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Despite loss, swim team's hopes are still high
In their last dual meet of the season, both the Swarthmore men’s and women’s swim teams lost to the home-standing Dickinson Red Devils on Saturday. Th…
Predicting the future from past results: a losing battle
This article is being written while the Super Bowl is playing on a screen in front of me.
Other than being mesmerised by Wes Welker’s perfect moustac…
Garnet squash falls to Haverford in rivalry match
The Haverford men’s squash team got the best of its Swarthmore rival on Saturday, defeating them by a score of 7-2 from the Gooding Integrated Athleti…
Out of playoffs, women’s basketball drops three more
Published February 9, 2012
A mid-January win at Haverford gave the Swarthmore women’s basketball team playoff hope at the start of the stretch run of Centennial Conference play. But the team has been unable to build on the mome…
The need to find greatness somewhere, somehow
It took less time than normal for this year’s Super Bowl coverage to make me feel like heatstroke was imminent. Looking back, it might have been the a…
Faculty Picks: Super Bowl XLVI
We e-mailed a bunch of your professors and coaches, asking them to predict the Super Bowl. Here are their guesses:
Michael Brown, Physics
PATRIOTS 24,…
How responsible are managers for their players?
Early last season, Fulham captain Danny Murphy became engaged in a war of words with the Wolverhampton Wanderers manager over the role of the manage…
Swimming shows off depth and talent in 3-0 week
After a month-long winter break featuring some well-deserved rest and a training trip to Puerto Rico, the Swarthmore swim team made a triumphant retur…
Patriots should clinch a Super Bowl trip vs. Ravens
Ravens on Offense: Is there a well-known quarterback you’d be less likely to recognize on the street than Joe Flacco? He’s like that one kid in high s…
Ebose sets shot-put record to highlight Gotham Cup
A new school shot put record at the hands of first-year Osazenoriuwa Ebose highlighted a number of strong performances by the Swarthmore track & field…
Daring to dream: My 2011 Hanukkah wish list
As holidays go, Hanukkah falls short in several respects. “Let’s all listen to that great Hanukkah-themed song!” says no one. Where it excels, however…










