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Editor’s Note: This is a double issue.
Straits Times
(Singapore)
Headline: Time for a liberal arts college
1 December 2004
By Linda Lim, Pang Eng Fong and Hong Hai For The Straits Times
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SINGAPORE'S higher education lcape is filling up. Besides comprehensive national universities NTU and NUS, and incoming foreign player, the University of New South Wales, there are specialised niche players like SMU, Insead and the University of Chicago, as well as polytechnics, technical colleges and the SIM.
Missing from this line-up is the small liberal arts college, well-known in America for providing high-quality undergraduate educational experience and for producing a disproportionate number of that nation's top postgraduate students, as well as a good number of its educational, government, business, industry and artistic leaders. The distinctiveness of liberal arts colleges is based on several key features. They are small, with student bodies ranging in size from 300 to 2,000; have small classes and faculty-student ratios in the one to 8-to-15 range. They focus only or mainly on educating undergraduates.
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Few liberal arts colleges have engineering or business departments (some do, such as Swarthmore, which has engineering), but today nearly all offer computer science and IT courses as part of 'preparation for life'. Many are particularly strong in the natural sciences, sending substantial proportions of their graduates on to medical school or science doctoral programmes. …
Charlotte Observer
28 November 2004
By , Bloomberg
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As many as 14 million of the 105 million U.S. households used payday lenders in 2003, according to Stephens analyst Dennis Telzrow. In May, he projected the industry's revenue would increase 12 percent to 18 percent in 2004. Four of the top 10 U.S. banks measured by assets have helped fund the rise of payday lending by extending credit lines. Many of the consumers who have turned to payday lenders for a financial rescue have sunk deeper into debt, says Jean Ann Fox, director of consumer protection at the Consumer Federation of America, a Washington-based organization.
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Payday lenders market to customers who have bank accounts and jobs yet live payday to payday, Fox says. The lenders' customers earn an average annual income of $25,000, according to a 2002 study by John Caskey, a professor of economics at Swarthmore College in Swarthmore, Pa. Typically, these payday lending outlets advance $100 to $500 to borrowers from their next paychecks for a $15 to $90 fee. …
Bloomberg
Headline: JPMorgan, Banks Back Lenders Luring Poor With 780 Percent Rates
Nov. 23, 2004
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(Bloomberg) -- Jason Withrow, a petty officer second class in the U.S. Navy, had long ignored the stores with signs in their windows offering “$500 Instant Cash!” that were clustered around his base in Kings Bay, Georgia. Then, on July 4, 2003, he suffered a back injury, had to quit his part-time job and decided to borrow $300 from one of the stores, which are called payday lenders. Finally, after paying annual interest rates that reached 780 percent and spiraling in debt, Withrow, 25, got bailed out with an interest-free loan from a charity connected with the Navy.
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In the U.S., payday lenders target the working poor who have bank accounts and jobs yet live payday to payday with pennies to spare, Fox says. The lenders' customers earn an average annual income of $25,000, according to a 2002 study by John Caskey, a professor of economics at Swarthmore College in Swarthmore, Pennsylvania.
The Chronicle of Higher Education
HEADLINE: Outsourcing the Dorm Network
December 3, 2004, Friday
SECTION: INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; Pg. 31
LENGTH: 2696 words
BYLINE: VINCENT KIERNAN
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A year ago two tin cans and a string might have worked better than the Internet connection in Laura DeNitto's dormitory room. But today she can cruise the Web, send instant messages, and swap files with friends with no trouble at all. "It's been incredibly amazing compared to what it was last year," she says.
The difference: Potsdam no longer operates the computer network in its residence halls. The university continues to run the computer network for its classrooms, offices, laboratories, and libraries, but dormitory residents now connect their computers to a network operated by Time Warner Cable via the dormitory's cable-television system, which sends computer signals over the cable-television wiring and on to company routers connected to the Internet. It is the same technology employed by home users of cable modems.
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Fast dorm networks help attract college applicants, who increasingly have become accustomed to high-speed Internet connections at home. "You've got to be competitive," says Judy Downing, director of information-technology services at Swarthmore College. …
The Chronicle of Higher Education
HEADLINE: Biology, Culture, and Persistent Literary Dystopias
December 3, 2004, Friday
SECTION: THE CHRONICLE REVIEW; Pg. 10
LENGTH: 2558 words
BYLINE: NANELLE R. BARASH and DAVID P. BARASH
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At one point in the classic movie version of The Wizard of Oz, Bert Lahr asks: "What makes the Hottentot so hot? What puts the ape in apricot? What have they got that I ain't got?" The answer, for Lahr's Cowardly Lion, is "courage." We ask, albeit less poetically: "What puts the dys in dystopia?" And we answer: a denial of biology.
