the 19-year-old Quakertown Community High School graduate was killed in an automobile accident in southern Georgia.

According to Robert Phillips of the Georgia State Patrol, Stauffer and J. Martin Griffith of Braintree, Mass., were passengers in a car driven by Jeffrey Schneider of Wilmington, Del. Schneider was Stauffer's boyfriend and they were headed to Florida to meet his parents. Griffith was Schneider's roommate at Swarthmore. ...

Bangkok Post

HEADLINE: RELIGION AND GLOBALISATION

March 9, 2003

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BYLINE: Imtiaz Muqbil

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Religious scholars and academics from Thailand and around the world are to meet in Chiang Mai for a wide-ranging conference on Religion and Globalisation scheduled for July 27 -August 2.

Organised by Payap University's Institute for the Study of Religion and Culture (ISRC) and the Society for Buddhist-Christian Studies, it is designed to provide a forum for Buddhists, Christians, Muslims and members of other religious communities to discuss the economic, social and cultural impact of globalisation on contemporary society.

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Also speaking at the conference is Donald K. Swearer, a Professor of Religion at Swarthmore College, Pennsylvania, in the USA, whose principal area of research has been Southeast Asian Buddhism, particularly in Thailand. He is currently doing a three-year study on Christian Identity in Buddhist Thailand.''

The Nation
(Thailand)

HEADLINE: University reform needs sure planning

March 7, 2003, Friday

LENGTH: 1280 words

BYLINE: The Nation.

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In the United States, there are roughly three classes of colleges and universities. Let us consider them in detail. The first class is the true college. (Note that in the US, colleges and universities can be very similar). Universities and colleges in this class emphasise teaching and not research. Thus, most of them only offer a bachelor degree and use minimal budgets. However, colleges and universities in this group are also known to produce future Nobel Prize winners and distinguished scholars. Williams, Amherst, Swarthmore and Wellesley colleges are, for instance, in this class.

The second class is research universities. These usually attract a large amount of research funding annually and their highest priority is research. Teaching is usually done by teaching assistants so that professors can spend most of their time doing research. ...

Chronicle of Higher Education

Headline: Duke's President to Leave Office

March 14, 2003

Section: Money & Management

Volume 49, Issue 27, Page A28

By PIPER FOGG

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Nannerl O. Keohane told Duke University's Board of Trustees this month that she would step down as president in June 2004. Ms. Keohane, who is 62, was Duke's first female president and is one of the most prominent female leaders in higher education.

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When she leaves her position, Ms. Keohane will have been Duke's president for 11 years. She went there from the presidency of Wellesley College, which she had held since 1981. Before that, she had served on the faculties of Swarthmore College, the University of Pennsylvania, and Stanford University. ...

The News and Observer
(Raleigh, NC)

HEADLINE: Duke's president to step down

March 3, 2003 Monday, FINAL EDITION

SECTION: NEWS; Pg. A1

LENGTH: 1933 words

BYLINE: Jane Stancill, Staff Writer

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DURHAM -- Nan Keohane, who for the last decade propelled Duke to new heights as a top-five university and raised $2 billion for the institution, said Sunday she will step down as its president next year.

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Marries Robert Owen Keohane, whom she met while both were political science professors at Swarthmore College. ...

The News and Observer
(Raleigh, NC)

HEADLINE: Women move in lock step to top

March 3, 2003 Monday, FINAL EDITION

SECTION: NEWS; Pg. A12

LENGTH: 924 words

BYLINE: Barbara Barrett, Staff Writer

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DURHAM -- Nan Keohane was the first among a new generation of women to lead the nation's best universities. She did it with a strong background as a feminist scholar and as an alumna and president of an elite New England women's college. But she never thought of herself as a "woman president."

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But Keohane's career was grounded in ideals of women's success. She attended undergraduate school at Wellesley College, a place that had never seen a male president. Keohane spent time at Swarthmore College and Stanford University before returning to assume Wellesley's presidency in 1981. She stayed 12 years before moving to Duke. ...

