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In the lab with engineer Ascanio Guarini ’16

This week, I sat down with Ascanio Guarini ’16, an Honors engineering and economics major, to discuss biomedical research he did over the summer of 2014 at a lab affiliated with Massachusetts General Hospital. When Guarini joined the lab, the team was

February 4, 2016

Campus Journal

Beloved Labor seminar runs one last time

There are few things Swarthmore students are known for more than strong work ethic and passion for social justice. Professor of History Marjorie Murphy’s Honors seminar Labor and Urban History seem to tie those things together perfectly. Murphy, who has taught at

February 4, 2016

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Students discover unexpected interests during externship week

At the end of winter break, many Swatties traded spending time with friends and sleeping in until noon for going to work and experiencing life as a nine to fiver by taking part in an externship over break. According to Swarthmore

February 4, 2016

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Students visit Israel/Palestine, deepen understanding of conflict

Many Swarthmore students spend much of their time in classes that help them become intellectually immersed in a variety of complex social, political, and cultural worlds. Rarely, though, are these students able to experience firsthand any of the situations they study. But

February 4, 2016

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Student-run course explores Native lands

Each semester, the college offers hundreds of courses in a staggering array of disciplines. Choosing a single class, let alone an entire course of study, is a challenging process, especially with the availability of curricular offerings at Bryn Mawr, Haverford, and Penn.

February 4, 2016

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Students embrace a liberal arts approach to the pre-med track

The college’s approach to a pre-medical track for undergraduates is clear from a statement on the Health Sciences Office’s page of the website. “Swarthmore students are not “premeds” or “prevets” in the conventional sense,” it reads. There is no premed major,

December 3, 2015

Campus Journal

Doing something in our activewear, just not exercise

I was babysitting early in the morning for a while last summer, in an affluent NYC neighborhood, and I started to stop by the local Trader Joe’s before heading home. I was usually there around 8:30 a.m, wearing sport shorts and a

December 3, 2015

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Reflecting on what the Matchbox might be like, maybe

I’ve never been inside the Matchbox, barring a single foray into its second floor last year to attend a storytelling event. This first and only venture involved me standing in the Matchbox’s entrance vestibule for an extended period of time because I

December 3, 2015

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Noémi Fernández wants to give you a pep talk

If you’ve never been to her office in the Matchbox, you may know her from her supportive posts to Yik Yak, or her recent appearance in your inbox. Together with Josh Ellow, the Alcohol and Other Drugs Counselor, and Nina Harris, the

December 3, 2015

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Expanding our conceptions of healthy relationships

About a year ago, I was catching up with a friend outside a bar about the usual — bad hookups, good gossip, confusing crushes. He took a drag from his cigarette, inhaling deeply, and waving around the glowing cig, mentioned in passing

December 3, 2015

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