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  Swarthmore, Pennsylvania - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Swarthmore is a borough located in Delaware County, Pennsylvania.
Swarthmore was originally named Westdale in honor of noted painter Benjamin West, who was one of the early residents of the town.
The name was changed to Swarthmore after the establishment of Swarthmore College.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Swarthmore,_Pennsylvania   (462 words)

  
 Encyclopedia article on Swarthmore College [EncycloZine]   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Swarthmore is a member of the Tri-College consortium of liberal arts colleges, along with Bryn Mawr College and Haverford College.
Swarthmore's alumni include five recipients of the MacArthur Foundation Fellowship (sometimes referred to as "the genius awards") and four Nobel laureates, most recently Edward C. Prescott of the class of 1962.
Swarthmore is also known as a center of social and political activism.
encyclozine.com /Swarthmore_College   (1238 words)

  
 Dr. Swarthmore
Swarthmore, bearded and grave, was a clergyman posted to rural Indiana.
Swarthmore must be praised for its cheek - a 130-page disquisition on faith, science and commerce set at the turn of the 19th century.
Swarthmore is arresting, Blount is ineffable, and Dr. Beecham is debonair, but the stomach pump steals the show.
www.sentex.net /~pql/swarthmore.html   (526 words)

  
 Tennis Resorts Online: Swarthmore Tennis Camps   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Founded in 1864 by the Society of Friends, Swarthmore has an enrollment of 1,300 during the academic year, but in summer a swarm of teenagers takes over, lured by a variety of sports camps.
Amazingly they had little impact on the 10 of us adults enrolled in the tennis clinics—except that all the best flavors were gone at the cafeteria's ice cream bar by the time we were ready for dessert.
Swarthmore's abundant staff, 5 pros for 10 campers, meant that at least one pro was always free to rove from court to court, pulling aside each camper to give individual attention to their strokes.
www.tennisresortsonline.com /trofiles/Swarthmore.cfm   (1072 words)

  
 Swarthmore College Program, Grenoble (France)
The Swarthmore College Program in Grenoble, France, offers an opportunity for American college students to become acquainted with French language, life, and culture while continuing their own studies at the university level.
An application form, including a transcript, references, and a medical form, must be completed and returned to Swarthmore College by March 15 for the fall semester and October 15 for the spring semester.
Swarthmore College does not discriminate in education or employment on the basis of sex, race, color, age, religion, national origin, or handicap.
clicnet.swarthmore.edu /grenoble.program.html   (1060 words)

  
 SurfWax: News, Reviews and Articles On Swarthmore College
A graduate of Swarthmore College and the University of Vermont College of Medicine, Epstein trained for five years in head and neck surgery at the University of Miami then was awarded a fellowship by the American Academy of Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery.
A graduate of Swarthmore College, where he earned a bachelor's degree in English and a certificate in education, Dinkins was awarded a full academic scholarship to the University of Michigan, where he received a master's degree in education: literacy and learning.
After breezing through honors coursework and gaining early admission to Swarthmore College _ an intellectual, Quaker-founded school near Philadelphia with a rich history of social activism _ Nyombayire at 18 is honoring her country in a way she might not have imagined.
colleges.surfwax.com /files/Swarthmore_College.html   (4475 words)

  
 Swarthmore Music Store   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Swarthmore Music and Springfield Music Stores mourn the passing of longtime instructor and friend, Jules Desio.
Swarthmore Music Store (located in Delaware County, Pennsylvania) is definitely a place to visit for many of your music needs.
Swarthmore Music Store and Springfield Music Store have been offering a large variety of musical instruments and accessories in the state of Pennsylvania for many years.
www.swarthmoremusicstore.com   (310 words)

  
 Free Culture blog » Blog Archive » Swarthmore College Students to Launch International Movement for Free ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
SWARTHMORE, PA - On April 23, students at Swarthmore College will launch a new international student organization dedicated to fighting coercive copyright practices and other threats to the free flow of information.
This new organization follows the success that Swarthmore Coalition for the Digital Commons has had with their lawsuit to stop Diebold Election System’s abuse of copyright law.
A partner in this new organization is music activist group Downhill Battle (downhillbattle.org), best known for their historic Grey Tuesday protest in which 170 websites defied cease and desist letters from EMI Records in a day of coordinated civil disobedience to fight music censorship and support sampling rights for artists.
freeculture.org /blog/index.php?p=27   (625 words)

  
 Public Safety at Swarthmore
A selection from the crime bulletins broadcast by the Swarthmore Minister of Public Safety, Owen Redgrave, concerning the bizarre and scary bubble-bursting incidents of agression perpetrated against Swarthmore College community members.
Swarthmore Fire Company extinguished the blaze before any serious damage was sustained to the building.
on Monday, October 3, 1994 a female Swarthmore College student walking her bike on Fieldhouse Lane near the railroad bridge was accosted by an individual who appeared to have come from the adjacent wooded area.
www.links.net /vita/swat/safeswat.html   (738 words)

