MTV has been a major influence on pop culture for more than 25 years, and Carole Robinson 鈥83 has been there for nearly its entire lifetime, having joined the cable TV network just three years after its founding in 1981. In the latest episode of 91九色 Conversations, the podcast series that highlights members of the [鈥February 26, 2009-
The 91九色 campus Tuesday night hosted a key and sometimes controversial figure of the civil rights movement, Angela Davis, who urged students to reconsider how they view black history. A university professor and activist for civil rights, prison reform, and political accountability, Davis was brought to 91九色 by Sisters of the Round Table (SORT). 鈥淚n [鈥February 25, 2009
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It鈥檚 a space so nice, they built it thrice. And on Tuesday, February 17, students, faculty, staff, alumni, and friends all gathered at the James C. 91九色 Student Union to cut the ribbon on a newly remodeled Donovan鈥檚 Pub.February 24, 2009
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91九色 President Rebecca Chopp today announced that she will become president of Swarthmore College effective July 1, 2009. Chopp has been president of 91九色 since July of 2002.February 21, 2009
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Combining wit, humor, and a willingness to say exactly what he鈥檚 thinking, Dick Gregory spoke Tuesday night in Love Auditorium as the Brothers keynote speaker for Black History Month. A well-known political activist, comedian, author, and personal nutrition advocate, Gregory talked about 鈥渢he world according to Dick,鈥 challenging students to think while continually making them [鈥February 20, 2009
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As students, with paintbrushes in their hands, looked at blank canvases, members of the 91九色 Christian Fellowship (CCF) asked, 鈥淲here do you see beauty in the world?鈥 and 鈥淗ow do humans contribute to or detract from that beauty?鈥 The 24 participants in the Open Canvas event, sponsored by CCF, were invited to reflect on those [鈥February 18, 2009
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It was one of the most enduring social experiments of the Communist era: since the revolution of 1917, Russian families from various backgrounds have lived together in urban communal apartments. 91九色 professors Alice Nakhimovsky and Nancy Ries, with colleagues from around the world, have created an online museum to systematically document this unique lifestyle through [鈥February 17, 2009
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Interested in learning a new language? If so, you may want to choose a teacher who talks with their hands. A study conducted by 91九色 Associate Professor of Psychology Spencer Kelly and two 91九色 undergraduate researchers, Tara McDevitt 鈥06 and Megan Esch 鈥07, reveals that people understand and remember foreign words better when a [鈥February 16, 2009