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Artist of the Week Miranda Kashynski ’24 on Letting Birds Fly

I visited the Whittier senior studios a few days before my interview with Miranda Kashynski ’’24. I had never seen her work, and upon peering into her cubicle, I saw a bunch of stickers of pigeons lying on her desk. I immediately

September 28, 2023

Highlights·Sports

Eagles vs. Buccaneers: Eagles Soar to 3-0 Record With 25-11 Win Over Buccaneers

On Monday, the Philadelphia Eagles faced the Tampa Bay Buccaneers on the road at Raymond James Stadium. Both the Eagles and Buccaneers started the game with a 2-0 record. The Eagles entered the stadium with the second-best rushing yards in the NFL,

September 28, 2023

Sports

Athlete of the Week: Trisha Razdan ’25

Trisha Razdan ’25, a junior from Palo Alto, CA, was integral to Swarthmore volleyball’s success over Dickinson College in their conference opener on Saturday afternoon. The Garnet defeated the Red Devils, 3-0, on the road, and Razdan tallied a team-best ten kills

September 28, 2023

Sports

Swarthmore Athletics Weekly Recap

Men’s Tennis: Swarthmore College: 8, University of Scranton: 1 Swarthmore men’s tennis opened their fall season on Friday night at home against the University of Scranton. The Garnet secured a 3-0 sweep in doubles play and won five of six singles matches.

September 28, 2023

Arts

The Japanese Navy Sinks Chinese Destroyers in the Yellow Sea (1894)

Depicting a Japanese naval ship sinking a Chinese warship during the First Sino-Japanese War, Kobayashi Kiyochika employs a variety of tactics to display his scene in his The Japanese Navy Sinks Chinese Destroyers in the Yellow Sea (1894). Made as a triptych

September 28, 2023

Arts

Jean-Luc Godard’s Pierrot le Fou (1965): Cinema as Dream

In Jean-Luc Godard’s Pierrot le Fou (1965), reality and dreams run parallel. Even if one does not remember much of either, one is certain to remember the violence of the two intersecting, blurring the lines between the unconscious and the conscious, between

September 21, 2023

News

Solidarity at Swarthmore Rallies for Student and Staff Wage Increases

Solidarity at Swarthmore, a student-run organization advocating for improved working conditions at Swarthmore, is continuing to campaign for a $5 increase to student and staff wages. The group hosted a rally at Parrish on Friday, Sept. 15 affirming the group’s demands from

September 21, 2023

News

Agnes Callard Critiques Liberal Political Fictions at Lecture and Boasts Large Audience at Swarthmore’s Inaugural “Night Owls” Event

In an era of extreme polarization and politicization, how are we supposed to engage with our peers who share vastly different opinions from our own? Agnes Callard, Associate Professor of Philosophy at the University of Chicago, answered this question by turning to

September 21, 2023

Arts·Arts & Features

Artist of the Week Angie Kwon ’24 on the Authenticity of Absurdity

I’ll never forget my initial impression of Angie Kwon ’24. She was sitting a few chairs away from me at the round table in the middle of the Title IX House. We had both applied to be STIX Leaders, and while I

September 21, 2023

News

President Valerie Smith Announces Sabbatical for Spring 2024

On Sept. 13, 2023, President Valerie Smith announced in a campus-wide email plans to take a sabbatical during the upcoming spring semester. During Smith’s leave from Feb. 9, 2024 to Aug. 9, 2024, Provost Tomoko Sakomura and Vice President for Finance and

September 21, 2023

September 2023 - Page 2

Artist of the Week Miranda Kashynski ’24 on Letting Birds Fly

Eagles vs. Buccaneers: Eagles Soar to 3-0 Record With 25-11 Win Over Buccaneers

Athlete of the Week: Trisha Razdan ’25

Swarthmore Athletics Weekly Recap

The Japanese Navy Sinks Chinese Destroyers in the Yellow Sea (1894)

Jean-Luc Godard’s Pierrot le Fou (1965): Cinema as Dream

Solidarity at Swarthmore Rallies for Student and Staff Wage Increases

Agnes Callard Critiques Liberal Political Fictions at Lecture and Boasts Large Audience at Swarthmore’s Inaugural “Night Owls” Event

Artist of the Week Angie Kwon ’24 on the Authenticity of Absurdity

President Valerie Smith Announces Sabbatical for Spring 2024

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