Tamar Lerer

'Not for Tourists:' the Swattie's guide to faking Philly finesse

Though being in a school 20 minutes away on the commuter rail (and rarely hopping on the aforementioned) does not make one a Philadelphia native, you should fake it for an evening and check out the re…

Forgetting those old complexes at Mullan

I hate going to the gym. Hate. More than I hate animals in sweaters or chunks of fruit in my yogurt or the fact that behavioral economics knows me better than I know myself. Regardless, I have to part…

Risky business: avoiding competitive dieting amongst friends

Friends are extremely important. There are, of course, the obvious perks: the “Top Chef” watching marathons and alcohol-tinted Catchphrase playing. And then there are the more significant roles friend…

Irrational thoughts on impossible bodies

Let’s say you’re trying to lose weight. For the moment, I’m not going to go into how you made this decision, but will assume that you have put on some weight that is above your healthy weight (thank y…

Beyond the scale: alternatives to numerical thinness

Why do so many of us want to be thin? I know it might sound like a stupid question, but I don’t think it’s one we ask often enough. Yes, a lot of it comes from external images of what is considered at…

Clothesline empowers survivors

Thirty percent of all women who are murdered in this country are killed by their husband or boyfriend and 60 percent of all rapes reported to rape crisis centers are committed by acquaintances, accord…

Something to chew on

If you could have any shitty superpower, what would it be? Conditions: It can’t make crime or fight crime, and if you applied to the X-men they’d reject you. Some responses I’ve heard are the ability …

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Socializing at Swarthmore outside of Sharples

Having a healthy relationship with food is particularly hard at Swarthmore, due to what I call the “social-savory complex.” Though my take on the military-industrial complex may not be that clever, my…

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Kumar choreographs 'hyphenation'

“It is normally supposed that something always gets lost in translation,” read the quote by Salman Rushdie on the program for “Dancing on a Hyphen,” Anita Kumar’s senior dance project. “I cling, obsti…

Heroics and fragility side by side at List Gallery

The styles of Jim Stewart and Anda Dubinskis don’t appear to have much in common, but their two exhibitions complement each other beautifully at the List Gallery’s newest show. Stewart’s classical ima…

'Misunderstanding' coming to Olde Club

“Theatre is the experience of seeing it,” said Joe Borkowski ‘08, revealing the fate of the characters in “The Misunderstanding”, the play he is directing Friday, Saturday and Sunday at Olde Club. "Th…

Student cover show rocks Olde Club

For those who escaped from MLCatraz in one piece, Sunday night there was another rocking Halloween event: The Olde Club cover band show. From the sensitive acoustic stylings of James Taylor (played by…

Industrial art expo puts the 'fun' in function

The first thing you notice about the Doug Herren’s new exhibit in the List Gallery is all the color. “Industrial Strength” is eye-catching as a whole, and each individual piece stands out on its own d…

A founder's feast

Benjamin Franklin thinks “the best way to celebrate is with an iced confection.” This is why he, along with Thomas Jefferson, Abraham Lincoln and President George Washington himself, came to Center Ci…

Paces, Qüb get ready to dish out student delicacies

There are some things our campus has been missing this year: California rolls. Fresh-baked desserts. Bubble tea. Homemade vegetarian dishes. After a month of Sharples and Essie Mae’s the student body …

Student Council prepares to launch new initiatives in '05

Between resurrecting coffee bars, boosting cell phone reception and trying to create new athletic facilities, the Student Council is planning for an ambitious semester.

“We’re not big on our own agend…

Fall in Philly: culture, terror and more

Oct. 8 – OutFest Festival Weekend

This annual block party to honor National Coming Out Day is a not-to-miss. From the Great Gayborhood Chili Cook-Off to lube wrestling with the Spartans Wrestling …

'Upright Citizens' comes to Tri-Co

This semester, you’ll finally find a reason other than the amazing dining hall to visit Bryn Mawr: The Upstanding Citizens Brigade. On Friday, Dec. 8 at 8 p.m., you can see the group Time Out magazine…

Tee-riffic departments

It’s okay if you don’t “get” any of the departmental T-shirts you see majors proudly displaying and excited freshmen giggling about — every department has its own unique sense of humor. But the proces…

Lang Scholar creates art with Chester youth

Anna Torres ’07, is a Lang Opportunity Scholar who has used her grant to start the Chester Mural Collective, a program which allows children to paint murals in Chester. The Phoenix sat down with her t…

Sowing seeds of peace

Yesterday, the documentary “Seeds,” a film about the Seeds of Peace conflict resolution camp for Palestinian and Israeli teenagers, was screened as part of Tri-Co Peace Week.

A discussion with Sha…

Getting cheeky with 'Anal Pleasure'

“I’ve had my hand in more asses than anyone else in this room combined,” Tristan Taormino said, establishing credibility in her “Anal 101” workshop last Friday. The event kicked off the Sager Symposiu…

Muller illuminates List

“Each object, myself included, had a sense of legacy, a sense of hope, a kind of need to be understood in an obscure but magical way,” Warren Muller said at the opening of “Light Installations,” his e…

Swatties stomach Regurgitator

“There’s nothing I can say to prepare you for what you’re about to see,” said Stevie Starr, The Regurgitator, this past Friday night in LPAC. He then proceeded to manipulate in his stomach obj…

Show off yer brains

Looking for a new and exciting way to procrastinate on a Sunday night? Do you need a study break the second you open the daunting organic book in front of you? Do you need a confidence boost to remind…

Paces in its Saturday best

It wasn’t your momma’s Paces party. It had food, drinks and black-light bubbles. But most importantly, “The Party” this past Saturday debuted the new projector system donated to Swarthmore by the pare…

Mathematical madness

“Euler has 33,736 mathematical descendents, but, curiously, Lagrange was his only student,” Gary Gordan, host of the Math/Stat Bowl began. “Then, he multiplied.” Though all of Science Center 101 burst…

LAN party is on the hook

“The times lie,” Nelson Pavlosky ‘06, president of Free Culture, said defiantly. “We are going until they kick us out.” If the rest of the gamers at Saturday’s LAN party had looked up from…

Toward a trendier teatime

It might come as no surprise to the masses of people with livejournals and xangas, but the success story of Joey Roth ‘06 and his teapot begins with a blog. It started innocently enough when Josh Rubi…

'Elixir' conjures operatic magic

Anyone who doesn’t believe that Swat would do anything for the sake of its students should talk to Tamara Ryan ’06. Ryan is the star of “Elixir of Love”, an opera being performed this weekend. She is …

Advisors play a crucial role

We would like to respond to Julian Chender’s column from March 20, entitled “MSA challenges need for spiritual guidance.” We are deeply disappointed that Chender felt no need to speak with any stu…