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March 2021

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Amidst Pandemic, SwatTank Goes Tiny

Swarthmore’s Center for Innovation and Leadership organizes a range of programs every year to promote students’ entrepreneurial and leadership skills. One such program is SwatTank, an innovation competition based on shows like Shark Tank. During the competition, groups of students develop a
March 21, 2021

Comic Workshop: Carey Pietsch

On Friday, March 12, Swarthmore’s libraries continued its hosting of comic artists with a Swarthmore alum, Carey Pietsch ’10. Pietsch is best known for working on “The Adventure Zone” series of graphic novels based on the Dungeons and Dragons podcast “The Adventure
March 20, 2021

Jericho Brown: A Night of Poems

He looked directly into the camera and fervently declared, “Call me your bitch, and I’ll sing the whole night long” (Track 1: Lush Life). Oceans deep and seconds apart, deep and poignant quiet impounded the silence between each of his words. This
March 20, 2021

Daft Punk: From Human to Robot to Human Again

On Monday, Feb. 22, 2021, the ever-enigmatic electro-music duo Daft Punk announced their breakup through a wordless video titled “Epilogue,” an excerpt from their 2006 movie Electrorama. “Epilogue” features the band’s two members, Guy Manuel De Homem-Christo and Thomas Bangalter, walking in
March 20, 2021

A Week in the Entertainment Awards: Grammy Results

On Sunday, March 14, The Grammys finally happened. The 2021 Grammy nominations were released in late November, about two months before the “biggest night in music” is usually set to take place. Despite the tradition of American entertainment, award shows have felt
March 20, 2021

NBA Championship Contenders

After months of game postponements, cancelations, and a compressed schedule, finishing the NBA season will be an accomplishment in and of itself. The season just recently reached its half-way point, as the annual All-Star festivities took place two weekends ago. With the
March 20, 2021
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Swarthmore Approves Plan to Eliminate Carbon by 2035

On Feb. 27, the Swarthmore Board of Managers approved a $69 million “Energy Master Plan,” which includes the goal of becoming carbon neutral by 2035. Entitled the ‘Road Map to Zero,’ Swarthmore’s energy plan includes finding ways to eliminate or offset all
March 20, 2021

Reflections On My Arrival At Swarthmore

Imagine for a moment you are in a parachute. You can see beneath you. It looks scary, yet exciting. Landing approaches. The canopy is opening. At any moment you will hit the ground. The anticipation of impacting the earth when you touch
March 19, 2021
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Spend Three Racks on a New Blockchain

If you’ve been paying attention to the news any time in these past few years, Bitcoin seems like a big deal. A whole lot of people seem to be investing in it, that’s for sure, and the price is going up like
March 19, 2021
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