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Gender-bending, swashbuckling comedy a must-see

While many Swarthmore students spent their Valentine’s Day getting screwed, I had the luxury of learning to thrust. Yes, that’s right. The cast of this year’s honor’s acting thesis production had me well lubricated with French red wine before drawing swords to

February 20, 2014

Students search for their datesBy Ellen Sanchez '13

Arts·Campus Journal

The ‘character and privilege of genius’ comes back to life

Despairing of the writer’s condition under the Soviet Union, Mikhail Bulgakov burned the first draft of “The Master and Margarita” in 1930. Today, with the newest Penguin edition safely tucked away on our bookshelves, we can look back and imagine what might

February 20, 2014

Arts·Campus Journal

Deciphering the unspoken rules of dirty texting

As we sexual beings of the 21st century, advance into the technological age, we have found ourselves facing a new realm of issues that our analogue parents never encountered in their college years: sexting. As much as I love the charm of

February 20, 2014

Arts

Michaela Shuchman ’16 will use Lang Scholarship to bring Theater to Philly Schools

Last week, six sophomores were given the Eugene M. Lang Opportunity Scholarship to undertake social action projects across the globe. The scholarship, given annually, offers students the chance to design and implement projects that tackle important issues in the community. Prospective Lang

February 20, 2014

Arts·Campus Journal

‘Little Failure’ a huge success

Near the beginning of Gary Shteyngart’s new memoir, “Little Failure,” Gary shares an emotionally charged moment with his father. “The past is haunting us,” Shteyngart writes. “In Queens, in Manhattan, it is shadowing us, punching us in the stomach. I am small,

February 20, 2014

Ron Swanson, Tammy #2 and a lobster? (Fritz Eyerer '12, Julian Leland '12 and Avery Davis '12)By Ellen Sanchez '13

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This bowl is on fire

The Sunday before classes began this semester, from a few tables away, I saw Nick Witchey sitting in Hobbs brunching. His fine-boned face was framed by silky Medieval pageboy hair, and until I could meet him in the flesh, I decided to

February 20, 2014

Arts·Campus Journal

Postcards From Abroad: Nadin Hamza

Dear Campus Journal, Inona no vao vao?* *What’s up? About two weeks ago, I flew out from Cairo to Antananarivo, Madagascar’s biggest city and capital. It’s the summer season here, but also the rainiest time of the year. The first couple of

February 20, 2014

Arts

Crum Creek installation to bring environmental art to campus

As freezing temperatures and accumulating precipitation keep the student population inside for the most part, the sheer beauty of Swarthmore’s campus can be nearly forgotten by many of us. Even as we settle into the lively ambiance of spring, we often take

February 14, 2014

Arts·Campus Journal

Postcards from abroad: Sara Morell

Dear Campus Journal, So I’ve been in Rabat for the past two weeks and am absolutely loving my time here!I’m taking classes through a program called AMIDEAST with about 27 other American students. My host mom has promised to teach me how

February 14, 2014

Arts

Raising voices in song to help the homeless

The snow flurry on Sunday afternoon caused the temperature to drop a further several degrees, but inside the cozy and well-lit Whittier Room of the Friends Meeting House there was a concert going on. It was the third annual “Harmony for the

February 14, 2014

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