AScribe Newswire

HEADLINE: Nannerl O. Keohane to Step Down as Duke University President in June 2004

March 2, 2003 Sunday

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DURHAM, N.C., March 3 [AScribe Newswire] -- Nannerl O. Keohane, the eighth president of Duke University, informed the Board of Trustees Saturday, March 1, that she intends to step down from the office in June 2004.

Keohane, 62, became Duke's president on July 1, 1993, coming to Duke from the presidency of Wellesley College. She was the first woman to serve as Duke's president and among the first women to oversee a leading U.S. research university. Under her leadership, Duke launched major programs in fields ranging from genomics to ethics, raised more than $2 billion through the "Campaign for Duke," established the Duke University Health System and became a much more diverse and international institution.

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Keohane, the daughter of a Presbyterian minister, was born in Blytheville, Ark., and grew up in Arkansas, Texas and South Carolina. She is a 1961 graduate of Wellesley who earned advanced degrees at Oxford University and Yale University before beginning a career as a professor of political science at Swarthmore College, the University of Pennsylvania and Stanford University.

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

March 1, 2003 Saturday REGION EDITION

SECTION: LIFESTYLE, Pg.C-6

LENGTH: 1 word

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GRAPHIC: Patrick Dougherty's "Abracadabra," 2000, at Swarthmore College, is made of crabapple, sassafras and dogwood saplings. He'll build a work in Point State Park for the arts festival. ...

AScribe Newswire

HEADLINE: Book Claims Liberal Arts Colleges Are The Real Treasures of American Higher Education

February 27, 2003 Thursday

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CLAREMONT, Calif., Feb. 28 [AScribe Newswire] -- America's institutions of higher education are the envy of the world. John Seery, author of "America Goes to College: Political Theory for the Liberal Arts" [December 2002], argues that an unfortunate focus on "research universities" overlooks "a distinctively American institution of higher education where the best ... advantages may truly reside, the small liberal arts college."

Seery, a professor of political science at Pomona College, believes that given a better understanding of a liberal arts education, "students the world over would be clamoring to enter the gates of Pomona, Amherst, Williams, Swarthmore, Carleton, Oberlin, Reed, and a host of others in the network of small liberal arts colleges," which he believes, "constitute nothing less than a national treasure." ...

ALUMNI

Lansing State Journal

Headline: Crane, Donald Eugene "Don"

03/04/2003

Section: Local

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Our friend Nancy Gendell died suddenly, March 2, 2003 at Sparrow Hospital. Nancy was born November 3, 1933 in Lancaster, PA, the daughter of Elwood Swift, D.O. and Frances Bursk Myers. ... Nancy grew up in Lancaster PA, graduating from McMaskey High School in 1951 as Class Valedictorian. She was graduated from Swarthmore College in 1955 with a Bachelors degree in English Literature. She also held a Masters Degree in Urban Studies from Michigan State University. She retired from Michigan State University, Lifelong Education, in 1996 as editor extraordinaire. Her love of language, grammar, and the written word were a lifelong passion.

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Nancy was a patriot who committed her life to peace and justice. She became involved in Women for Peace in the 1960's and was a speaker at the first Teach-In for Peace in Ann Arbor MI. In 1967 she was a delegate representing the United States at a womens symposium on peace and unity in the Soviet Union. Just last weekend Nancy participated in a peace march from Beaumont Tower, MSU, to the state capitol. ...

INTELLIGENCER JOURNAL
(LANCASTER, PA.)

HEADLINE: Alice Gendell, 69, Lancaster native

March 6, 2003, Thursday

SECTION: OBITUARIES, Pg. B-5

LENGTH: 257 words

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Alice Frances Swift Gendell, 69, of East Lansing, Mich., formerly of Lancaster, died unexpectedly of natural causes Sunday at Sparrow Hospital in Lansing, Mich.

