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Theatrics Brought to You By …

Let’s face it: it’s barely been two weeks at Swarthmore and you’re probably tired, burnt out and — most importantly – completely unamused. Here’s a guide to some of the drama and improvisation groups on campus that can help lift your spirits,

September 12, 2013

Campus Journal

Look Closer: Jennifer Bartlett’s Captivating Retrospective at PAFA

Have you ever laid on the grass face down with your eyes open? When you’re that intimately close to the ground, you can’t really see the grass. Rather, you see the blurs of rich, vibrant green and fuzzy, pointed spires pushing out

September 12, 2013

Campus Journal

Gone Girl: The poetry of manipulation

You’ve heard the story before. A perfect couple is happily married; husband works while wife stays home. One day, when husband arrives at the house, his beautiful wife has disappeared. Police investigate and the media descends, but we all know exactly who

September 12, 2013

Campus Journal

Traditions Take Root for Class of 2017

One of the questions I hear most often when informing a well-meaning yet clueless person that I go to Swarthmore is, “Swath-more? Is that an all-girls’ school?” No, Swarthmore College is not all girls. Swarthmore, in fact, attempts with moderate success not

September 5, 2013

Campus Journal

A Novel and Authorial Mystery Worth Solving

The Cuckoo’s Calling by Robert Galbraith (a nom-de-plume of J.K. Rowling) is a carefully crafted London-based detective novel that succeeds in building and sustaining intrigue despite a slow rhythm. Of course, the gradual acceleration makes sense for a book that is an

September 5, 2013

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Back to School Shopping with Elle

The beginning of each school year is riddled with new beginnings: new classes, new dormitories and new faces. However, I feel that one often overlooked category is the opportunity for a new wardrobe. When returning to college or coming to Swarthmore for

September 5, 2013

Campus Journal

Dear Nehmat: Advice to International Students

Dear international freshmen, I know that you have been assaulted with information and advice in the last week or so, and your brains are not processing much anymore. So while you wrap your head around the new-ness of it all, let me

September 5, 2013

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Students Give High School Love the Old College Try

Will Black ’16 began thinking about “the talk” in his junior year of high school. He and his girlfriend, Mauri, had been together for two and a half years, but like many high school couples, they had a history long before the

September 5, 2013

Campus Journal

Swoggles, Swooping and Sex Positivity: A Newcomer’s Guide to Sex at Swarthmore

Welcome, first-years and transfers! And congratulations. After months of jumping through multiple flaming hoops to study for every standardized and nonstandardized test imaginable, you have finally made it. YOU ARE AT SWARTHMORE NOW. And as you begin to unpack that massive piece

September 5, 2013

Campus Journal

Tri-Co Galleries Open Doors for September

Hello Swatties! I On the Arts is back and here to give you the scoop on what’s interesting and artistic, both on-campus and off. This week, I’m giving you all a preview of what’s coming up this month in the Tri-Co arts

September 5, 2013

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