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Oklahoma Softball Breaks Record for Best Season Start

In their last five games, the Oklahoma Sooners softball team scored a resounding 52 runs. Their opponents scored zero. It was no surprise when on Sunday, April 10, after a 21-0 victory over Texas Tech, the Oklahoma Sooners added their thirty-sixth victory

April 14, 2022

News

Queer-Centered Workshop Focuses on Challenging Dominant Narratives Around Sexuality

On Monday, April 4, approximately twenty college community members participated in a workshop titled “Beyond the Binary: Queer and Trans Pleasure 101” held in the Science Center’s Cunniff Lecture Hall. The workshop was independently organized through the efforts of several of the

April 7, 2022

Arts

Drunk Drivers? Killer Whales? Car Seat Headrest at Franklin Music Hall

Some February day in 2016, my sophomore year of high school, I sat in an empty room waiting for class to start. I don’t remember what I was feeling as I watched my teacher shuffle in to set up the lesson, I

April 7, 2022

Arts

“My Empire of Dirt”: Tracking the Evolution of “Hurt” from Nine Inch Nails to Johnny Cash

cw: themes of self-harm are explored in the song described in this article What song makes you cry? Like, tears streaming, bawling on the floor kind of cry. For me, it’s Johnny Cash’s melancholic ballad “Hurt.” Cash’s sincere voice is filled with

April 7, 2022

Arts

Artist of the Week Sidhika Tripathee ’22 On Finding Solace Through Craft

Over the past few months, more and more students around campus have been wearing the art of Sidhika Tripathee ’22 — on their ears and even on their bodies. Sidhika has recently started her own business, selling handmade crochet earrings and tattooing

April 7, 2022

Editorials·Opinion

Editorial: Centering Student Feedback in the Professor Hiring Process

Perhaps one of the most critical arguments of Swarthmore’s liberal arts equation is its professors. As a small private college, the low student-to-professor ratio holistically colors students’ academic experiences and development. Thanks to this ratio, Swarthmore can offer students a collegiate journey

April 7, 2022

Highlights·News

The Crum Regatta Returns (Again)

On April 22, Swarthmore students will race down Crum Creek for the first time in two years. The Crum Regatta is a close to 50-year-old Swarthmore tradition where students race down the creek in self-made boats and rafts. Teams are eligible for

April 7, 2022

Highlights·News

Effective Altruism: Solving Global Dilemmas One Step at a Time

Suppose you are confronted with three equally complex and important problems, but you can only solve one. To solve this dilemma, one must ask which of the three problems is of utmost importance and how that problem must be solved. This, Effective

April 7, 2022

Sports

Athlete of the Week: Gwen Glatz ’22

Gwen Glatz, a senior from Exeter, PA, helped lead Swarthmore softball to a 15-2 start to the season both at the plate and in the circle. Glatz currently leads the team in hits and innings pitched. This past week, Glatz went 10-for-16

April 7, 2022

Highlights·Opinion

Evaluating Sport Facts and Moral Truths: A Wholehearted Defense of Lia Thomas

CW: this article includes mentions of transphobia It’s rare that swimming as a sport is a general topic of conversation outside of Olympic years, but because Lia Thomas’s first place win in the 500-yard freestyle at NCAA DI Swimming and Diving Championships

April 7, 2022

April 2022 - Page 5

Oklahoma Softball Breaks Record for Best Season Start

Queer-Centered Workshop Focuses on Challenging Dominant Narratives Around Sexuality

Drunk Drivers? Killer Whales? Car Seat Headrest at Franklin Music Hall

“My Empire of Dirt”: Tracking the Evolution of “Hurt” from Nine Inch Nails to Johnny Cash

Artist of the Week Sidhika Tripathee ’22 On Finding Solace Through Craft

Editorial: Centering Student Feedback in the Professor Hiring Process

The Crum Regatta Returns (Again)

Athlete of the Week: Gwen Glatz ’22

Evaluating Sport Facts and Moral Truths: A Wholehearted Defense of Lia Thomas

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