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Mrs. Gendell retired in 1996 after many years as an editor in lifelong education at Michigan State University, from which she held a master's degree in urban studies.

She was a 1951 graduate of McCaskey High School and a 1955 English literature graduate of Swarthmore College. ...

Charleston Gazette Mail

HEADLINE: World peace and quiet

March 2, 2003, Sunday

SECTION: Life; Pg. P10F

LENGTH: 842 words

BYLINE: Marina Hendricks

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BERKELEY SPRINGS - Sam Ashelman turned 90 on Feb. 12. A few weeks before that he vacationed in Costa Rica, where his pursuits included rappelling in the rain forest and swimming in the warm waters near a volcano on the Pacific Coast.

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Ashelman, founder of Coolfont Resort, shows no signs of slowing down now that he has reached his ninth decade.

His son Randall handles the resort's day-to-day operations, but the senior Ashelman remains a vivid presence at the Morgan County retreat. Employees greet him familiarly by his first name as he goes about his Coolfont routine, which includes swimming in the indoor pool, healthy meals at the Treetop House.

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Ashelman first became acquainted with the Mountain State while attending Philadelphia's Swarthmore College, from which he graduated in 1937. ... Over the years, Ashelman slowly shaped Coolfont into a 1,300-acre wellness retreat that has attracted average citizens as well as prominent residents of nearby Washington, D.C., ranging from former Vice President Al Gore and his family to former Secretary of Education William Bennett. Sen. Robert C. Byrd, D-W.Va., journeyed there six times to play his beloved fiddle.

The San Francisco Chronicle

HEADLINE: Oliver Pearson -- was UC Berkeley zoology professor

MARCH 12, 2003, WEDNESDAY, FINAL EDITION

SECTION: BAY AREA; Pg. A23; OBITUARIES

LENGTH: 385 words

SOURCE: Chronicle Staff Writer

BYLINE: Steve Rubenstein

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A memorial service will be held on Saturday at 2 p.m. at the UC Berkeley faculty club for zoology Professor Oliver Pearson, who joyfully tracked the paths of mice through Tilden Park, small rodents through South America and hummingbirds across the Caribbean.

Professor Pearson, 87, an expert on the ecology of small mammals and birds, died March 4 of heart failure in a Walnut Creek hospital.

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Professor Pearson was a native of Philadelphia and a 1937 graduate of Swarthmore College. He received master's and doctorate degrees from Harvard University. ...

U.S. Newswire

HEADLINE: U.S. Diplomat John Brady Kiesling to Lecture at Hamilton College

March 12, 2003 Wednesday

SECTION: State Desk

LENGTH: 251 words

DATELINE: CLINTON, N.Y., March 12

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U.S. Career Diplomat John Brady Kiesling will speak about U.S. diplomacy on Thursday, March 13, at 7 p.m. in the Chapel at Hamilton College, as a guest in the Alpha Delta Phi Lecture Series. Kiesling submitted his resignation to Secretary of State Colin Powell, effective March 7, in protest of U.S. aggression in Iraq. Kiesling's lecture will be followed by a question and answer period. The lecture, which is free and open to the public, is sponsored by Alpha Delta Phi.

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Kiesling earned a master's degree from the University of California at Berkeley and a bachelor's degree from Swarthmore College. He was a member of a group who received the 1994 Rivkin Award, given by the American Foreign Service Association for constructive dissent for signing a memorandum protesting the U.S. failure to stop the slaughter of Bosnians by the Serbs. Five foreign service officers resigned to protest that policy, and the administration subsequently changed course. ...

Roll Call

March 3, 2003 Monday

SECTION: CLIMBERS

LENGTH: 879 words

BYLINE: By E. Annie Hall Roll Call Staff

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Science Shakeup. There are lots of advances in the House Science Committee. ... Elizabeth Grossman has also joined the committee. The new professional staff member has spent the past six years working for the National Academy of Sciences on a variety of studies on science, technology and public policy. Grossman holds a bachelor's in physics and mathematics from Swarthmore College and a Ph.D. in computational physics from the University of Chicago. ...

