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Quaker and Peace Web Archives

Collected by: Bryn Mawr, Haverford, and Swarthmore College

Archived since: Sep, 2005

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Contains Swarthmore College and Haverford College websites as well as organizational websites of Society of Friends (Quaker) groups and peace groups.

Subject:   Society & Culture Arts & Humanities Swarthmore College Haverford College Society of Friends, Quakerism Peace

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Title: Swarthmore Mutual Aid Google Spreadsheet

URL: http://bit.ly/SwatMutualAid

Description: This mutual aid spreadsheet contains general information and announcements related to developments in Swarthmore College's response to COVID-19. It also contains the names of students and/or faculty and friends who are seeking or offering aid for those with housing, storage, food security, transportantion, and miscellaneous needs.

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Subject:   Swarthmore College -- Students

Title: First-Generation and Low-Income (FLI) Student Council to Swarthmore COVID-19 Planning Group Email Draft

URL: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1plwPmobT4SBdScXlEh4-01Za4u4StK1pJYrH9s64-No/edit

Description: This email draft from the Swarthmore FLI Council & SGO Diversity and Inclusion Committee directed towards the Swarthmore College's COVID-19 Planning Group urging the college to put First-Generation and Low-Income students, as well as campus staff, into consideration in their evacuation of campus. The email provides a framework of questions related to food, housing and travel, health and wellness, food, and employment that the planning group should be asking in their decosion-making process.

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Subject:   Swarthmore College -- Students

Title: Students Studying Abroad Return to U.S. Due to COVID-19 Outbreak and Travel Restrictions Article

URL: https://swarthmorephoenix.com/2020/04/03/students-studying-abroad-return-to-u-s-due-to-covid-19-outbreak-and-travel-restrictions/

Description: This article by the college newspaper, The Phoenix, includes various testimonies from students studying abroad during the outbreak of the pandemic. The students detail their experiences receiving updated communication from Swarthmore College about the pandemic, their experiences with their respective site schools and programs, and the process of flying back home.

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Subject:   Swarthmore College

Title: Student Housing Situation Amidst College’s Shift To Remote Learning Article

URL: https://swarthmorephoenix.com/2020/04/23/student-housing-situation-amidst-colleges-shift-to-remote-learning/

Description: This article published by the college newspaper, The Phoenix, details the college's response to the pandemic and the various ways students were affected. In particular, the article addresses the many changes to Swarthmore's housing policy, which allowed only for a limited number of students to stay on campus. The article includes interviews with students denied housing and students allowed on campus, both of whom share the many issues students faced as a result, from losing hosuing on campus and off campus to being unable to return home because of border shut-downs.

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Subject:   Swarthmore College

Title: Credit/No Credit Variations and Universal Pass: The Debate Over Grading Policies during COVID-19 Article

URL: https://swarthmorephoenix.com/2020/05/02/credit-no-credit-variations-and-universal-pass-the-debate-over-grading-policies-during-covid-19/

Description: This article published by the college newspaper, The Phoenix, follows the debate about the Spring semester's grading policy. As the article details, some students were strongly in favor of a Universal Pass system and argued it was the most equitable solution to grading during the pandemic. Other students opposed this policy in favor of a Credit/No Credit with the option to uncover grades, as they argued that grades were a necessary component of applying to graduate school. The article also includes testimonies from professors and their views toward the different grading policies.

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Subject:   Swarthmore College

Title: Letter of Support for Universal Pass from Members of the 2019-2020 Swarthmore Resident Assistant Program Article

URL: https://swarthmorevoices.com/content-1/2020/4/2/letter-of-support-for-universal-pass-from-members-of-the-2019-2020-swarthmore-resident-assistant-program?fbclid=IwAR0CobWB5EB_XAKpY1gxaYerLnFVIOnY7q9l-U6YBg9n6Hua-PsmU6Y2DTg

Description: This statement from the Resident Assistants published in the student newspaper, Voices, demands that the Swarthmore Adminsitration implement a Universal Pass system for the Spring 2020 semester. The statement outlines that due to extenuating circumstances brought about by COVID-19, students are struggling with housing, finances, and food insecurity that makes it difficult for students to prioritze coursework.

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Subject:   Swarthmore College

Title: Tweet from ussbrandywine

URL: https://twitter.com/ussbrandywine/status/1248051053687451649

Description: This tweet from an anonymous Swarthmore student expresses skepticism over Student Government Organization (SGO) election campaigns promising COVID-19 relief to students.

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Subject:   Swarthmore College

Title: Tweet from ussbrandywine

URL: https://twitter.com/ussbrandywine/status/1249525977677529095

Description: This tweet from Swarthmore student, Anatole, comments on certain students' demand that Swarthmore reimburse students for tuition costs. In particular, the student expresses frustration that students demanding reimbursement are treating Swarthmore's endowment as a liquid asset.

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Subject:   Swarthmore College

Title: Tweet from ussbrandywine

URL: https://twitter.com/ussbrandywine/status/1251286376437424129

Description: This tweet from an anonymous Swarthmore student comments on the college's decision to pass a Cedit/No Credit grading policy with no opportunity for students to uncover grades. The student expresses that while Credit/No Credit is not perfect like a Universal Pass policy, it is more equitable than other schools' grading policies during the pandemic.

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Subject:   Swarthmore College

Title: Swarthmore Student Petition for Universal Pass Website

URL: https://www.change.org/p/swarthmore-college-administration-swarthmore-student-petition-for-universal-pass?utm_source=share_petition&utm_medium=custom_url&recruited_by_id=4fb1e030-6957-11ea-b0b2-21bb60b2b912

Description: This petition made by Swarthmore students petition that the school administration adopt a Universal Pass system for all Spring 2020 courses. As the petition states, the Univeral Pass system would ensure that all students pass their courses in light of the threat of COVID-19, housing and food insecurity, and the many extenuating circumstances that would make it difficult for students to priotize their coursework.

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Subject:   Swarthmore College

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