  
 Swarthmore News
Swarthmore College has received a $1 million donation to boost its Islamic studies program, school officials announced Wednesday.
How local teens handle college in their own backyard They say that one of the hardest things in life is leaving home for the first time: hugging mom and pop goodbye, giving Fido one last belly rub, and dragging...
Under the new ownership of Chris Bruno, Da Vinci's Cafe and Cheese Court in the Swarthmore borough is revamping its image into one of a relaxing eatery for both residents and Swarthmore students to enjoy.
www.topix.net /city/swarthmore-pa   (1220 words)

  
 Why War? Targeting Diebold with Electronic Civil Disobedience   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
By being open to change, Swarthmore tries to provide for its students, by means appropriate to the times, the standard of excellence it has sought to maintain from its founding.
Swarthmore College, unfortunately, is not willing to take a strong stand against Diebold, and is systematically disabling the network access of any student who hosts the files.
Yet Swarthmore is choosing to act counter to the spirit of both its traditions and rules, the latter of which requires that students be given three days to take down work challenged as an infringement of copyright.
why-war.com /features/2003/10/diebold.html   (3685 words)

  
 Swarthmore College
Swarthmore's "sleek" new dorm, Alice Paul Hall, is featured in the New York Times.
With a $1 million commitment from alumnus Bruce Jay Gould, Swarthmore has received a significant addition to the long-term funding for its new program in Islamic Studies, one of three central curricular initiatives in the College’s current fund-raising campaign.
Swarthmore has named seven winners of the Philip Evans Scholarship and six McCabe Scholars for 2005.
www.swarthmore.edu   (632 words)

  
 WSRN 91.5 FM: Fiercely Independent Radio   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
WSRN-FM is the radio station of Swarthmore College.
WSRN is entirely operated by the students of Swarthmore College.
Questions and comments can be submitted to the station staff, or by postal mail.
wsrn.swarthmore.edu   (279 words)

  
 Swarthmore College on Encyclopedia.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
While 'Quack Science' Is Debated in Kansas, Evolution in Schools Is Endangered Species, Says Swarthmore College Biologist; Likens Creationists to Holocaust Deniers, Saying Both Falsely Imply Debate Is Warranted.
Professor Timothy Burke teaches pop culture at Swarthmore College professor in Pennsylvania.
Rhiannon Graybille, left, and roommate Krista Spiller wait for their number to be called May 25, 2003, in a lottery for rooms at a dorm at Swarthmore College.
www.encyclopedia.com /html/S/Swarthmo.asp   (611 words)

  
 [No title]   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Swarthmore is world renowned for its high levels of stress among the student body.
Swarthmore has two weeks in between the final regular season meet at DeSales and conferences on 10/29 at Johns Hopkins.
Last year, Swarthmore placed three runners in the top 18, more than anybody except champion Dickinson, but had nobody else place higher than 40th; since none of Farrelly, Fety, and Stanley competed last year, the Garnet should have better depth this year even without Hobbs.
daily.swarthmore.edu   (2670 words)

  
 Swarthmore College Weekly News
The McCabe Memorial Fund honors Swarthmore benefactor Thomas B. McCabe, Class of 1915, and funds the lectureship to bring individuals with distinguished careers to campus.
An exhibition of materials from the Swarthmore College Peace Collection’s unique and preeminent archive, documenting the peace movement’s history in the United States will be displayed in McCabe Library lobby through Monday, Nov. 14.
Faculty, Staff and Students may request Swarthmore Foundation grant applications for projects to be undertaken during the Winter Break/Spring Semester.
weeklynews.swarthmore.edu /print.php?WN_SID=02713c1b362f76d23d48c3677d9d99ca   (4576 words)

  
 Astronomy at Swarthmore College
Department of Physics and Astronomy here at Swarthmore College.
Swarthmore is a member of the Keck consortium.
It is on the second Tuesday of the month and is held from 8 to 9 PM when it's standard time and at 9 to 10 PM when it's daylight savings time.
hven.swarthmore.edu   (512 words)

  
 Land Use Planning at Swarthmore College   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
The Land Use Planning Committee (LUPC) at Swarthmore College is charged with examining issues related to long-term use of College properties.
Values of Swarthmore College identified by the LUPC that inform land use planning
The response of the LUPC to the Borough Planning Council's memo dated July 18, 2002 in html or PDF format.
landuse.swarthmore.edu   (219 words)

  
 index2
Swarthmore College is expanding its involvement in watershed studies through education and research aimed at increasing our understanding of watershed problems and potential solutions to these problems.
Our primary focus is the Crum Creek watershed, in which our campus is located, but we are also interested in issues pertaining to other nearby in the Piedmont region of Southeastern Pennsylvania.
This web site provides information on courses and projects at Swarthmore College related to watersheds, and it serves other local organizations that support watershed studies and watershed stewardship.
watershed.swarthmore.edu   (592 words)

  
 Arboretum Staff   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Melanie received her M.S. in Public Horticulture at the University of Tennessee and her B.A. in anthropology and a minor in biology from James Madison University.
Before coming to Swarthmore, he worked for Penn State University Cooperative Extension as a horticulture agent in southeastern Pennsylvania; he also owned and operated a garden design and vegetable production business.
A graduate of Swarthmore College, Shelia has worked at Styer's Nurseries, has taught for the summer program at Newlin Mill Park, and has volunteered in the gardens at the Brandywine Conservancy.
www.scottarboretum.org /pages/staff.html   (1416 words)