Roll Call

February 27, 2003 Thursday

SECTION: CLIMBERS

LENGTH: 667 words

BYLINE: By Bree Hocking Roll Call Staff

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Rounding out the list is 22-year-old Anna Woodiwiss, the office's newest staff assistant. She earlier served as deputy finance director for the Harry Jacobs for Congress 2002 campaign and as a Congressional intern for Rep. Jim McDermott (D-Wash.). The Wheaton, Ill., native earned a bachelor's with high honors in comparative religion and political science from Swarthmore College in 2002.

The Hill

HEADLINE: Capitol Ambitions: Sherman hires Carleton as chief of staff

March 5, 2003 Wednesday

SECTION: Pg. 50

LENGTH: 613 words

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Rep. Brad Sherman (D-Calif.) has hired Ron Carleton as his new chief of staff, succeeding Mary Anne Walsh. He previously served as an administrative assistant to Rep. Martin Frost (D-Texas). Walsh is now chief of staff for Rep. Tim Ryan (D-Ohio).

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With the shift, Sherman's former staff assistant Laura Marsh becomes legislative correspondent and Anna Woodiwiss joins the office as a staff assistant. Marsh is a graduate of George Washington University and Woodiwiss graduated from Swarthmore College.

New Jersey Law Journal

HEADLINE: New Partners Yearbook 2003

March 10, 2003

LENGTH: 6995 words

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Joseph T. Carney

Firm: Brown & Connery, Westmont

Became Partner: January 1, 2003

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Primary Practice Areas: Environmental litigation; product liability; commercial litigation

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Undergraduate Degree: Swarthmore College, B.S., B.A., engineering and economics, 1985 ...

Biotech Week

HEADLINE: GLAXOSMITHKLINE: Dr. Ronald Krall named head of worldwide development

March 5, 2003

SECTION: EXPANDED REPORTING; Pg. 86

LENGTH: 165 words

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GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) announced the appointment of Ronald Krall, MD, as senior vice president, worldwide development, research & development.

Krall will have global responsibility at GSK for clinical development, medical affairs, and regulatory affairs.

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Krall holds a BA in mathematics from Swarthmore College and an MD from the University of Pittsburgh and is board-certified in neurology. He has led drug-development programs in numerous therapeutic areas during his 2 decades in the pharmaceutical industry. ...

SPORTS

Delaware County Daily Times

Headline: Furman goes long to lead Swarthmore

March 06, 2003

Section: Sports

By PAUL FLANNERY

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SWARTHMORE -- Throughout her career at Swarthmore, Ali Furman has made more 3-point shots than anyone in the history of the school. It’s not the amount of long distance shots for Furman, a Haverford High School grad, it’s when she makes them. It was no surprise then when Furmanís well-timed triples burned Alvernia in the Garnet Tideís 68-58 ECAC first-round victory last night at Tarbles Pavilion.

In all, Furman nailed four 3-pointers, including three in the second half, to finish with 14 points as Swarthmore (20-7) pulled away from the Crusaders (17-10).

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Katie Robinson, the two-time Centennial Conference Player of the Year, lived up to the billing with 17 points, 11 rebounds and six assists. Radiance Walters added 10 points and six rebounds and Alison Wolff, Zoey Adams-Deutsch and Kristen Lee each added eight points in the balanced effort.

The Boston Globe

HEADLINE: HERE AND THERE

March 9, 2003, Sunday, THIRD EDITION

SECTION: GLOBE WEST; Pg. 14

LENGTH: 233 words

BYLINE: MARVIN PAVE

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Swarthmore College junior Katie Robinson of Medfield has been named the Centennial Conference Women's Basketball Player of the Year for the second consecutive season by the league's 11 coaches.

A co-captain, Robinson was leading the conference in scoring, steals, and free-throw percentage while sparking her team into the conference championship tournament. ...

