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Freshman Reflections: The Honu in CS

I didn’t feel like a Swarthmore student until I stepped foot in Sci 256. It was my first class in two years. COVID had snowballed into a complete disruption of my life, and I couldn’t remember the last time I’d actually sat

April 14, 2022

Highlights·News

Campus Recreational Group Skates into Crumb Cafe

On Wednesday, April 20, SwatSkates and Crumb Cafe will be collaborating to deliver students’ food. The event will be a twist on ’50s skating diners, but rather than honor the old-timey carhops, it will celebrate the skate culture that originated on the

April 14, 2022

Highlights·News

SBC’s Capital Reserve Fund is at Stake: What Does This Mean?

This spring semester, the college administration notified the Student Budgeting Committee (SBC) that they are considering making changes to their ability to access the Capital Reserve Fund — essentially the backup funding source for SBC — which could impact SBC’s ability to

April 14, 2022

Highlights·News

Student Entrepreneurs Set to Compete at 10th Annual SwatTank Finals

SwatTank, an entrepreneurial-based competition hosted by the Center for Innovation and Leadership (CIL), is set to happen on Thursday, April 14. This year’s SwatTank is the 10th anniversary of the competition as it transitions back to an in-person setting after the COVID-19

April 14, 2022

Campus Journal·Highlights

A Hearing at Jane’s Crum Squirrel Survival State

“Brilliant. Absolutely brilliant. An audience with the President of the Crum Squirrel Survival State…” I muttered under my breath as I climbed a birch tree. Hopping squirrel-length by squirrel-length with my squirrel paws gripping the bark repetitively, I was almost there. Squirrels

April 14, 2022

Highlights·Sports

91,553 Reasons to Watch Women’s Soccer: Barcelona v. Real Madrid Champions League Match Breaks Attendance Record

Following the recent triumph of the equal pay settlement for the United States Women’s National Team against the U.S. Soccer Federation, women’s soccer has achieved yet another great victory this year. History was made on March 30 in the stands of Camp

April 7, 2022

Highlights·Opinion

Evaluating Sport Facts and Moral Truths: A Wholehearted Defense of Lia Thomas

CW: this article includes mentions of transphobia It’s rare that swimming as a sport is a general topic of conversation outside of Olympic years, but because Lia Thomas’s first place win in the 500-yard freestyle at NCAA DI Swimming and Diving Championships

April 7, 2022

Highlights·News

Effective Altruism: Solving Global Dilemmas One Step at a Time

Suppose you are confronted with three equally complex and important problems, but you can only solve one. To solve this dilemma, one must ask which of the three problems is of utmost importance and how that problem must be solved. This, Effective

April 7, 2022

Highlights·News

The Crum Regatta Returns (Again)

On April 22, Swarthmore students will race down Crum Creek for the first time in two years. The Crum Regatta is a close to 50-year-old Swarthmore tradition where students race down the creek in self-made boats and rafts. Teams are eligible for

April 7, 2022

Campus Journal·Highlights·Uncategorized

So Your Crush Looked Better With A Mask: What Now?

Change is in the air, a mysterious wind that brought with it the relaxation of Swarthmore’s mask mandate. As the post-prom condensation on the Matchbox 3rd windows dried and students awoke from their weekend-long hangovers to return to their shared indoor common

April 1, 2022

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