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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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How Best to Use the Sager Fund?

February 15, 2009
The Sager Symposium has been part of the Swarthmore calendar for the last 21 years, but it may look different--or disappear entirely--in the future. Richard Sager '73 has spurred a conversation about revisiting the original purposes of his gift and thinking about

Febrary 15, 2009 StuCo 411

February 15, 2009
Student Council discussed their Dean Larimore meeting, communications to the upcoming Swarthmore President, and updates on the recipe contest.

Critical Theory Catastrophes & Luv From Afar

February 15, 2009
Dear Duke of Swarthmore: So today in my Analysis of Queer Pacific Islander Literature of the 19th Century seminar, someone projected their conception of the self onto my self, but to me their own self signifies the other, so like, if the

Weekend Roundup: Cupid Calling?

February 12, 2009
Valentine’s day weekend means different things to different people. For some, it’s a sentimental commercialized holiday of minimal importance and loosely tied to a saint who no one seems to talk about. For others, it means you can look forward to cheap

Marking Whiteness in “About Face”

February 12, 2009
Stephen Graf ’s honors solo performance thesis, “About Face: Marking the Unmarked” is a challenging piece for performer and viewer that treads the fine lines of race-relations from a specifically white ‘lens.’