Morning Call
(Allentown, PA)

HEADLINE: Moravian can't get to next level, falls to Swarthmore in finale

March 9, 2003 Sunday FIRST EDITION

SECTION: SPORTS, Pg. C9

LENGTH: 507 words

BYLINE: By Keith Groller Of The Morning Call

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It was a good season; the best the Moravian College women's basketball program has enjoyed since 1993-94. Yet, Greyhounds coach Mary Beth Spirk said she kept waiting for her squad to "take it to the next level." Now, she'll have to wait about eight months for another group to lift the program to higher ground.

Moravian's season ended Saturday with a disappointing 67-54 loss to Swarthmore in the ECAC Southern Regional semifinals at Johnston Hall.

While the Greyhounds closed 20-8 -- their best record since the 1993-94 team posted identical numbers -- it is Swarthmore who will play Lebanon Valley at 1 p.m., back in Johnston, for an ECAC title. ...

The Washington Times

HEADLINE: Patriot Games

March 8, 2003, Saturday, Final Edition

SECTION: SPORTS; Pg. C01

LENGTH: 1122 words

BYLINE: By Jon Siegel, THE WASHINGTON TIMES

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The Patriot League changed to survive. Now it is struggling to deal with abandoning its core principles and turning itself into a conference of haves and have-nots. The league, which is holding its tournament at Show Place Arena in Upper Marlboro this weekend, was modeled on the Ivy League as a primarily academic conference with no athletic scholarships and some of the nation's oldest and most prestigious schools as members. ... But the league took a giant step toward being a more sports-oriented conference when it revoked its nonscholarship policy after Holy Cross threatened to leave - a move that would have jeopardized the league's existence.

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"It's going to be hard to sustain over the long term," said Colgate's Murphy, a Washington Redskins defensive back from 1977 to 1985 who is in his 10th year as AD at his alma mater. ... "We would be better with scholarships. There is a perception that good schools don't [give athletic scholarships]. However, Duke, Georgetown and Stanford do. We have to decide if we want to emulate them or emulate Swarthmore and Vassar [in Division III]." ...

SUNDAY NEWS
(LANCASTER, PA.)

HEADLINE: Spring sports starting in deep freeze

March 2, 2003, Sunday

SECTION: SPORTS, Pg. C-6

LENGTH: 720 words

BYLINE: Jim Hersh

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This is the winter that just won't end. And that's creating a major headache for coaches of local spring-sports teams, as well as for high-school and college athletic directors. Outdoor sports in March is always an iffy proposition, but this year's conditions are particularly bad. The mid-February storm that dumped nearly 2 feet of snow on the area has already disrupted early-season practice and game schedules for local colleges.

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F&M has already been forced to postpone several events, including the Softball Snowball Tournament that had been scheduled for Saturday. The school is in the process of moving some lacrosse games to artificial-surface fields at Swarthmore, Johns Hopkins and Loyola.

The Philadelphia Inquirer

Headline: F&M's Wright wins weekly honors

03/01/2003

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By Sam Carchidi

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Freshman guard Ben Perkins (Shawnee) played in 21 of Swarthmore's first 24 men's basketball games and averaged 2.4 points per contest.

The Philadelphia Inquirer

Headline: Haverford School Hall inducts 10

03/02/2003

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By Don Beideman

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Centennial honors

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Swarthmore's David Pearce, a senior guard, earned honorable mention. He is a graduate of Devon Prep from Wayne.

Junior guard Katie Robinson of Swarthmore was named women's player of the year. Forwards Ashanna Randall of Johns Hopkins and Becky Richmond of Muhlenberg were named to the second team. Randall is a graduate of Penncrest; Richmond played at Central.

The Star-Ledger
(Newark, NJ)

Headline: Rutgers prevails behind Apel, 11-6

03/02/2003

Section: Sports

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ROUNDUP MEN'S LACROSSE

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* Stevens 11, Swarthmore 4: Senior attack Mike Baumbach scored five goals, including four straight in the second half, to spark Stevens (1-0) in Hoboken. Matt Kuppe, who had four goals and an assist, scored the final two of the game to cap a seven-goal streak by Stevens.