  
 Free Culture Swarthmore   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
If you’re curious about the origin of Free Culture Swarthmore, CampusProgress.org recently ran an article about us, giving a good summary of Nelson and Luke’s epic battle against Diebold (unfortunately mis-titling us Swarthmore Free Culture – but they can be forgiven; several other Free Culture chapters are similarly titled).
To play off of Opsound’s Attribution-ShareAlike CC license, which allows for commercial use, we’re planning to sell some CDs of Opsound music as a fundraiser at the Swarthmore charity fair in April (the site sadly seems to be broken at the moment).
Every year here at Swarthmore, our local environmentalist group, Earthlust, “storms the dorms.” They basically go to door in the dorms and tell people what they can do to reduce energy usage (as reducing energy usage on campus is their current project).
scdc.sccs.swarthmore.edu /wordpress   (1341 words)

  
 The Swarthmore Spheromak Experiment   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
The Swarthmore Spheromak Experiment (SSX) studies fundamental plasma physics phenomena such as magnetic reconnection using rings of plasma called spheromaks.
Undergraduate students are involved in all aspects of research including the design and conduction of experiments and composition of papers.
SSX is located in the Department of Physics and Astronomy at Swarthmore College.
physics.swarthmore.edu /html/faculty/SSX   (81 words)

  
 Fair Price For Home, Inc. Wants To Buy Your Swarthmore, Pennsylvania Home   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
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swarthmore.pennsylvania.webuyhouseshq.com   (1257 words)

  
 Swarthmore Tennis Camp
Swarthmore, a lovely suburb of Philadelphia, adjacent to the Main Line, is the site of Swarthmore College, one of the country's most beautiful settings.
The 125-year old Swarthmore Campus is on a rolling woodland of 325 acres, only 12 miles from the center of Philadelphia, easily accessible to Metropolitan New York, The Delaware Valley, Washington, D.C., and all of the Middle Atlantic States.
Swarthmore, Pennsylvania - easily accessible by car or train (Amtrak) - only a little over 2 hours from the Met.
www.swarthmoretenniscamp.com /about.htm   (164 words)

  
 Swarthmore College: Contact Us
You can look-up the e-mail address of any member of the Swarthmore community by first name or last name.
Swarthmore College 500 College Avenue Swarthmore, PA 19081
Please note: Over the summer, only first-class mail sent to students will be forwarded to their home addresses.
www.swarthmore.edu /functions/contact_us.html   (475 words)

  
 Swarthmore College Baseball Players Who Made it to a Major League Baseball Team   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Swarthmore College Baseball Players Who Made it to a Major League Baseball Team
is pleased to present a comprehensive chart of every Swarthmore College alumnus who played baseball at Swarthmore College AND made it to the Major League level.
Swarthmore College is one of the few Division III schools with a major leaguer in its ranks, nevertheless six (6) of them!
www.baseball-almanac.com /college/swarthmore_college_baseball_players.shtml   (201 words)

  
 Swarthmore League of Women Voters   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
ANSWER TO QUESTION: Swarthmore Borough government must remain committed to maintaining and improving the high quality of life that we all enjoy, while also remaining vigilant about budgetary issues.
The Swarthmore League's position on education is: We will support quality education in the local school system by monitoring the budget, financing of school programs and capital improvements.
The Swarthmore Voter is prepared by Lora Lavin and put on the Internet by Gloria R. Hamilton.
pa.lwv.org /swarthmore   (3512 words)

  
 Swarthmore
Swarthmore College, Swarthmore, PA 19081 Go To Profile Index Page Swarthmore College Swarthmore, PA 19081 Multicultural Profile Swarthmore College was founded by the Society of Friends in 1864 as a...
The Players Club of Swarthmore is a community theater in Swarthmore, PA that is focused on the...
Swarthmore College (and Reed College) have been recognized by the journal Science as the leading...
collegeathleticscholarships.inchathletic.com /swarthmore   (753 words)

  
 US Collegiate Badminton
The 2004 North East Regional Collegiate Championships are going to be held at Swarthmore, on Feb 15, 2004.
The 2001 Regional Collegiate Championships were held at Swarthmore College (PA), on February 17.
The 1998 National Collegiate Championships was held at the University of Maryland (College Park) on April 25-26, 1998.
www.astro.umd.edu /~teuben/badminton/collegiate   (510 words)

  
 AllRefer.com - Swarthmore College, United States (Colleges, U.S.) - Encyclopedia
AllRefer.com - Swarthmore College, United States (Colleges, U.S.) - Encyclopedia
Swarthmore College, Colleges, U.S. Related Category: Colleges, U.S. Swarthmore College, at Swarthmore, Pa.; coeducational; founded 1864 by the Society of Friends.
It maintains a cooperative program with Bryn Mawr College, Haverford College, and the Univ. of Pennsylvania.
reference.allrefer.com /encyclopedia/S/Swarthmo.html   (148 words)

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