Literary dystopias have this in common: They are imagined societies in which the deepest demands of human nature are either subverted, perverted, or simply made unattainable. Not that it is necessarily bad to say "no!" to human nature. When it comes to certain inclinations, such as violence or extreme selfishness, there is much to be said for defying the promptings of biology. But when society presses too hard in ways that go counter to natural needs, the result can be painfully unnatural, which is to say, dystopian.
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Nanelle R. Barash is a member of the class of 2007 at Swarthmore College. David P. Barash is a professor of psychology at the University of Washington. Their book, Madame Bovary's Ovaries: Biology for the Bookish, will be published early next year by Bantam Books. …
Pittsburgh Tribune Review
HEADLINE: Scientists struggle to save dying oak forests
November 29, 2004 Monday
LENGTH: 1735 words
BYLINE: Jennifer Bails
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TUCKER COUNTY, W.Va. -- Hike in the back-country of the Monongahela National Forest in the Central Appalachians, and you probably won't notice anything wrong -- unless you are a forest ecologist. … But the next generation of oak seedlings and saplings aren't surviving in the more shaded recesses of the forest. They are being overshadowed, literally, by species such as red maple, sugar maple, white ash and beech.
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"For thousands of years, long before the Europeans came, humans in the Eastern United States have been setting fires," said Rachel Collins, a visiting assistant professor of ecology at Swarthmore College outside Philadelphia. "Fires are natural disturbances that are part of the life cycle of the Eastern deciduous forest." …
Collins did her graduate work at Pitt with Carson and has been studying oak regeneration in West Virginia for almost a decade. With its deep roots, vigorous sprouting ability and thick bark, oak is fire tolerant, which once helped it to outlast competing tree species that thrive in the dimmer light of undisturbed forests, Collins said. …
Reason
Headline: Poor, Sexy Berlin
1 December 2004
By Copeland, Dave
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Immediately after the Berlin Wall fell in 1989, there were glimmers of hope in the form of private investment. Broadcast companies set up bureaus in the newly reunited city, and Western businesses looked for space to tap into the formerly closed-off markets of Eastern Europe. … But even as the building boom refuses to die, owners of some new apartment buildings contemplate tearing them down. The cost of maintaining and securing the unlived-in structures is becoming too much. The broadcast companies, which had planned to invest in Berlin in two waves, never sent the second influx of jobs and are scaling back the work force they did send.
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"You just can't merge the East and West German economies like that and expect success," says Pieter Judson, a historian at Swarthmore College who has studied the social costs of reunification and postwar reconstruction. "It's being built up as a symbol. They want to attract new business and industries, but it's going to take years to happen, and in the meantime the government is just pouring more and more money into these projects." …
The Arizona Daily Star
Headline: I killed my tormentor, says UA prof
19 November 2004
NEWS – Page A1
Eric Swedlund, ARIZONA DAILY STAR
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A UA professor on Tuesday made a startling announcement to his students about how he shot and killed a college classmate 50 years ago. Robert B. Bechtel, an environmental psychology professor since 1976, spoke publicly for the first time about his retaliation for increasingly harsh bullying, being declared incurably insane and finally being acquitted of murder.
Bechtel was a 22-year-old student at Swarthmore College in Pennsylvania when he killed an 18-year-old student in their dormitory. He told his two classes about the shooting Tuesday, two weeks after disclosing it for the first time to his University of Arizona superiors and administrators.
He said the story is one of redemption, but more importantly one that illustrates the deep and wide-ranging consequences of bullying. Bechtel is finally speaking in an attempt to halt the culture of bullying, he said in an interview at his Northwest Side home Thursday. …
The Associated Press
HEADLINE: Teacher tells administrators, students about his 1955 murder case
November 19, 2004, Friday, BC cycle
SECTION: State and Regional
LENGTH: 376 words
DATELINE: TUCSON, Ariz.
