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_docs/history.md

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+---
+title: "History"
+---
+
+**SCCS** has been around for decades--and we have the cruft to show for it. Across many years of
+server migrations, drive recoveries, and more. Learn more about the club's history and about
+Swarthmore itself here! More to come.
+
+## SCCS History
+
+The Swarthmore College Computer Society (**SCCS**) was founded in Fall 1991 by a group of Swarthmore
+students, who obtained an official charter from the Student Budget Committee for the Spring 1992
+semester. We were founded, in part, to support the activities of students in Dana and Hallowell who
+had decided to create an AppleTalk network by stringing phone cable between rooms. Approximately 32
+Macintoshes on 4 floors (3 in Hallowell, 1 in Dana) were on the network, as was one heavy-duty laser
+printer—two years before the College network came into being. Gobs of time were spent diagnosing
+the many network outages that occurred on an almost-daily basis (usually due to cables being clamped
+by window frames).
+
+In the more than 30 years since, we've swapped buildings, upgraded our hardware, and expanded our
+Staff. We're no longer stringing phone cable through dorms, but we're still having fun and providing
+useful facilities and services for our fellow students. Check us out in Clothier basement!
+
+## Swarthmore History
+
+**SCCS** hosts a large collection of historical and archival sites created by former students. A few
+highlights:
+
+- [swat history](https://www.sccs.swarthmore.edu/users/03/dbing/history/buildings.html)
+  This site includes old building info and pictures from an '03 alumnus. Really cool info on here
+  about ML, old gymnasiums, and various other buildings.
+- [Free Culture Swarthmore](https://www.sccs.swarthmore.edu/org/scdc/history.html)
+  FCS (and the Swarthmore Coalition for the Digital Commons, site no longer available) hosted the
+  [Diebold memos](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Premier_Election_Solutions#Leaked_memos) in a somewhat
+  famous incident resulting in school-wide uprising to defend against DMCA and cease & desist attacks.
+- [Book and Key History](https://www.sccs.swarthmore.edu/users/98/elizw/Swat.history/Book.and.Key.html)
+  Did you know Swarthmore had a secret society? Not so secret anymore, however, and this Class of '98
+  student expands upon the history of the now-defunct (or are they?) Society of the Book and Key.

_docs/index.md

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 [Frequently Asked Questions](/docs/faq)
 
+[Club and School History](/docs/history)
+
 [Usage & Data Policy](/docs/policy)
 
 ## Our Services
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 - Vahan Tadevosyan '27
 - Yana Outkin '26
 
-### History
-
-**SCCS** was founded in Fall 1991 by a group of Swarthmore students, who obtained an official
-charter from the Student Budget Committee for the Spring 1992 semester. We were founded, in part, to
-support the activities of students in Dana and Hallowell who had decided to create an AppleTalk
-network by stringing phone cable between rooms. Approximately 32 Macintoshes on 4 floors (3 in
-Hallowell, 1 in Dana) were on the network, as was one heavy-duty laser printer—two years before
-the College network came into being. Gobs of time were spent diagnosing the many network outages that
-occurred on an almost-daily basis (usually due to cables being clamped by window frames).
-
-In the more than 30 years since, we've swapped buildings, upgraded our hardware, and expanded our
-Staff. We're no longer stringing phone cable through dorms, but we're still having fun and providing
-useful facilities and services for our fellow students. Check us out in Clothier basement!
-
+### Statement on Application Strategy
+SCCS has a semesterly application cycle. We interview, select, and purge staff members based
+purely on experience, interest, activity, and occasionally interpersonal relationships. We
+include the following statement on our application form describing this policy:
+
+SCCS does not discriminate based on any attributes, protected or otherwise, with the only
+exceptions being CS skill/knowledge and interpersonal conflicts. However, we recognize that
+studies show some protected groups are disproportionately unlikely to complete applications if
+they feel they may not be qualified. We would like to emphasize: **You lose nothing by applying**.
+Worst-case scenario, you can reapply next semester, and we give application priority to
+reapplicants. We've admitted people who got every coding question wrong and people who had to
+reapply multiple times, and often these are some of our most active members. We want you to
+apply, even if you are afraid you don't have the experience. 
+
+Our one hard requirement is you must **have taken**, **be enrolled in**, or **have equivalent**
+**experience** to a 30-level CS course. This is purely to ensure you've worked with **at least**
+**one "curly brace" language** (i.e. C, Java, JS, etc., NOT Python) so we don't have to start
+from scratch teaching for our work in JavaScript. We do "hiring" cycles semesterly so if you got
+lotteried out or otherwise need more experience, it won't be long before you can apply again.