Freshman vs. Sharples
When I pulled into the Wharton parking lot two weeks ago for the start of my first year here, sweating
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Campus Journal
Swat Ed: First Base
Swat Ed is the Phoenix’s biweekly sex education Q & A. We accept all questions and they are kept completely
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Seizing the Action for My Potential
Your brain is a mesh of complication — a mess of information forming microscopic three-staged structures that fold in a
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Reflections on Coming Back Abroad
The last assignment I had in my abroad class was to practice coming up with a thoughtful and mature answer
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Corner of the Campus Map
About a month after all my other friends from different colleges got their room assignments, I finally got mine (through
Read moreEngaging to Disengage: Mark Wallace Inaugurates the Faculty Fast for Divestment
When Professor Mark Wallace first came to Swarthmore, he introduced one of the first environmental studies courses into the religion
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Strictly Good Advice
Strictly Good Advice, I have no plans this summer, but people keep asking me what I’m doing. How do I
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Of Travel Plans and TB Tests: Studying Abroad in the Fall
Here’s a fun math problem: what do you get from five rescheduled meetings, plus a dozen e-mails begging department heads
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Well, That Was a Mess
Wow. Just like that, my first year at Swarthmore is almost over. The days of claiming innocent naivety, being
Read moreDispatches from the Northeastern Front
This anonymous diary recounting the Great Winter-But-Actually-Spring-Spring-Is-A-Lie Storms of 2018 was found buried by the Purple Tree. Its author appears
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