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Athlete of the Week: Isabel Adam ’28

November 5, 2026
Outside hitter Isabel Adam ’28 has been lighting it up for the Swarthmore volleyball team this fall. She came into this season with extensive on-court experience, playing in all but one game in her first two years at Swarthmore, and earning All-Centennial

LeBron James: The 76ers’ New Addition

October 29, 2026
On a beautiful Friday afternoon, July 24, 2026, LeBron James announced to the world that he would continue his illustrious career by signing with the Philadelphia 76ers on a two-year, eight-million-dollar contract. Widely regarded as the best professional basketball player of all

USWNT Wins Friendly Against Spain in Chester, PA

October 29, 2026
A crowd of 18,000 chants in unison to the beat of the fan section drums. It’s the 86th minute of the match, and the U.S. Women’s National Team is down 2-1 to reigning World Cup Champions, Spain. The beat continues. The left

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Reviewing Jose Saramago’s “Blindness”

September 14, 2009
A review of Jose Saramago's "Blindness." It is something too familiar, too intimate, stuck in the uneasy company of nightmares and overexposed film. Lingering on longer than the usual allegory-cum-dystopia, when the lights go out you get the feeling that they could

Clothesline Project Materials Vandalized

September 12, 2009
Around the time that school started, someone found the Clothesline Project's supplies in Tarble and "ransacked" them. All of the supplies had been taken, including markers, paint cans, and eighteen blank red and white T-shirts. No decorated T-shirts were missing, but instead

Interview with Alice Rivlin

September 11, 2009
After she gave a lecture on "Saving Market Capitalism," the Daily Gazette spoke with Alice Rivlin about healthcare, the economy, and the Obama presidency. Rivlin (Bryn Mawr '52) is currently a fellow at the Brookings Institute and on the board of directors

Alice Rivlin Lectures On “Saving Market Capitalism”

September 11, 2009
On Thursday night, Alice Rivlin, former Cabinet official and first Director of the Congressional Budget Office, presented the annual Bernie Saffran Lecture, this year entitled "Saving Market Capitalism." Rivlin gave solutions to what she identified as the primary flaws of America's capitalist

Letter – Coke’s Return

September 10, 2009
Recently you may have noticed Coca-Cola trucks on campus and the reemergence of Coke products in our dining halls and vending machines. With the reassurance that human and labor rights and environmental abuses are fundamentally unacceptable to The Coca-Cola Company, and the