Opinion Archives - Page 192 of 217

Aleppan Spice

Today's dish is Mahshe (MAH-shee), a Syrian stuffed zucchini dish straight from the northern Syrian city of Aleppo, where Clara spent the summer studying Arabic and eating as much as she could.

February 24, 2011

Opinion

Swarthmore’s Culture of Silence: Addressing Mental Health on Campus

Recently, Yale College senior Julia Lurie published an article in the Huffington Post that piqued our serious interest and concern. In her piece, entitled "Everyone’s Battle: Confronting College Depression,” she describes her battle with anxiety, insomnia, and depression -- a battle she

February 18, 2011

Opinion

Swarthmore College and the Fiction of Jonathan Franzen ’81

In Jonathan Franzen’s 2010 novel Freedom, protagonist Patty Berglund visits her daughter Jessica at her Philadelphia-area liberal arts college on Parents’ Weekend. There are a number of clues that Jessica attends Swarthmore, Franzen’s alma mater. Swarthmore, indeed, plays a prominent role throughout

February 17, 2011

Opinion

Villagers

The poetic darkness of O’Brien’s folk will capture your heart if you like singer-songwriters with soft, soothing voices and a hint of edginess.

February 15, 2011

Columnists·Opinion

Success Without Putting a Ring On It

The marriage standard devalues any relationship that doesn’t climax in a white dress ceremony with a violin quartet version of Bittersweet Symphony, 200 witnesses, and a cake the size of a Smart Car. So I was thinking about what my alternate definitions

February 11, 2011

Opinion

Cooking in the Caucasus

In 2010, we spent a lot of time eating food. What made the food-eating a little more noteworthy is that we were both abroad for a decent amount of 2010. Today’s column comes straight from Tbilisi, Georgia, where Jasper spent far too

February 9, 2011

Columnists·Opinion

It’s the Redheads, Charlie Brown! Or, How to Stop Getting Rocks and Start Getting Dates

Asking someone out is really about three factors: 1. Appearing not creepy 2. Getting your point across 3. Convincing yourself that the question and the answer are not a big deal.

February 4, 2011

Columnists·Opinion

Into the Dating Pool

During my time on this campus and the years before it (as the Gazette and Phoenix archives tell me), there have been eight sex columns and not a single relationship column.

January 27, 2011

Opinion

For Donna Jo Napoli

What? This video-column thingy still exists? Ooo, goody! Even more exciting: this edition you’ll get to pose questions to Donna Jo Napoli, Linguistics Professor and esteemed author of children's books.

January 19, 2011

Opinion

Barry Schwartz Answers Your Questions

As promised, responses to your Burning Questions for Swarthmore's TED-talking, choice-making guru and Psychology professor, Barry Schwartz. On video this time, in order to get the full impact of this guy's unending, swaggerful charisma. He already told you how to be happy,

December 1, 2010

Suggestions

Opinion - Page 192