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Two weeks after disclosing it for the first time to his University of Arizona superiors and administrators, a professor has told his students how he fatally shot a college classmate nearly 50 years ago in Pennsylvania. Robert B. Bechtel, an environmental psychology professor at Arizona since 1976, said he's finally speaking about his past in an attempt to halt the culture of bullying.
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At Swarthmore College in Pennsylvania in the mid-1950s, Bechtel was a 22-year-old student proctor charged with keeping dormitory students in line. On Jan. 12, 1955, Bechtel suddenly decided he'd had enough and that he had to take care of the problem. He brought a gun to the dormitory, intending to shoot the bullies. …
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Headline: PROFESSOR DISCLOSES MURDER OF 'BULLY' FOUND INSANE IN 1955 KILLING AT PA. COLLEGE
21 November 2004
NATIONAL
The Associated Press
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TUCSON, Ariz. -- Two weeks after disclosing it for the first time to his University of Arizona superiors and administrators, a professor has told his students how he fatally shot a college classmate nearly 50 years ago in Pennsylvania. Robert B. Bechtel, an environmental psychology professor at Arizona since 1976, said he was finally speaking about his past in an attempt to halt the culture of bullying. … "People don't understand how easy it is to destroy young lives. I didn't put it together for 40 years," said Bechtel, who is writing a book about his case.
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At Swarthmore College in Pennsylvania in the mid-1950s, Bechtel was a 22-year-old student proctor charged with keeping dormitory students in line. He said he faced constant taunts and bullying by some students. …
Arizona Daily Wildcat
HEADLINE: Killers shouldn't be teachers
November 23, 2004 Tuesday
SECTION: EDITORIAL
LENGTH: 491 words
BYLINE: Staff Editorial, Arizona Daily Wildcat; SOURCE: U. Arizona
DATELINE: TUCSON, Ariz.
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Last Tuesday, a well-liked and respected psychology professor dropped a bomb on his students. Robert Bechtel, a kind-looking, soft-spoken man in his 70s who has been a professor at the University of Arizona for more than 20 years, sat his students down and told them that when he was a 22-year-old college student, he shot and killed a fellow student.
Bechtel, who sat on death row for a few months in 1955, was ultimately found not guilty by reason of insanity. He had been bullied since he was four years old, and his tormentors at Swarthmore College apparently drove him off the edge of sanity with constant teasing and abuse.
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At some point a line needs to be drawn. We do not question Bechtel's intentions or his merits as a teacher -- instead, we question the administration's total complacency with the fact that a man who once killed as a college student is now teaching in a similar academic environment. Bechtel admits his students were "thoroughly shocked," and it is reasonable to assume that some may be uncomfortable just sitting in his class. They deserve, as does everyone at this university, a policy that outlines what kind of people should be permitted in such a trusted position. …
News 13 At Ten
(Tucson, Ariz.)
Station KOLD-TV (CBS) Channel 13
Date November 18, 2004
Time 10:00 PM - 10:35 PM
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KRIS PICKEL, anchor: A U of A psychology professor has made a startling admission to students. He says he shot and killed another student nearly 50 years ago while he was in college. Robert Bechtel told the Arizona Daily Wildcat it happened in 1955 after years of being bullied at Swarthmore College in Pennsylvania. He was found not guilty by reason of insanity. Bechtel is the subject of an independent documentary and being filmed on campus with the approval of school administration. …
News 13 At Six
(Tucson, Ariz.)
Station KOLD-TV (CBS) Channel 13
Date November 18, 2004
Time 06:00 PM - 06:30 PM
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KRIS PICKEL, anchor: A surprising, perhaps shocking, admission from a University of Arizona psychology professor. The school's Daily Wildcat newspaper reported Dr. Robert Bechtel admitted to his class this week that he killed another student when he was in college nearly 50 years ago. Bechtel reportedly told the classes that he snapped after years of being bullied at Swarthmore College in Pennsylvania. …
The Computer & Internet Lawyer
HEADLINE: DMCA Cease-and-Desist Letter Constituted Improper Attempt to Suppress Content
December, 2004
SECTION: CURRENT DEVELOPMENTS; Copyright; Vol. 21, No. 12; Pg. 21
LENGTH: 844 words
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In Online Policy Group v. Diebold, Inc. [No. C 03-04913 JF (N.D. Cal. 09/30/04), available at http://www.eff.org], defendant Diebold was a producer of electronic voting machines. Diebold employees discussed the machines and problems associated with the machines in internal emails (the email archive). According to Diebold, the email archive also contained discussion of "the development of Diebold's proprietary computerized election systems, as well as Diebold trade secret information, and even employees' personal information such as home addresses and cell phone numbers."
