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Athlete of the Week: Kenny Relovsky ’27

April 2, 2026
Kenny Relovsky, a junior from Ringwood, NJ, competes for Swarthmore track and field. He runs various events and has shown onlookers his abilities over the course of three seasons. He has career bests in the 800m (1:54.38), 1500m (3:55.89), the mile (4:16.63),

Athlete of the Week: Leor Kedar ’28

March 26, 2026
Sophomore baseball player Leor Kedar ’28 is a must-watch when he steps up to the plate. On the Garnet’s Spring Break trip to South Carolina, where they faced four teams across seven games, Kedar racked up eleven runs, eighteen hits, twelve Runs

Thank You, Swarthmore Women’s Soccer

March 26, 2026
Swarthmore Soccer senior Isa Specchierla reflects on her time with the team During this past Winter Break, 30 minutes into playing in a Sunday adult league pick-up game (as a washed-up, now-retired senior collegiate athlete does), I was hit with an overwhelming

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Global Neighbors to Sponsor Externs to China

October 24, 2008
Global Neighbors, a new service group working with individuals with leprosy or Hansen's Disease (HD), is currently raising funds to send two student externs to rural China over winter break. Both externs intend to establish a local network of connections with Joy

Sometimes I Want to Get Back in the Closet

October 23, 2008
Coming Out Week always makes me wonder: Is my sex life a political statement? Is that what I want? Can we just go back to the "laughing at hilarious fetishes" model at the end of the column and see how that works

Coming Out Week Arrives

October 23, 2008
Between Monday the 20th and Friday the 25th, Coming Out Week (COW) at Swarthmore will feature open and closed events centered on queer issues in the community. Sponsored by SQU, other queer student groups, and academic departments, Coming Out Week is run

Swarthmore Cycles Opens

October 23, 2008
Swarthmore Cycles, a repair and used bike shop, has opened in the Ville. All bikes are sold for around $100, and Lindsay Yanez, the store's proprietor, pledges to stand behind her products.

File Sharing Warnings Down

October 23, 2008
Swarthmore's ITS received fewer RIAA file-sharing notices, but administrators hesitate to attribute this to success of new policies. Other possibilities include the rise of Youtube and Pandora or merely a quiet time in the RIAA's aggression.

Sports Update 10/22

October 22, 2008
SCOREBOARD Golf Eighth at Muhlenberg Fall Invitational W. Soccer Swarthmore 1, Ursinus 0 Volleyball Swarthmore 3, Ursinus 0 M. Soccer #25 Swarthmore 3, Immaculata 1

Parent’s Weekend

October 21, 2008
Have you ever felt that while everyone you know agrees that you are wrong, they just can’t agree what part of you is wrong? And you just feel sort of helpless, not wanting to upset anyone, but instead not being able to
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