Swarthmore Should Commit More Fully to Climate Action
On January 29, Middlebury College announced its “Energy2028” plan that commits the school to convert to 100 percent renewable energy by 2028. This commitment includes moving to 100 percent renewable...
View ArticleCalling for a Better Commitment to Climate Action
Last Friday, over a hundred Swarthmore students skipped class to participate in the Global Climate Strike, a protest that drew more than four million people worldwide to the streets to protest...
View ArticleCoalition Forms to Overturn Divestment Policy
A new coalition of student organizations called “Ban the Ban” has formed to renew the effort to reverse the college’s policy on divestment. In 1991, following the college’s divestment from companies...
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Introduction Do you believe that you deserve to know where your money is going? Do you believe in ethical, human-centered investment? Do you believe in holding Swarthmore College to its proudly touted...
View ArticleOn Divestment and the 1991 Ban
On Feb. 6, Georgetown University’s Board of Directors voted to divest from fossil fuel companies in several phases over the next ten years. Georgetown is just one of many colleges and universities to...
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Know the Ban, Ban the Ban
Introduction Swarthmore College is an exceptional school. It’s not the beautiful arboretum of a campus, the academic rigor, or the vaunted Quaker values that makes it exceptional, though. What makes...
View ArticleKnow the Ban, Ban the Ban II. Duplicitous Ban
Editor’s note: This piece is part of a series about the ban on divestment at Swarthmore. To read the first part, click here. Introduction Swarthmore College has a policy banning the consideration of...
View ArticleLetter to the Editor: Witnessing for Truth
Dear President Smith and Swarthmore Community;As an alumna of the Class of ’77 who even got married in the Amphitheatre, I am used to feeling proud when I see a mention of Swarthmore in the news....
View ArticleStudents for Justice in Palestine Restart Sabra Deshelving Campaign
Swarthmore Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP) relaunched their campaign to deshelve all Sabra products on campus last Wednesday, Nov. 3. Sabra, which produces Mediterranean food and dipping...
View ArticleStudents strip for Swarthmore’s annual Earth Day Nude Celebration
At 9 p.m. on Friday, April 22, students assembled on Mertz field for an annual culminating celebration of Earth Day. This event encouraged members of the student body to honor the natural world and...
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