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Plaintiffs Nelson Chu Pavlosky and Luke Thomas Smith were students at Swarthmore College. Using Internet access provided by Swarthmore, their Internet service provider (ISP), Pavlosky and Smith posted the email archive on various Web sites. An online newspaper, IndyMedia, published an article criticizing Diebold's electronic voting machines and containing a hyperlink to the email archive. Plaintiff Online Policy Group (OPG) provided IndyMedia's Internet access. OPG, in turn, obtained Internet access from an upstream ISP, Hurricane Electric. …
Broward Daily Business Review
HEADLINE: law & technology
November 3, 2004
SECTION: LAWYERS; Vol. 45; No. 230; Pg. 10
LENGTH: 1292 words
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Courts and law professors often praise "fair use" as the counterweight that keeps copyright balanced with free expression. Those who actually litigate fair use cases, however, will tell you a very different story. They will tell you that, when it comes to copyright cases, it's the copyright owner that has all the advantages.
Thanks to the recent federal district court ruling in Online Policy Group v. Diebold, however, the times they may be a-changin'. Fair users on the Internet can now go on the offensive to vindicate their free speech interests against overzealous copyright owners.
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For a short while, Diebold's censorship campaign worked. The embarrassing e-mail archive began disappearing from the Internet. But two sets of republishers decided to fight back. One was a small student group at Swarthmore College that had posted the e-mail archives, only to have their college take down the material after receiving a takedown notice from Diebold. …
The Online Reporter
HEADLINE: College Students Push Back Against Copyright Holders
November 13, 2004
SECTION: Pg. NA; ISSN: 1364-7113
LENGTH: 233 words
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Students on US university campuses are organizing groups called Free Culture whose goal is to teach other students that creative freedom will be restrained if overly broad copyright laws are enacted and enforced, according to Wired.com.
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"If the technology is not locked down and the copyright laws don't stop us, we can build a democratic, free culture in which everyone can participate, in which you don't have to have the major backing of a studio to make a movie," Nelson Pavlosky, co-founder of Free Culture Swarthmore, told Wired.com. …
Hartford Courant
HEADLINE: TWO SENIORS RECEIVE HONORS
November 26, 2004 Friday, 1S NEW HAVEN COUNTY/SHORELINE
SECTION: CONNECTICUT; Pg. B3
LENGTH: 310 words
BYLINE: GARY LIBOW; Courant Staff Writer
DATELINE: EAST HADDAM --
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The two Nathan Hale-Ray High School seniors selected as recipients of the Connecticut Association of Public Schools Superintendents' Student Recognition Award were honored for academics, leadership and service to their school and community. Emily James and Colin Gourlie recently joined students from other Middlesex County school districts at a luncheon, where Superintendent Steve Durham presented the two with the award.
James, the top ranked senior at Hale-Ray, is president of the student council, the Class of 2005 secretary and a co-founder of The Green Team, an environmental group. James is a member of the National Honor Society, editor of the school newspaper and a member of the multicultural club and high school bowl team.
James, who wants to study political science, is considering several colleges: Swarthmore College, Wesleyan University, the University of Connecticut, Brandeis University, Wellesley College and Boston College. …
The Legal Intelligencer
HEADLINE: PEOPLE IN THE NEWS
November 22, 2004, Monday
SECTION: NEWS; Vol. 231; No. 101; Pg. 2
LENGTH: 583 words
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Michael Homans, employment and labor law counsel at Flaster Greenberg in Cherry Hill, N.J., presented a seminar to Swarthmore College students Oct. 25 as a guest lecturer in the undergraduate course, "Race, Ethnicity and Gender in Economics." His discussion included the history and evolution of laws relating to employment discrimination, equal pay and proof of unequal treatment through statistical analysis.
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The Nation
Headline: Thousands Protest SOA
November 23, 2004
by Patrick Mulvaney
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Columbus, Georgia -- More than 16,000 people converged on Fort Benning this past weekend to protest the School of the Americas, a US-run training camp for Latin American soldiers. Officially renamed the Western Hemisphere Institute for Security Cooperation in 2001, the SOA was founded by the US Army in Panama in 1946 and moved to its current location at Fort Benning, near Columbus, Georgia, in 1984.
