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Athlete of the Week: Lola Diaz ’26

April 30, 2026
Lola Diaz ’26, hailing from Portland, OR, and Marbella, Spain, has been an integral part of the Swarthmore women’s tennis team for the past four years. She has been awarded All-Centennial First Team Singles (2024) and All-Centennial First-Team Doubles (2024) and has

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The Moonlit Path

April 23, 2026
Megumi Jindo '28 reflects on her experience at Swarthmore so far and the passing of the baton in her Kizuna, Japanese club.

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The Perils and Possibilities of “Pericles”

March 26, 2009
“Therefore, my lord, go travel for a while,” says Helicanus to Pericles and these words of advice are certainly followed in Shakespeare’s “Pericles, Prince of Tyre.” The play, an adventure that floats the audience across the Mediterranean, is opening tonight in the

Iranian Filmmaker Sarmast and Rapper YAS to Visit Campus

March 26, 2009
This Friday, Swarthmore’s Middle Eastern Cultural Society (MECS) will be hosting a screening of Iranian documentary “Nobody’s Enemy” followed by a performance by the popularly-known King of Persian Rap, YAS [7 PM LPAC Main Stage]. The event, entitled “A Glimpse into Iranian

Paul Muldoon Reads and Discusses His Poetry

March 26, 2009
This past Tuesday, the College's English Department and Cooper Foundation sponsored a reading by Paul Muldoon—Pulitzer Prize-winning poet, Poetry Editor of The New Yorker, professor at Princeton University, and lyricist and rhythm guitarist for his band Rackett.

Sager Symposium Expands Meaning of Queer Activism

March 25, 2009
"Intersections of Queer: Coalition Building Across Our Communities" kicks off tonight, and is "about exploring the ways different movements can build off of each other and strengthen each other from learned experiences and learned strategies." The symposium's social is also taking a

Tollefsen Argues “A Philosophical Case Against Abortion”

March 24, 2009
Jack Keefe from the Daily Gazette and Martha Marrazza from The Phoenix sat down with bioethicist Christopher Tollefsen after his lecture and Q&A session to discuss further consequences and extensions of his argument, and his opinions on recent technological and legislative developments

Debunking Myths About Sex

March 20, 2009
Hi friends! In this week’s column, the SHCs are taking a slightly different approach. We’re not addressing a specific question about sexual health. Instead, we’re taking on some myths about sex—some more well-known than others—and trying to set the record straight.
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