Maki Somosot

In the final month, missing (and not missing) Paris

It’s exactly one more month before I return to the U.S. as I write the last installment of this column about my semester abroad in Paris. Now that the culture shock has abated, I’ve been able to strik…

Spending a sleepless night in the global capital

My last column probably made readers dive headfirst into the deepest, darkest recesses of my cultural morass here in the City of Lights. While culture shock is never a pleasant subject to discuss, esp…

Experiencing culture shock in Parisian Paradise

“Paris is overrated!” screamed the T-shirt slogan splayed across the chest of a hip Paris denizen who had just walked past me in the street. My first month in Paris — the honeymoon period — was decide…

Exploring the French countryside like a Parisian

Vacationing during the weekend is a beloved — and often fiercely defended — right for the French. With its two-day-long promise of rest and relaxation, the weekend takes on almost mythic proportions i…

Paris, the City of Love, lives up to its reputation

Certain cultural stereotypes survive simply for the reason that they remain true at their base. Of course, this grain of truth is often lampooned and exaggerated beyond recognition into the shallow ca…

Dissecting the perils of the French Visa process

Paris is not your average city. Nor are the French, proud inhabitants and vanguards of the City of Lights, content to be known as an average people.

While being a Swattie ostensibly connotes that I am…

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Peaslee Debate Tournament in a Snapshot

Swarthmore’s Amos J. Peaslee Debate Society will host the American Parliamentary Debate Associate (APDA) National Championships from Friday, April 16 to Sunday, April 18. Preliminary debate rounds w…

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Treading the thin line between life and death in film

On Friday, Apr. 2, The Phoenix’s Maki Somosot interviewed up-and-coming film director Agnieszka Wojtowicz-Vosloo. Wojtowicz-Vosloo is the director of “After.Life,” an exploration of the thin line betw…

ABC alum profiles successful life beyond adversity

John M. Bonhomme, 32, towers. “I’m a big guy,” the 6-foot-tall, self-made, young entrepreneur from South Jamaica, Queens said. Often dubbed “Shaq” after Shaquille O’Neal, Bonhomme strikes a calm yet i…

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New support groups seek to vocalize silenced fears

Swarthmore is a hotbed of opinionated and passionate individuals, but the prevalence of their causes — including, but not limited to, social activism, environmental justice and gender equality rights …

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AMC Marple 10 Theater, Springfield

Dear John

In this adaption of Nicholas Sparks’ novel of the same name, John Tyree, a young soldier (Channing Tatum) falls in love with college student Savannah Curti…

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AMC MARPLE 10 THEATER, SPRINGFIELD

Edge of Darkness:Directed by Casino Royale’s Martin Campbell, this film adaptation of his own BBC miniseries stars Mel Gibson as Thomas Craven, a former homicide…

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AMC MARPLE THEATER 10, SPRINGFIELD

Legion: After once again losing faith in the human race, God sends down a legion of angels to bring about the apocalypse. Only Archangel Michael (Paul Bettany) sta…

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Poetic history: A conversation with Rita Dove

On Tuesday night, Sept. 22, award-winning poet Rita Dove read favorite poems and selections from her new book, “Sonata Mulattica”, in LPAC Theater. The Phoenix’s Maki Somosot and Meghan Becker wer…

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Trio Ivoire plays music with transcontinental keys

As the spotlights in the Lang Concert Hall dimmed, a hushed silence rapidly diffused through the waiting crowd. The stage was set with everything in its rightful place: a gleaming grand piano on the r…

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Scrutinizing the science supporting Swoggles

This being Swarthmore, there seems to be a myriad of bizarre psychological phenomena on our campus warranting further analysis — the behavioral manifestation of “swakwardness” and the self-defensive p…

Film series talks normalcy of porn

How does someone attempt to contextualize and historicize something like porn? This happens to be the big overhanging question that accompanies “Moving Image Pornography,” the contentious three-part f…

Seniors come together to ‘rescript’ Swarthmore

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The great unknown looms ahead for the graduating class of ’09. That which is known as the outside, the actual “real” world beyond the comfortable college bubble, awaits. So it is o…

Dance concert showcases faculty talent

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Dance, one of the most versatile art forms, transforms the body into an instrument which expresses, communicates, inspires and changes. The vivacity and flexibility that characteri…

Poetry reading runs the gamut at Kitao

Members of Small Craft Warnings, Swarthmore’s oldest literary magazine, and other student poets shared their works through the spoken word to a small, but responsive audience on Fri., Feb. 27 at the K…

Songstress Estelle wraps it up at Spring LSE

What does a fledgling R&B songstress from London, who has just released her sophomore album, do with 500-something jaded U.S. college students, and a massive summer hit that just might be on its way t…

‘Scandal’ allows Sherlock Holmes to sing

“A grit in the eye, a crack in the heart,” sing the iconic detective Sherlock Holmes and Miss Irene Adler, the woman who famously beats Holmes in a battle of wits, as they lay bare their unresolved fe…

Honoring a legacy with dance

Bold. Evocative. Honest. These are some of the words that have been circulated to describe the performances by the Carolyn Dorfman Dance Company. As the company matures into its 25th season, it has b…