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Students from colleges and universities from Cal-Berkeley to Ball State to Swarthmore also made the trip, while nearly all of the nation's Jesuit colleges and universities--including Holy Cross, Xavier, Regis and Santa Clara--sent groups on planes, trains, buses and vans.
IndoLink
(San Ramon, CA)
Headline: Desi Students Dominate Science Contest
November 27, 2004
By Francis C. Assisi
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Boston -- This year's Siemens Westinghouse competition - the nation´s pre-eminent science, technology and mathematics research competition for high school students - saw the selection of 80 regional finalists from a pool of 1037 entries, with 50 percent of those selected being of Asian origin and Indians contributing the largest share (22.5%) from a single ethnic group.
After winning top individual prizes at their regional competition level, two Indian Americans -Bhaskar Mookerji of Durham, and Samir Zaidi of New York - are among the nation's high school seniors on track for the $100,000 Grand Prize. Another Indian American, Alex Thachara of Old Westbury, NY, won at the team level.
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Mookerji is dreaming about the scholarship money. He has his heart set on going to the pricey Swarthmore College next fall. "If I won, I would definitely use that money to attend my first choice," he said. "Without it, I’d probably end up going to Chapel Hill."
MaineToday.com
(Portland, ME)
Headline: Meet the mayor
Monday, November 29, 2004
By KELLEY BOUCHARD, Portland Press Herald Writer
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A strong sense of personal responsibility has infused Jill Duson's life, from her childhood growing up outside Philadelphia, to her law school days at the University of Pennsylvania, to her upcoming stint as mayor of Portland.
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Duson started to realize her potential in high school, when she was selected to attend Upward Bound summer programs for inner-city youths at Swarthmore College. She got the message loud and clear. "It said, 'This is available to me. I can step here and the ground isn't going to swallow me up.' "
KYW-TV
(Philadelphia)
Headline: Death Of Swarthmore College Student Under Investigation (0:17)
6:32 PM, November 21, 2004
Anchors: Larry Mendte and Alycia Lane
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(Lane) - Tonight Delaware County authorities are investigating the death of a student at Swarthmore College. Bobby Berman was found by a resident assistant in his dormitory room last night. He was a physics major from Chicago. There were no signs of any foul play. The Medical Examiner will determine the exact cause of death.
WTXF-TV
(Philadelphia)
Headline: Swarthmore Student Found Dead In Dormitory Room (0:15)
10:06 PM, November 21, 2004
Anchor: Joyce Evans
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(Evans) - A student at Swarthmore University was found dead. Swarthmore Borough police say the student's body was found inside a dormitory room. They are still investigating and have not yet released the name or any other information about that student.
The Philadelphia Inquirer
Headline: Police - Student duo stole from colleges
2 December 2004
LOCAL NEWS
By Kathy Boccella, Inquirer Staff Writer
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Two Villanova University students spent a lot of time visiting other campuses, and leaving with stolen computer and electronic equipment, according to Lower Merion police. The crime spree ended on Nov. 12 at Pennsylvania State University in State College, where Michael A. Huber, 19, of Mount Laurel, and Thomas James Buschman, 19, of Neenah, Wis., were arrested and charged with stealing computer equipment valued at $3,430, police said yesterday.
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The equipment belonged to Penn State, Villanova, Haverford College, Swarthmore College, West Chester University and Bucknell University, police said. …
Duluth News-Tribune
Headline: Windows pose fatal threat to birds
27 November 2004
BY MARY BETH BRECKENRIDGE, KNIGHT RIDDER NEWSPAPERS
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No one knows how many birds whack into windows each year, but researcher Daniel Klem Jr. estimates the U.S. death toll at 100 million to 1 billion. That's as much as 5 percent of the bird population after the breeding season, and he suspects the actual number is even higher. "Almost every structure on this planet has a piece of glass in it," he said, and each of those windows is a potential hazard to birds.
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Klem has argued for changes in building design to reduce bird strikes, including angling first-floor windows downward so they reflect the ground instead of the sky. So far, he said, he's gotten little heed from the building industry. That could be changing, though. Audubon magazine wrote in its March issue that Klem's work has influenced construction projects including a science building at Swarthmore College, which will have windows with dots of opaque glass to discourage bird strikes. And the New York City Audubon Society is campaigning for bird-friendly design in any buildings that rise on the World Trade Center site.
