Dean of Admissions explains how Swarthmore recruits and enrolls students while sustaining its test-optional policy amid national debates over standardized testing.
In this special Final Exams edition of Swat Says, students discuss their plans for winter break, reveal their most dreaded upcoming finals, and share their thoughts on the Swarthmore Marriage Pact.
Nayla Punjabi '26 shares her experiences at Middlebury's Experiential Learning Conference, where herself and two other Swarthmore students learned about systems mapping, a technique which encourages a holistic and strategic approach to problem-solving.
Genine Collins ’27 is a force to be reckoned with in the pool. On Nov. 8, the junior swimmer broke Swarthmore and Centennial Conference records in the 50 freestyle with a time of 23.25, beating out her previous 23.30 school record. For
Track and Field: On Friday, Dec 10., Swarthmore track and field traveled to Lancaster, PA, to compete in the Diplomat Open hosted by Franklin & Marshall College. The Garnet were one of fifteen colleges represented in the indoor meet, the first of
The National Hockey League’s (NHL) opening day was Oct. 7 this season. As you may know, the NHL sucks the last ounce of consumerism out of sports fans by making their season span six months of 82 games per team. In the
Recently, I have been conscientious of presence. The way one holds themselves. The way one walks with purpose. The way one eats alone in the glowing sunlight. Before college, I thought if one was by themself, it meant that they were lonely.
The second in a series of conversations with alumni, Sara Sargent ’07 is currently a senior executive editor at Penguin Random House. Like last week’s Grace Dignazio ’22, she’s pursued a career around writing, though the dates and details differ slightly …
The start of spring in Philadelphia means many things: free Rita’s, flowers and the flower show, and (gradually) better weather. Enjoy your first weekend of spring whether you stay on [...]
Shortly after writing my last column, I took a 12-hour overnight train to Vienna, where I am now enrolled as a student at the University thereof (the oldest in the [...]
So far in writing this column I haven't explicitly gendered myself. Let's try a little experiment. If I told you: I love porn I love it in the butt I [...]
More than a hundred badminton players from around the country will be traveling to Swarthmore play in the National Collegiate Badminton Championships this weekend. This sport, the "least recognized varsity [...]
Scoreboard Women's Tennis Swarthmore 9, Bryn Mawr 0 Men's Lacrosse Ursinus 13, Swarthmore 3 WOMEN'S TENNIS: Swarthmore Women Scatter Owls The Garnet women's tennis team cruised to their third consecutive [...]
Scoreboard W. Lacrosse: Swarthmore 13, Widener 8 Baseball: Penn State-Berks 7, Swarthmore 5 Women's Lacrosse: Garnet Extend Winning Streak The Swarthmore women's lacrosse team (4-2) continued their winning streak as [...]
Novelist, short story writer, and professor T.C. Boyle gave a lecture and a reading of two short stories yesterday in LPAC Cinema. Professor Gregory Frost, who teaches the Fiction Workshop [...]
A common refrain among Swarthmore students is, "With a billion and a half dollar endowment, why can't we...." The student might be talking about getting nicer bathrooms, or a drain for the tunnel between campus and [...]