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Rebecca Chopp’s inauguration as president of Swarthmore College will be held on May 8th. The theme of the inauguration is "Hope in the Age of Clamor: Leadership, Liberal Arts and the Common Good." As she moves forward in her career, she does

As the semester comes to a frenzied, panicked close, students showcase the efforts of their semester. There were several exciting performances last week, including the a capella Jamboree, Directing II's Night of Scenes, and the Poetry Workshop's final reading.

Photos from Rhythm N Motion's spring performance.

The warm weather is finally here, classes are over, and students have taken to the outdoors to celebrate. Photos from the Willets Carnival, Worthstock, the SASS Block Party, and more.

Photos from a rehearsal of The Cure At Troy, Seamus Heaney's adaptation of Sophocles' Philoctetes. This production, Niccolo Moretti's Honors Directing Thesis, runs Friday through Sunday.

The Borough of Swarthmore was named the #1 “Awesome Neighborhood to Call Home,” by Philadelphia Magazine. The article described “access to Swarthmore College’s 300-acre Arboretum" as a main perk and President Rebecca Chopp as a "resident you ought to know."

Pictures from the last week, including the Battle of the Bands, the Spring Student Dance Concert, the Taleah Debut Concert, and rugby in prom dresses.

Nacht Magazine and the English Department co-hosted a symposium this past Tuesday on notoriously reclusive author Thomas Pynchon, writer of such novels as "Gravity's Rainbow" and "The Crying of Lot 49." The symposium was brought together as a continuation of Laura Backup’s

An activist since the Vietnam War protests and an author of seven books, George Lakey is a Research Associate at the Lang Center of Swarthmore College. In this interview, Lakey talks with the Gazette about the Earth Quaker Action Team (EQAT) he

During Ride the Tide, the Daily Gazette had the opportunity to talk with a few prospective students about their college application experiences and decision to visit Swat.