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Pop Minimalism to the Max: The xx at The Electric Factory

Early in The xx’s Sunday set at Philadelphia’s Electric Factory, Romy Madley Croft, the band’s guitarist and female vocalist paused between songs to say, “We finally made it.” She was referring to the cancelation of the band’s last Philadelphia performance during October’s Hurricane

January 31, 2013

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Lost in Translation

According to the most recent statistics compiled by the Off Campus Study Office, Swarthmore students are not shy to dive into a completely new culture; of the graduating class of 2012, 40% studied abroad. In the 2011-2012 academic year, 150 students, mainly

January 31, 2013

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Winter Break Wrap-Up: The Best and Worst of Breaking the Bubble

If you had to guess, how many times in the past two weeks did someone ask you how your winter break was? Now, take a second guess: how many of those people do you think valued your response enough to fully retain

January 31, 2013

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A Guide To Getting It In

Since I am writing a sex and dating column, I feel like it’s appropriate that I start with an article about swag. I’m sure you all have heard “swag” used in different contexts; purple swag, swag me out, pretty boy swag, etc.,

January 31, 2013

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Life: Plan, But Plan in Pencil

We can’t stay teenagers forever, believe me I have tried. We all wake up one day with kids and bills to pay and we say “How did I get here?” When I was a teenager I had a part time job, no

January 31, 2013

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Marrakesh: South Street Moroccan

Angela Oh and Gaby Campoverde are second year Swatties determined to visit and critique as many college-friendly restaurants as possible. Angela will be focusing specifically on the restaurant space and ambience. Gaby will be focusing on the food. Marrakesh is a chain

January 31, 2013

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A Writer’s Odyssey: Jonathan Franzen

At one point during his January 22 lecture “Becoming Jonathan Franzen: A Writer’s Odyssey,” English professor Phil Weinstein launched into a vigorous dramatic reading of a great passage from Franzen’s essay “Two Ponies,” a transcription of an argument between Franzen’s two very

January 24, 2013

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2013 Resolutions: Second-Semester Freshman Edition

Freshman fall is usually a blur. You take classes with professors you know nothing about, figure out what clubs you want to join, learn that Tarble, Clothier Hall, Essie Mae’s, and Paces are all basically the same place, as well as much

January 24, 2013

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Once More, With Feeling

It’s that time of year again. Snow is falling. Students ante in for the first round of misery poker (I bet my winter break was more stressful than yours). Seniors try to figure out where “I acted in a lot of plays”

January 24, 2013

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Center City Restaurant Week

This week and the next food-deprived college students and budgeting recent grads will bustle into some of Philadelphia’s highest-rated restaurants for 3-course lunch or dinner meals priced at $20 or $35 respectively, a deal meant to satisfy their watering/expectant mouths/pallet and modest

January 24, 2013

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