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Editor’s Note: This article also appeared in the Contra Costa Times (Walnut Creek, CA) and Lexington (Ky.) Herald-Leader.
ALUMNI
The Associated Press
HEADLINE: Former state Justice James Dolliver dies
November 25, 2004, Thursday, BC cycle
SECTION: State and Regional
LENGTH: 384 words
DATELINE: OLYMPIA, Wash.
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Retired state Supreme Court Justice James Dolliver has died at his home after a period of ill health, the court announced. Dolliver, who was 80, died Wednesday, the court administrative office said in a statement.
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Dolliver was appointed to the state's highest court in 1976 by Republican Gov. Dan Evans, whom he had served as chief of staff after managing Evans' initial 1964 election campaign. Dolliver was re-elected to the bench three times and served on the court for a total of 23 years. As chief justice from 1985-87, he wrote majority opinions on such critical issues as capital punishment.
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After his military service, Dolliver attended Swarthmore College in Pennsylvania, where he met his wife, Barbara. Before graduating in 1949, he worked summers as a park ranger in Olympic National Park. …
The Seattle Times
HEADLINE: High-court justice helped guide state with fairness
November 25, 2004 Thursday
SECTION: ROP ZONE; News; Pg. A1
LENGTH: 1006 words
BYLINE: Craig Welch, Seattle Times staff reporter
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James Dolliver, whose political savvy helped guide Gov. Dan Evans during the tumultuous 1960s, and whose piercing curiosity helped make him the state Supreme Court's intellectual heavyweight for almost a quarter century, died yesterday at his home in Olympia after a long illness. He was 80.
During 50 years of public service, Justice Dolliver helped shape policy on some of the state's most volatile issues, from pay equality for women to racial integration in labor unions to public-school financing.
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Born in Fort Dodge, Iowa, Justice Dolliver joined the Navy Air Corps in 1942 and flew search-and-rescue missions for the U.S. Coast Guard. While attending Swarthmore College, he worked summers as a ranger in Olympic National Park, falling so in love with Washington's geography that eventually he attended law school at the University of Washington. His father had urged him to "go to school where you want to live," Justice Dolliver said in a 180-page oral history published by the Secretary of State's Office. …
The Olympian
(Washington)
Headline: Ex-chief justice Dolliver dies
25 November 2004
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Dolliver was born in Iowa, served in the Navy and attended Swarthmore College in Pennsylvania. He came to Washington for a summer job in Olympic National Park and remained in the state to attend the University of Washington Law School. …
The New York Times
HEADLINE: Karen Queen, Benjamin Stern
November 21, 2004 Sunday
SECTION: Section 9; Column 2; Society Desk; WEDDINGS/CELEBRATIONS; Pg. 14
LENGTH: 217 words
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Karen Beth Queen, the daughter of Mimi and Jeffrey Queen of Andover, Mass., was married last evening to Benjamin Michael Stern, the son of Erica and Donald K. Stern of Newton, Mass. Rabbi Robert S. Goldstein officiated at the Hotel Marlowe in Cambridge, Mass., where Rabbi Ronne Friedman took part in the service.
The bride and bridegroom are associates at law firms in Boston, she in the business department of Foley Hoag, and he in the litigation department of Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale & Dorr.
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Mr. Stern, 30, graduated from Swarthmore College and received a law degree from New York University. His mother is the special assistant to the executive director of the Facing History and Ourselves Foundation, a nonprofit organization in Brookline, Mass., which trains and supports educators in the issues of tolerance and social justice. …
The Journal News
(White Plains , NY)
Headline: Cornell to lead county board
24 November 2004
News; A
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It took 20 years, but West Nyack resident Harriet Cornell will become the first chairwoman of the Rockland County Legislature. The veteran Democratic legislator will become the first woman to hold the position when she is sworn in Jan. 6.
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The Cornell file
Born: Feb. 2, 1933
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Education: Bachelor's degree in international relations, Swarthmore College; master's degree in public administration, New York University, Wagner Graduate School of Public Policy. …
The Washington Post
HEADLINE: Vivian T. Marchetti
November 28, 2004 Sunday
SECTION: Metro; C11
LENGTH: 756 words
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Edward Southard Little, 86, a former ambassador to Chad and special assistant to former secretary of state Dean Rusk, died of cancer Nov. 4 at his home in Alexandria.
