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Men’s Basketball Primed for Continued Success

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After a thrilling 2018-2019 season that culminated in an appearance in the NCAA DIII Men’s Basketball Championship, Swarthmore Men’s Basketball gears up for their first official game versus Eastern College this Saturday. Last season the team reached many milestones. They broke the Swarthmore Men’s Basketball record for the most wins in a season earning 29 wins and only four losses, resulting in their first NCAA Championship appearance in program history.  The team enters the 2019-2020 season ranked first in the country, beating out their NCAA Championship opponent University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh for the top spot. The Garnet boasts an impressive group

Masha Gessen Speaks at Swarthmore

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In the second installment of the Activism Under Totalitarianism lecture series, award-winning author and journalist Masha Gessen came to Swarthmore’s campus on Oct. 23. They participated in a candid conversation about recent developments in Russian politics as well as the evolving field of journalism.  The event consisted of a moderated discussion with Russian Professor José Vergara, a Q&A with the audience, and a book signing of free copies of Gessen’s most recently published book, “The Future is History: How Totalitarianism Reclaimed Russia.” Funding for the event came from the William J. Cooper Foundation, the Russian program, the Lang Center for

Celebrating Black Excellence in the Many Forms It Takes: Bria Dinkins ’21

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Bria Dinkins ’21 is an anthropology major with a double minor in art history and film and media studies. She is treasurer of Rhythm N Motion, a tour guide, and a member of the women’s cross country and track teams. Dinkins, in her experiences at the college, has found that Blackness can be powerful and excellent in many different forms and contexts. For Dinkins, RnM has provided an inclusive space that highlights dance styles from the African diaspora which its founders thought were underrepresented at the college. “Being a part of a group that is centering marginalized, underrepresented dancing is

What’s on Your Ballot? November 5th Election

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Next Tuesday, November 5, Swarthmore students registered in the state of Pennsylvania, can go to the polls to vote in local and state elections. Here’s a guide to the candidates and races. The positions are listed in the order they’ll appear on the ballot. Happy voting! Voting on campus The polls will be open from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. on Tuesday. Students who are registered to vote in Pennsylvania at their school address and live in NPPR Apartments, Palmer, Pittenger, Roberts, and Mary Lyon should vote at CADES, while all other students who live on campus should vote at

Swarthmore Celebrates Pride Month, Creating Space for our LGBTQ+ Community

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Swarthmore’s Pride Month, a time dedicated to the acknowledgment and celebration of Swat’s LGBTQ+ community, is currently underway.  This year, from October 11 to November 20 — National Coming Out Day and Transgender Day of Rememberance, respectively — is recognized as Swarthmore’s Pride Month. The nationally recognized Pride Month takes place in June to commemorate the Stonewall Riots.  Swarthmore saw its first Pride Month in 2013, and the LGBTQ+ community was first formally celebrated with “Coming Out Week” in 1995, according to The Phoenix. The month is organized and facilitated by the Pride Planning Committee, a group affiliated with the

Swarthmore’s Most Haunted

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The Crum Woods have started to come forth in beautiful shades of red and gold, and there is a distinct crispness in the air. Around campus, students sip on chai lattes and pumpkin spice coffee. First years from the West Coast frantically scramble to buy their first winter coats. That’s right: it’s finally fall. And hidden among all the sweaters, seasonally flavored oreos, and crunchy leaves, the shadows are stirring with the creepy and supernatural. Halloween, the most haunted day of the year, has arrived. This time of year, strange(r than usual) and spooky happenings occur all around campus. Maybe

Tea Time: Jittery About Jobs

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Regardless of class year, Swatties often encounter a dreaded word through our conversations with friends, professors, mentors, parents, or sentient pets — employment. The world after college is full of terrors, and job-searching is probably one of the biggest besides learning to do taxes, renting apartments, dealing with health insurance, and in general, being a functional member of society. Forget about Halloween for a second — application forms, resumés, networking sessions, and interviews may haunt our nightmares more than the fiercest fiends and ghastliest ghouls.  Those of us who choose to further our education may end up in similar circumstances

The State of Sports Gambling

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In 2015, Tayla Polia made a five-dollar bet on fifteen NFL games at 20,000 to one odds. By the end of the weekend, she had made $100,005. Most people that engage in sports gambling, however, are not as lucky as Polia. In recent years, gambling on sports has become more prevalent. The Professional and Amateur Sports Protection Act of 1992 is a statute that effectively outlawed sports gambling across the United States. Certain havens such as Las Vegas and licensed casinos in states like New Jersey were permitted to continue to provide access to sports gambling, but sports gambling in

Stevenson vs. Gonzalez: A Family Affair

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The year was 2013, and boxers Shakur Stevenson and Jajaira Gonzalez were filling out the paperwork to apply to the USA Boxing Junior International Travel Team. Each waited to showcase what they had been training for for the majority of their lives. Even though each fighter had confidence charged and buried underneath their bruised, covered hands, little did these two know that each would be making the rounds in the youth scene. United under a common mission to find success through their family struggles, a sense of friendship began to evolve. After two plus years of actively growing into the

Docuseries Can Teach Empathy and Understanding

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I publicly sobbed while watching “When They See Us” and “Unbelievable.” Both of these shows are docuseries, television series that follow real events. I was left with a deep-seated frustration and despair towards the American justice system. These two cases are each about rape with different perspectives, yet the police fail to be just on both ends. “When They See Us” and “Unbelievable” highlighted the harms of coerced confessions and stereotyping in the most empathetic and nuanced portrayals I have ever seen. “When They See Us” and “Unbelievable” have an invaluable role in public discourse because they present flaws in

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