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The Swim Team Plays Assassins

On Tuesday, Sept. 6, the Swarthmore College Instagram posted an unusual picture. The photo captures two students walking across campus with, bizarrely enough, snorkels strapped to their heads. The photo is captioned “students found a creative solution to the heavy rain this

September 15, 2022

Highlights·Sports

Athlete of the Week: Kaylee Zhang ’24

Kaylee Zhang ’24, a junior from San Jose, California, has been instrumental in Swarthmore volleyball’s current three-game winning streak and strong 5-2 start to the season. Offensively, Zhang leads the team with 85 kills so far and sits at a close third

September 15, 2022

Highlights·Sports

Twenty-Three Grand Slams Later, Serena Williams Evolves Away from Tennis

In October 1995, just a month after her fourteenth birthday, Serena Williams took the court as a professional for the first time at the Bell Challenge in Quebec City. Even though she lost in the qualifying round of her professional debut, Williams’s

September 15, 2022

Highlights·Opinion

Sharples Utensils: The Sweet Taste of Greenwashing

Today it’s take-out time. The clock ticks; the rush-hour Sharples adrenaline kicks in. I pass people by and the New Yorker within comes out of me. I’m so sorry. I get my food into my cardboard takeout container, letting it brew with

September 15, 2022

Highlights·Sports

Retired Athlete of the Week: Alexa Specht ‘22

Alexa Specht is a senior from Granville, OH, and was a distance swimmer for the women’s swim team. She enjoys swimming the 400 IM and fly, and recorded a personal best this season in the 200 back. Specht was named a member

April 29, 2022

Highlights·Opinion

Reflections From a Senior: A (Grapefruit-Esque) Love Letter to the Class of 2022

CW: burnout Dear graduating students (and all those who began this experience with us, and all those who embody the experience of this letter), First of all, congratulations. We made it. Whether you’re still finishing up multiple theses and prepping for honors

April 28, 2022

Campus Journal·Highlights

Newt and Reggie’s Last Words

“AHHHH!” Sky, tree, and earth raced around my furry squirrel body as I felt the wind roar my last rites in my little ears. It wasn’t the fall itself that would bring me death; it was the fall onto Jane, the president

April 28, 2022

Highlights·News

Student APIDA Committee Hosts Cherry Blossom Festival

The Intercultural Center hosted the college’s first-ever Cherry Blossom Festival — an event featuring live music and dance, student vendors, and food trucks — on Sunday afternoon, April 17. The festival, held in recognition of Asian Pacific Islander Desi American (APIDA) Heritage

April 21, 2022

Highlights·News

Admissions Reports Strong Attendance at In-Person Return of SwatStruck

On April 8 and 18, admitted Swarthmore students and their families visited campus as part of the annual SwatStruck program organized by the college’s Admissions Office. A third day of programming is planned for April 22. SwatStruck is an annual tradition intended

April 21, 2022

Highlights·News

Student Start-Up Forge Wins 10th Annual SwatTank Competition

Three teams went into the Center for Innovation and Leadership (CIL)’s tenth annual SwatTank finals held last Thursday, but it was Roman Hinds ’25 and Te’John Chapman ’23’s Forge that came out on top. Forge is a community fitness tracker marketed towards

April 21, 2022

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