Mr. Little had a 32-year career with the State Department, rising from an economist to an ambassador under President Gerald R. Ford. Near the end of that career, he worked on the State Department's intelligence staff, coordinating with then-CIA director George H.W. Bush.
Mr. Little, a native of Toledo, graduated from Swarthmore College in 1939 and earned a master's degree at Tufts University's Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy in 1940. He also earned a doctorate in economics from American University in 1959. …
SPORTS
The Philadelphia Inquirer
Headline: Cakewalk wins for No. 8 U Conn, No. 9 Kentucky
21 November 2004
SPORTS
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Williams 81, Swarthmore 61 - Matt Gustafson scored 27 points, but the Garnet (1-1) fell to the Ephs (2-0) in the final of the Equinox Classic at Swarthmore.
The Philadelphia Inquirer
Headline: Sports in Brief | Allentown site chosen for baseball stadium
21 November 2004
SPORTS
Compiled By The Inquirer Staff
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Sarah Hobbs of Swarthmore finished 31st at the women's Division III race at Wisconsin-Eau Claire. Hobbs, a junior, is the first Garnets woman to earn all-American honors in cross-country. …
The Associated Press
HEADLINE: Tuesday's Women's Basketball Scores
December 1, 2004, Wednesday, BC cycle
SECTION: Sports News
LENGTH: 927 words
BYLINE: By The Associated Press
BODY:
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Swarthmore 63, Ursinus 49
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The Maryland Gazette
HEADLINE: College Notebook: Delaney's a bonus for LeMoyne
December 1, 2004 Wednesday
SECTION: SPORTS; Pg. B2
LENGTH: 759 words
BYLINE: Bill Wagner
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A goal from C.J. Twombly in the 70th minute helped seventh-seeded Wesley College upset No. 4 Swarthmore 3-1 in the ECAC Division II Southern Region championship game. Delaney totaled 29 career points on eight goals and 13 assists while also excelling on defense. …
The Associated Press
HEADLINE: Sunday's College Basketball Scores
November 29, 2004, Monday, BC cycle
SECTION: Sports News
LENGTH: 380 words
BYLINE: By The Associated Press
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Neumann 80, Swarthmore 74
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The Evening Sun
(Hanover, PA)
HEADLINE: Bengel sparks Gettysburg women past Ursinus
November 24, 2004 Wednesday
SECTION: SPORTS NEWS
LENGTH: 550 words
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McDANIEL 66, SWARTHMORE 49: At Westminster, Md., McDaniel went on an eight-minute, 25-7 run in the second half to blow open a close game to begin its Centennial Conference title defense. …
Newsday
(New York)
HEADLINE: LOCAL COLLEGES - LIU women make NCAAs
November 22, 2004 Monday
SECTION: SPORTS; Pg. A47
LENGTH: 902 words
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NYU 127, Swarthmore 70: Matt Cull set a school and pool record in the 100-yard freestyle in 9:52.18, and he won the 200 butterfly (2:00.65) and 500 freestyle (4:51.96) for the Violets (6-0). …
The Capital
(Annapolis, MD)
HEADLINE: College Notebook: Delaney's a bonus for LeMoyne
November 21, 2004 Sunday
SECTION: SPORTS; Pg. C3
LENGTH: 759 words
BYLINE: Bill Wagner
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A goal from C.J. Twombly in the 70th minute helped seventh-seeded Wesley College upset No. 4 Swarthmore 3-1 in the ECAC Division II Southern Region championship game. …
Richmond Times Dispatch
HEADLINE: MILLER, BRUINS RUIN RAMS' OPENING GAME
November 21, 2004 Sunday
SECTION: SPORTS; Pg. C-15
LENGTH: 892 words
BYLINE: From Times-Dispatch Resources
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*MARY WASHINGTON 41, SWARTHMORE 52: The Eagles shaped up their shooting in the second half, turning a four-point halftime deficit into a nine-point win in the Swat Tip Off title game. Jessica Shifflett scored 13 points for Mary Washington (2-0). Radiance Walters scored 21 points and 13 rebounds for the Garnet (1-1). …
The Times Union
(Albany, New York)
HEADLINE: He's going cross country right to the NCAAs
November 19, 2004 Friday
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BYLINE: BILL ARSENAULT Special to the Times Union
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Bonesteel leads way
Freshman forward Mike Bonesteel of Clifton Park (La Salle Institute) was the leading scorer on the Swarthmore College men's soccer team. Bonesteel finished with 18 points and was second on the team in goals (seven) and third in assists (four).
