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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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Yerbabuena Returns to Swat

September 15, 2008
Yerbabuena Returns to Swarthmore In what is becoming an annual event, the self-described "Puerto-Rican hill-billy"-style music group, Yerbabuena returned to Swarthmore, showing an uncanny knack at getting Swatties dancing. [...]

Students Join LSE

September 15, 2008
On Saturday, September 6, five Swarthmore music students performed with Broken Social Scene on the LPAC stage for the Large Scale Event. Junior Carl Shapiro, a trumpet player, was approached [...]

Ten Days Before the Mast

September 15, 2008
"...[T]here is such an infinite number of totally new names of new things to learn, that at first it seemed impossible for me to master them all. If you have [...]

To the Swarthmore Campus Community:

September 15, 2008
To the Swarthmore campus community: As leaders of the Swarthmore College Jewish community, we were saddened by the recent acts of hatred directed toward a Palestinian student on our campus. [...]

Sports Update 9/14

September 14, 2008
Scoreboard M.Soccer #23 Swarthmore 2, #5 Stevens Tech. 0 Field Hockey Eastern 2, Swarthmore 1 Volleyball hosted Sixth Annual Garnet Classic Swarthmore 3, Clarke 2 Swarthmore 3, Cabrini 1 Salisbury [...]