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Hashing It Out: What You Need to Know About Passwords

In my last article, I mentioned that the best way to protect yourself online is to use a good password manager and unique passwords for all your websites. However, I didn’t elaborate much on exactly why that’s the case. As such, this

October 9, 2020

Highlights·Opinion

Genuinely Decentering Whiteness is Going to Make You Angry

Swarthmore presents itself as a beacon for social justice among American colleges, and it largely has the record to back it up. Suffragists, liberal federal judges, ACLU attorneys, and prominent activists have all gotten their degrees, educations, and maybe even radicalizations here.

October 3, 2020

Highlights·News

Cancellation of Swat Points Strains Students and Ville Dining Establishments

In an effort to bring students back to campus safely, the college reimagined the meal plan. Instead of choosing a plan, every on-campus student was provided with 250 meal swipes and $500 in Dining Dollars. On-campus options for the semester include Sharples,

October 2, 2020

Highlights·News

Sharples and the Matchbox Open with Safety Regulations

For the first three weeks of the academic year, Sharples, the only dining hall on campus, was closed to everything but take-out, and the Matchbox Fitness center wasn’t open at all. On Monday, September 21, both facilities were opened once again, but

October 2, 2020

Highlights·News

Music & Theater Department Forced to Adapt to Virtual Environment

Overview of Virtual Performances In Barcelona this July, a string quartet performed to an audience of plants, while the hit Broadway musical “Hamilton” was released for streaming in July. In this period of disruption due to the pandemic, directors of music and

October 2, 2020

Highlights·Opinion

In the Spirit of Transparency

As COVID-19 outbreaks pop up on college campuses across the country and as colleges grapple with the task of enforcing strict social distancing measures, the job of covering those outbreaks and colleges’ punitive measures has oftentimes fallen on student newspapers. Since the

September 25, 2020

Highlights·Opinion

A Eulogy for Ruth Bader Ginsburg

I saw Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg once. Like most people who have seen her in person, I was struck by how small she was. I was in DC in 2018 with my classmates for a US constitutional history competition called We, The

September 25, 2020

Highlights·Opinion

Do you actually need a VPN?

“This video is sponsored by NordVPN.” After watching several YouTube videos, it’s hard not to have seen ads for different companies (NordVPN, ExpressVPN, Tunnelbear or a million others) full of ominous warnings that unless you pay for their service, your private internet

September 25, 2020

Highlights·News

Engaged Scholarship Evolves in Response to Pandemic

The COVID-19 pandemic has forced all professors to rethink their curriculum and adapt to remote learning. This transition, however, is particularly difficult for professors running Engaged Scholarship (ESCH) courses, programs that are based on in-person experiences in local communities in Chester

September 23, 2020

Highlights·Opinion

Garnet and Gauze: Why are Colleges Bringing Students Back?

Disclaimer: This piece is by NO means condoning unsafe social distancing practices, on campus or off. Please continue to live by the Garnet Pledge guidelines and stay safe! I still remember sitting on the plane home from Swarthmore in March, ears hurting

September 18, 2020

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