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On Saturday afternoon, Swarthmore was treated to an unstaged preview of professors Tom Whitman and Natalie Anderson's new opera, "A Scandal in Bohemia," based on the story by Arthur Conan [...]

This weekend, Swat will be showing a special dance performance and excerpts from an opera on none other than Sherlock Holmes. If you're heading off campus this weekend, you can [...]

Romance, mystery, music: one of the most beloved characters in literary history, Sherlock Holmes, is being envisioned in an opera for the first time (he's a baritone). This Saturday at [...]

On Friday February 16, at 8:00 p.m. in the Pearson-Hall Theatre of LPAC, one of South Africa's leading choreographers, Vincent Mantsoe, will collaborate with South African composer Anthony Caplan to [...]

Here at Swarthmore, we use three quarters to wash our clothes and two quarters for each half-hour of drying. Where do all these shiny coins go? According to Director of [...]

Yesterday afternoon, translator Alexis Levitin presented the lecture "The Nitty Gritty in Poetic Translation." The lecture used two of his own poetic translations of "A Rapariga e a Praia" by [...]

Two weeks ago, the Swarthmore Treasure Hunters' Society sent Swatties sniffing for clues all over campus. Though insisting they remain shrouded in mystery, a few members of this society (Tom, [...]

Recently a handful of Swarthmore students have stumbled upon the website http://www.spiritandearth.org/. Until yesterday, the site held a legacy copy of Swarthmore College's old website. According to Kelly Mueller of [...]

Confused by the ninja tablers in Sharples in the days leading up to Valentine's Day? Wondering what worthy causes a ninja might promote? As it turns out, Swarthmore's ninjas, in [...]

Imagine you are an eager, young Ukrainian schoolteacher. It is 1890 and your next post is located in a small village. Upon your arrival, to your utmost dismay, you find [...]