The Garnet saw its season end with a 3-1 loss to Wesley College in the ECAC Southern Region Championship game. The Garnet finished 12-7-2 on the season and 6-2-1 in the Centennial Conference. They made the league playoffs for the first time. …
Orlando Sentinel
Headline: SPORTSFROM THE CHEAP SEATS
1 December 2004
By Jerry Greene, Sentinel Columnist
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Name the UCF football player who received the Disney's Wide World of Sports Spirit Award in 1997. Bonus question: Since the Home Depot College Football Awards came to Disney in 1993, what is the total number of individual awards won by FSU, Florida and Miami? As you can see, this is tough. That's why the "bonus question" exists -- in case nobody correctly answers all five questions.
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What I love best about these awards is that they honor players who are not quarterbacks, running backs and the rare receiver -- unlike that overrated Heisman Hype Award. Look at the Maxwell, named after Robert "Tiny" Maxwell, a guard at both the University of Chicago and mighty Swarthmore College. The Maxwell also honors "the nation's outstanding college football player," just as the Heisman claims. …
The Philadelphia Inquirer
Headline: Rulon has a big week for Raptors
29 November 2004
SOUTH JERSEY SPORTS
By Sam Carchidi, Inquirer Staff Writer
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Men's soccer
Two Shawnee graduates - Johns Hopkins junior back Jeff Grosser and Swarthmore senior goalie Nate Shupe - were selected to the all-Centennial Conference soccer team. Grosser was named to the first team, while Shupe was selected to the second team.
The Philadelphia Inquirer
Headline: Tar Heels trounce traveling Trojans
29 November 2004
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Neumann 80, Swarthmore 74 - Derahn Patrick scored 18 points to lead the Knights (2-1) to the nonconference win in Swarthmore. Swarthmore (1-3) was led by Matt Gustafson's 35 points and 14 rebounds.
Patriot-News
(Harrisburg, Pa.)
Headline: Local teams chase powers from Maryland
26 November 2004
JAMES PHILLIPS, Of The Patriot-News
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SWARTHMORE (16-9, 11-7): The Garnet, which just missed out making the playoffs, will be led by frontcourt players Ali Wolff and Radiance Walters. Wolff, a senior, handed out 43 assists and made 24 treys, while the junior Walters paced the team in rebounds with 8.6 per game. In the backcourt will be senior Kristen Lee, junior Jen Stevenson (66 assists) and junior Debbie Farrelly. …
Patriot-News
(Harrisburg)
Headline: F&M has talent to regain title
24 November 2004
JAMES PHILLIPS, Of The Patriot-News
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SWARTHMORE (12-13, 9-9):For the second straight season, the Garnet missed out on the conference playoffs on the final day of the season. With three starters back, the squad hopes to change that. Senior forward Matt Gustafson, an all-CC pick, averaged 19.5 points and 6.8 boards last season. He needs 333 points to become the school's all-time leading scorer. Also in the frontcourt will be sophomores Jeff Maxim and Mark Rohde and freshman Steve Wolf. In the backcourt will be sophomore Chris Casey, Dillon McGrew and freshman Matt Kurtman. …
The Star-Ledger
(New Jersey)
Headline: Johnson hoop at :02 propels NJIT in OT
24 November 2004
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* Drew 75, Swarthmore 74: Freshman Dave Pepperman hit a layup with 23 seconds left in overtime to erase a 74-73 deficit for Drew (2-1) in Madison. Pepperman scored 10 pints in 13 minutes off the bench for Drew, which received 20 points from Bob Carella. Matt Gustafson ended with 37 points for Swarthmore (1-2). …
The Philadelphia Inquirer
Headline: On Local Colleges
24 November 2004
By Mel Greenberg, Inquirer Staff Writer
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On Local Colleges | Honored Athletes Season Awards
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Chloe Lewis, Swarthmore - Centennial Conference, all-conference field hockey, second team.
The Philadelphia Inquirer
Headline: Louisville evens score with Chaminade; Iowa upsets Texas
24 November 2004
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In the region Drew 75, Swarthmore 74 - Matt Gustafson tied a career-high with 37 points and had 11 rebounds, but the Garnet (1-2) fell in overtime to Drew (2-1) in Madison, N.J.