Campus Journal Archives - Page 5 of 115

Big Chair, Bigger Heart

Recently, I had the opportunity to speak with Parrish Beach, a pillar (pasture, rather) of the Swarthmore community: a see-all, tell-none source — until now. What would Swarthmore’s campus be without its largest and most strangely-named patch of grass? Where would we

November 16, 2023

Campus Journal·Highlights·Uncategorized

Ugly Album Covers Good Songs 3

Album of the Week: Proxima Estacion: Esperanza by Manu Chao Music is a beautiful thing. It brings together people of all different ages, races, ethnicities, genders, sexualities, etc. In many cases, music also serves as a bridge between people who speak different

November 2, 2023

Campus Journal·Highlights

I HEART DINOSAURS 1

Dinosaur of the Month: Brachiosaurus Growing up, I remember consuming a bizarre amount of dinosaur-related media. The Land Before Time, for example, was my favorite show. I found it so enthralling how dinosaurs had their own personalities, names, and families. Another aspect

November 2, 2023

Campus Journal

Ugly Album Covers, Good Songs: I’m In Your Mind Fuzz

Album of the Week: “I’m In Your Mind Fuzz” by King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard Being ugly doesn’t always have to be a bad thing. And in the case of album covers, ugliness can transform itself into an asset. It’s different

October 12, 2023

Campus Journal

The Case for a Swarthmore College Reality Television Show

I love reality television. Ever since I saw my first episode of Keeping Up with the Kardashians one long summer day at the age of thirteen, I’ve been hooked. I can list every Dance Mom and what season they were on, draw

October 12, 2023

Against a white background are seven Barbie dolls and two Ken dolls with a variety of different skin tones and ethnic background. One Barbie has a purple prosthetic leg, one sits in a manual wheelchair with a pink frame, another Barbie has a curvy figure, another wears glasses and one has a pink hearing aid. One Ken has vitiligo.

Campus Journal·Highlights

America Ferrera’s Barbie Speech: Feeling Heard Not Only in My Womanhood But Also in My Disability – My Re-Interpreted Version

Spoiler alert: Major spoilers for Barbie: The Movie (Proceed with caution) The following is my re-interpretation, as a woman with cerebral palsy, of America Ferrera’s phenomenal anti-patriarchy speech about the cognitive dissonance of being a woman in society in Greta Gerwig’s Barbie:

September 28, 2023

Campus Journal·Highlights

Zero Waste (EP01): The Dung Crisis

Ding-dong! A pile of DUNG has arrived in your backyard. Imagine a hill of human manure piling up in your backyard. You just flushed your smelly poop down the toilet, but proud products of bowel movements made by your neighbor and even

September 28, 2023

Campus Journal·Highlights

Where Worlds and Woes Collide: An Interview with Hannah Zhang ’27

There’s two of us. We share a first name, a last name, a mailbox. She gets emails meant for me, I get emails meant for her. Swarthmore is having a hard time telling us apart — and to be honest, as the

September 28, 2023

Campus Journal

In Support of Swarthmore’s Commitment to Pitiful Wages

Working is not easy. Some may even call it hard. Recently, students and staff at Swarthmore College have expressed their desire to be paid more for the countless hours they spend each week ensuring that the college functions. The Swarthmore Fire Moose

April 20, 2023

Campus Journal

Sunset on Sophomore

Amethyst. You exercise patience, forgiveness, and acceptance. You often think to yourself: “There are times when I’m an ambitious warrior blazing my own path, defying destiny’s claws to the last. But during times like today, I’m just alive.” Today started out fine.

April 20, 2023

Suggestions

Campus Journal - Page 5