I can feel my heart pounding in my chest as I approach the starting point of my first march. Will it look like protests I see on the news? Will there be militarized police watching for the first sign of unrest so they can unleash their repressive and brutal force?
As alumni of the College, we were disappointed to learn that last week, nearly a month after a February 24 sit-in during the Board of Managers’ meeting on campus, you sent an email to five members of Swarthmore Mountain Justice (MJ), threatening to fine them and/or place them on probation for their participation in the sit-in.
We are writing in response to the article that appeared in the Phoenix on December 1st, ” Reflections on the Right to Peacefully Assemble to Protest Fossil Fuels Endowment Investment at Swarthmore In response to the recent citations of four Mountain Justice student protesters, MJ has decided to
Last night, the Board of Managers re-adopted their policy of not letting social considerations drive their investments. In a dramatic gesture to affirm these guidelines, the Board voted unanimously to re-invest in Apartheid. “Our highest priority is the ability of Swarthmore students to get a world-class education,” Board of Managers Chair Tom Cock ’78 said.
Last night, Board of Managers Chair Tom Cock ’78 announced that Swarthmore’s entire endowment will take a position at the University of Denver. The departure follows three Swarthmore administrators, including President Rebecca Chopp, switching to U. Denver in the past three years.
The editorial board of The Daily Gazette has decided to rename itself to The Divestment Gazette , starting next week. Swarthmore College’s student-run online paper has discovered that divestment-related articles brought in 99% of its op-eds and audience.
Today is a good day for all the money enthusiasts out there: Swarthmore has just created a major in Money. “Our students kept telling us that what they wanted us to respect their passion for money, and we’ve responded to that need,” President Smith said in an all-campus email.
On Friday, March 17th, five (5) members of Mountain Justice (MJ), a student organization focused on tackling environmental issues, received emails threatening disciplinary actions for events that occurred months earlier.
We first met last spring when we were invited, as accepted students, to a Philadelphia area alumni event at the Barnes Foundation. At the event, we listened to President Smith discuss her excitement about her first year as Swarthmore’s president and how Swarthmore’s values aligned with her work in Black Studies and African American Literature and their themes of social justice and civil progress.
We are writing in response to the article that appeared in the Phoenix on December 1st, In response to the recent citations of four Mountain Justice student protesters, MJ has decided to Swarthmore brands itself as an institution where student-staff-administration collaboration is crucial not only to student culture