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Brittany, Miley and me

Britney’s new song didn’t manage to chart within the top 10 in its first week, but that’s okay—it’s difficult to sing while operating an electric razor. We don’t want that shave too close, so let’s count our blessings that Britney didn’t scratch

September 26, 2013

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Serena Perrone: uneasy dreamworlds, richly realized

“Serena Perrone: Reverie” is an exercise in patience and meticulous viewing with the promise of rich rewards. The exhibition spans the artist’s studio practice, beginning in 2005 or 2006 and continuing all the way up to 2012. Each work on display is

September 19, 2013

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From debates to drinks: a history of Pub Nite

We all know the drill: Thursday nights, we hastily finish (or don’t finish) our homework so that we can scrounge up four dollars, grab an empty plastic animal cracker tub to use as a pitcher, and head to Paces for Pub Nite.

September 19, 2013

Campus Journal

Dressing up to get down

It is no secret that the social scene at Swarthmore is different than most colleges and universities in the United States. There is less emphasis placed on going out, and because of that, less emphasis placed on what we wear when we

September 19, 2013

Campus Journal

Masturbation nation: keeping your privates, private

I don’t know about you all, but I am totally burnt out. And it’s only the third week of school. Seriously? As Swatties, we tend to put our school work ahead of most everything: sleeping…socializing…eating…breathing…sanity…and (of course) sex. But why? Isn’t sex

September 19, 2013

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Poetry as portraiture: Book art with Sara Blazevic

Sara Blazevic ’15 is a poet, photographer and book artist who studies Comparative Literature in English and Spanish. This week, the Phoenix catches up on Blazevic’s past work, as well as her plans for the future. Nithya Swaminathan: Can you give us

September 19, 2013

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Fall TV forecast: what to watch this season

I doubt anyone will ever compare me to Kenneth from “30 Rock” (I’m too bitter and don’t know nearly enough about farming) but we do have one thing in common: we live for television. Love fades, friends grow distant, but TV is

September 19, 2013

Campus Journal

No “Applause” for this week’s top hits

While I cry over not being able to use my $9.00 dinner meal swipe on food from Margaret Kuo’s at the Science Center coffee bar, I’m going to throw some shade about this week’s Billboard Top 10. 1. I’m really pissed that

September 19, 2013

Campus Journal

Meditation and Mindfulness or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying And Love Everything

Many students can probably relate to Gloria Shepard’s feelings after her first few years teaching elementary school, regardless of whether or not they’ve ever worked with third and fourth graders. She taught for years, with stress piling up, until she discovered the

September 19, 2013

Campus Journal

Archeology student digs at artistic roots

Ironically, Carolyn Corbin ’15 doesn’t identify herself as an artist. For Corbin, art is a craft: an expression of her desire to communicate ideas and feelings without words. As a studio arts and archaeology double major, she says that art inspires her

September 12, 2013

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