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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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Bryn Mawr Prof Discusses Queer Asian-American Sexuality

December 3, 2008
A few dozen students attended Nguyen Tan Hoang's lecture and multimedia presentation exploring the intersection of visual culture and queer male Asian American identity on Wednesday evening. His films all explore what he called "my own sense of perverse identification with pop

Thanksgiving

December 3, 2008
Thanksgiving has come and, hard to believe, is already gone again. It was great to go home and visit with my family, but it was also very strange to return home, which feels so much the same, and yet so different: home

Protecting the Crum Woods, Humanely

December 1, 2008
Jeff Jabco and Colin Purrington, co-chairs of the Crum Woods Stewardship Committee, respond to Ethan Bogdan's editorial and defend the college's plan to use sharpshooters to control the deer population.

Thanksgiving in Edinburgh

December 1, 2008
It figures that three weeks before I leave, I am starting to feel really comfortable in Edinburgh. Recently my program ate a wonderful Thanksgiving meal, but first, a couple tidbits about student cuisine (read: cheap eating) in the city.

Mediaswain

December 1, 2008
Nautical types like to call people "swains." If you have some sort of job, you're probably a swain. Refreshment-swain, office-swain, and the ur-swain, the boatswain. This column is an extension of my duties as program Mediaswain, as it was coined by the

Caitlin Mullarkey, Rhodes Scholar

November 25, 2008
This past Saturday, Caitlin Mullarkey '09 discovered that she had been selected as one of thirty-two Rhodes Scholars, one of the most prestigious awards offered to college students. "I've been walking around in a daze since I found out," said Mullarkey, who