The Philadelphia Inquirer

Headline: On Local Colleges | Kulesa honored by NJAC

03/03/2003

Section: SPORTS

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By Mel Greenberg

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Fords on track. The Haverford College men's track squad claimed its fourth straight Centennial Conference indoor track championship and ninth in 10 years yesterday in Collegeville.

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Ursinus was eighth in the meet, and Swarthmore was ninth.

Dickinson captured the women's competition, while Haverford was fourth, Ursinus sixth, Swarthmore seventh, and Bryn Mawr 10th.

The Philadelphia Inquirer

Headline: Harper a trailblazer in Ivy

03/04/2003

Section: SPORTS

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By Ira Josephs

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Rick Sowell made it clear he wasn't budging from Georgetown University in 1998. The assistant lacrosse coach had helped head coach Dave Urick build the Hoyas into an elite Division I program. And Sowell planned to be around to reap those rewards. Then along came Josie Harper, an associate athletic director at Dartmouth College. Harper, who grew up outside Media, Delaware County, can be persuasive. And she targeted Sowell to become the Dartmouth men's lacrosse head coach. ... Harper has made history, too. She was named Dartmouth's athletic director in June, becoming the first female AD in the Ivy League, and one of about 20 female ADs at the nation's 325 Division I colleges.

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After graduating, Harper began teaching and coaching at Swarthmore Junior and Senior High. She was an assistant under Alice Willetts before moving to Penncrest, where she stayed from 1969 through 1980 and won the PIAA District 1 basketball crown in 1978. One of Harper's athletes, Karen Emas Borbee, went on to play on the U.S. national lacrosse team that won the 1989 World Cup. Borbee is now the lacrosse coach and assistant athletic director at Swarthmore College. ...

The Philadelphia Inquirer

Headline: Pitt victory finishes Seton Hall streak

03/06/2003

Section: SPORTS

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Swarthmore 68, Alvernia 58 - Katie Robinson scored 17 points and grabbed 11 rebounds to lead the Garnet (20-7) past the Crusaders (17-10) in an ECAC Southern Regional first-round game in Swarthmore .

Journal News

Headline: ROCKLAND SCHOLAR-ATHLETE

03/08/2003

Section: Sports

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By Dan Hanzus

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No matter what changes around him, Andrew Koczo always seems to find his way back to the swimming pool. The Suffern senior has been around the block in his 17 years, from Budapest, Hungary, to Rockland, with a stop in Chicago for good measure. Through it all, the pool has remained nearby as Koczo's one bastion of continuity.

Now settled in as a team captain, this week's Journal News Rockland Scholar-Athlete of the Week is fresh off a second-place finish in the 100-yard breaststroke in the sectionals followed by a 15th-place finish in the same event at the states. His success has been a story of practice and persistence.

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He is set to continue his swimming career this fall at Swarthmore College in Pennsylvania. Even though it is a sport he has known his whole life, Koczo acknowledges there's still a lot left to learn. "I'm always learning," he said. "You look at other kids, you try new things, Coach yells at you, and you learn."

The News Journal

Headline: Delcastle names coach for lacrosse

03/08/2003

Section: Sports

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By DOUG LESMERISES and BUDDY HURLOCK, Staff reporters

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Former Newark High coach Patrick Donaghy has been hired as the new boys lacrosse coach at Delcastle High.

Delcastle nearly canceled its lacrosse season last week after searching since the start of the school year for a qualified coach. Donaghy, 27, was one of more than 10 candidates who called the school after hearing of its situation. Players and parents also expressed their desire for a team in a meeting with school officials.

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Donaghy, a former lacrosse player and coach at Swarthmore College, was the head coach of Newark's boys lacrosse team in 1999 and 2000 before moving to New York City to work as a financial adviser.