<p>I would recommend planning a couple of courses to attend yourself beforehand. If you go to this website, you can see what your options are in any department:</p>
<p><a href="http://www.trico.haverford.edu/cgi-bin/courseguide/cgi-bin/search.cgi%5B/url%5D">http://www.trico.haverford.edu/cgi-bin/courseguide/cgi-bin/search.cgi</a></p>
<p>Just check the "Fall 2005" box and the Swarthmore box. Then select Monday. Pick your department and hit search. You'll get a list of all classes on Monday for that department. Make sure you have the name of the Department right. For example "Sociology" will return no hits because the name of the Dept at Swat is "Sociology/Anthropology". You'll get the hang of it.</p>
<p>Generally, you want to avoid sitting in on advanced Junior/Senior seminars because you'll be lost. Give us your options and maybe we can point you in the right direction. It's nice to email the prof ahead of time and ask if it's OK to attend the class (it almost always is, but this gives the prof a courtesy heads up and perhaps the chance to ask questions before or after the class. My daughter had one professor say, "no, that class woudn't be a good choice, you'd enjoy "this one" more. Or, if that doesn't work, stop by my office and I'll arrange a tour of the labs for you..." Another professor said, "sure, that class would be perfect. Here's the novel we'll be discussing so you can read it beforehand..."</p>
<p>If there is something you want to find out about -- like the Theater department or the Lang Center community service -- e-mail ahead of time and set up a meet n' greet.</p>
<p>Mertz and Willets are good dorm for overnights. Big dorms, so if your host is busy, it would be easy to walk around the dorm and find some people to talk with. It's pretty common to pass "specs" around in those dorms. Dana or Alice Paul wouldn't be bad either. Some of the other dorms are mostly upperclassmen and aren't usually as good for overnights.</p>
<p>Take a book or some homework of your own. Sunday night is a homework night, so don't expect a host to entertain you all night. If your host needs to do some reading, a prepared "spec" should say, "yeah, I brought some stuff to work on, too!" or "that's OK, I'd kind of like to go to this lecture, I'll be back in a couple of hours....". Or, wander down to the dorm lounge and find a poker game or whatever.</p>
<p>nngmm already gave you the link to the Daily Gazette. If you check that on Friday, it will have a list of stuff going on, but Sunday night isn't a big night for lectures, movies, etc. </p>
<p>In addition to eating at Sharples, there are coffee bars in Kohlberg and the Science Center. Both places would be good places to hang out and find students to chat up during the day. There's also a snack bar in Tarble -- the stone building attached to the big bell tower. The bookstore, which has all kinds of trinkets and logo stuff is located in the basement of that building.</p>