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Events Menu Today Orit Hofshi lecture Orit Hofshi’s works include woodcuts, mixed media works and installations. Her works focus on human interaction with the land. Hofshi lives and works in Herzliya, Israel, and has received numerous awards for her work. The lecture begins at 4:30 p.m. in the LPAC List Gallery, where her collection “Resilience” will be on display.
Sewer project advances despite delays
Tomorrow Solar Viewing All are welcome to view the Sun through specially-designed telescopes on the Science Center Patio 11:20 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Observe sunspots, prominences, and other features of the Sun’s surface. Business Fundamentals Course Those interested in a 5-week, non-credit course designed to give students an introduction to management, business, finance, and marketing can attend the first class from 3 to 6 p.m. The course will run from September 9 through October 7 with weekly classes on Friday evenings. Those interested in learning more can visit the Career Services office. SQU Movie Night: “But I’m a Cheerleader” At 8 p.m., an open screening of the comic movie “But I’m a Cheerleader” will take place in the Swarthmore Intercultural Center. Sunday, September 11th Reflection and Memorial To commemorate the 10th anniversary of September 11, 2001, President Rebecca Chopp, several faculty members, and representatives of Swarthmore religious and cultural groups will speak in the Friend’s Meeting House. The ceremony will be 4:30 to 5:30 p.m., including time for individual reflection and the chance for those attending to create prayer flags. Monday, September 12th Teach-in on Nonviolent Responses to Terrorism A panel of several faculty members will hold a discussion around the topic of non-violent responses to terrorism. Tuesday, September 13th Reporting 9/11 Three Philadelphia journalists will be coming to campus to discuss media coverage on the events of 9/11 and their lasting impact on the U.S. The event, to be put on by The Phoenix and The Daily Gazette, will take place 7:30 to 9 p.m. in SCI 199. Lang Center Reception A reception will be held for all students and student groups that are sponsored by Lang Center Programs from 4 to 6:30 p.m. E-mail submissions for the events menu to news@swarthmorephoenix. com.
Justin Toran-Burrell The Phoenix
A bulldozer was brought into the Crum Woods to assist with the sewer line project, which won’t be completed until this November. By Patrick Ammerman pammerm1@swarthmore.edu
Students may begin seeing more of the construction work in the Crum Woods near campus in the upcoming weeks. The construction, being done to replace an aging sewer line that runs through the Crum, will soon begin to move from areas south of the college near the ville towards the segment of creek near the hiking trails behind Dana and Hallowell dorms. According to Director of Grounds Jeff Jabco, construction is set to move farther up the creek as soon as it is dry enough to do so. The next area to be worked on will be in the area known as the “holly meadow,” which is located near Crumhenge. The walking trail leading down to the holly meadow will be closed to the public during the duration of the construction. The walking paths that pass by Dana and Hallowell will not be closed, but construction work will be visible on the opposite side of the river. Construction on the section of the sewer line in the Crum Woods was originally scheduled so that construction would be completed by the end of August. A layer of mixed grasses would then be planted on the construction site. “The schedule keeps [being revised]. They were much later on getting started on this section because they were working farther upstream earlier on, and because of the late winter we had last year … and a fairly wet spring,” Jabco said. Another setback to the project was Hurricane Irene, which both saturated the soil with water and caused water lev-
els in Crum Creek to rise to a level that had not been reached since Hurricane Floyd hit in 1999. “They spent a couple days preparing for the [hurricane]. Then, after the storm, it was probably several days … waiting for the water to recede and then . . . to wait for it to dry enough so you can get equipment back there,” Jabco said. The rising of water levels in the Crum Creek also carried away a number of expensive materials, which were lost for a short time when the men returned to work. “I bumped into some construction men [near the hollies]. They had seen a bunch of their pipes and such that they had laid out got washed away downstream,” Becky Roberts, PR and Volunteer Coordinator for the Scott Arboretum, said. There was a strong sense of concern about the missing pipes, which cost over $1,000 each, but they were found and successfully retrieved by the site’s workers. According to Jabco, those working on the sewer line had been warned of how high water levels may rise. Luckily, the adrift pieces of piping did not travel far and didn’t damage trees in the area. Jabco has been acting as college liaison to the Central Delaware County Authority, which is implementing the restoration along the entire length of the sewer line. According to him, the reasons behind the project’s delays are due to a combination of unfavorable weather and a late start. “[The construction is] maybe 35 to 45 percent finished … and [it] was some of the most difficult areas because [the land is] very, very steep hillside,” Jabco said.
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“The original schedule was that they would be all finished here by early to mid-November. I wouldn’t expect them to finish on that schedule now.” However, the recent record setting rainfalls in the month of August and Hurricane Irene have again created delays on the project. Students who are accustomed to taking walks in the Crum cannot help but notice the work that is being done. “[Since it started] it’s always changed the experience of walking. It’s very jarring,” Dinah Dewald ’13 said. Another student, Leah Gallant ’14, agreed. “It was all overgrown on the other side … lots of trees, and now it’s just wood chips,” Gallant said. Many students were upset last year when they heard that the construction was scheduled to take place. “I would have rather there had been more transparency… I didn’t learn about it until someone told me about it a week before they started,” Dewald said. However, both Dewald and Gallant agree that the construction is necessary and hope that those areas affected will be replanted with vegetation once the construction is over. Restoration work that the Central Delaware County Authority has agreed to do — the leveling, grading, and seeding of the area that has been dug up — was originally scheduled to be finished before the winter, but now it seems unlikely to be completed until next spring. Jabco hopes that the college and the CDCA will be able to make arrangements whereby portions of the land will be seeded before this winter. Official plans, however, have yet to be made.
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