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Bad Blood: Argentinian Swifties vs the Far Right

Wherever Taylor Swift lands, the ground shakes — quite literally. Her concert caused a 2.3 magnitude earthquake in Seattle. Swifties waited for years for the singer to set foot in South America. Finally, in early 2023, Swift announced her Eras Tour stops

November 16, 2023

Highlights·Sports

Wally’s World: Viral Emotional Support Alligator Welcomed at Flyers Game

The Philadelphia Flyers hosted the Carolina Hurricanes on Monday, Oct. 30, and fans were treated to an unexpected guest. Gritty, the Flyers’ beloved mascot, introduced Wally, a six-foot-long alligator, during the “Lion King Cam,” a fan-favorite moment when fans at Wells Fargo

November 16, 2023

Campus Journal·Highlights

White Monster: The New Kombucha?

“Like, every sip I take of this elixir, I get one step closer to God.” What vision-inducing beverage could Joann Reynolds, a regular at the local YMCA’s leftmost StairMaster machine, be referring to? Maybe green tea, a natural and earthy drink that

November 16, 2023

Arts·Arts & Features·Highlights

Lia Markey on the Use of Maps to Create Empire

On Tuesday, Nov. 14, the Department of Art History held the annual Benjamin West lecture. This year’s speaker, Lia Markey, director of the Center of Renaissance Studies at Newberry Library, argued for the importance of atlases and maps in the creation of

November 16, 2023

Campus Journal·Highlights

Big Chair, Bigger Heart

Recently, I had the opportunity to speak with Parrish Beach, a pillar (pasture, rather) of the Swarthmore community: a see-all, tell-none source — until now. What would Swarthmore’s campus be without its largest and most strangely-named patch of grass? Where would we

November 16, 2023

Highlights·Opinion

Swarthmore College: It’s Now or Never on Listening to Your Community

This week is a potentially momentous one in the history of Swarthmore College. The petition to unionize, signed by an overwhelming majority of resident assistants (RAs) and filed on Monday with the federal government, guarantees a referendum on the topic, likely in

November 9, 2023

Highlights·Sports

Everything You Need to Know Before Swarthmore Women’s Soccer Heads to the NCAAs This Weekend

After an upsetting 1-0 loss to Franklin and Marshall College in the semifinal game of the Centennial Conference tournament last Friday, the Swarthmore women’s soccer team, including myself, have been crossing our fingers for three days straight. This loss stripped our ability

November 9, 2023

Highlights·Opinion

The Narples Scanning Machine and the Dining Center from Hell

The Narples scanning machine arrived unceremoniously into our lives about a week ago. Its impact, thus far, has been small. However, I can say without hyperbole that what it represents is a sort of philosophy of design that fills me with dread.

November 2, 2023

Campus Journal·Highlights·Uncategorized

Ugly Album Covers Good Songs 3

Album of the Week: Proxima Estacion: Esperanza by Manu Chao Music is a beautiful thing. It brings together people of all different ages, races, ethnicities, genders, sexualities, etc. In many cases, music also serves as a bridge between people who speak different

November 2, 2023

Campus Journal·Highlights

I HEART DINOSAURS 1

Dinosaur of the Month: Brachiosaurus Growing up, I remember consuming a bizarre amount of dinosaur-related media. The Land Before Time, for example, was my favorite show. I found it so enthralling how dinosaurs had their own personalities, names, and families. Another aspect

November 2, 2023

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