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 …
We get this question about once a month, just like clockwork. Unless you see a pterodactyl flying into the bell tower or they start playing the national anthem, you can consider this the final word on bells.
Sick students are now able to get a much wider variety of prescription drugs at Worth through a new partnership with a Media pharmacy. Plans are also underway to ease the process of making their off-campus medical appointments.
Last Monday, an unidentified individual appears to have taken a bolt cutter to a McCabe computer. The computer was located in the basement of McCabe near the men's room. Even [...]
Garnet senior forward Karen Berk was named All-Tournament at the 2007 Swat Tip Off Tournament as Swarthmore fell to Middlebury 85-66 in the championship game Sunday afternoon.
With interest piqued by promises of a twist on the classic play, lovers’ drama, and seductive fairies, “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” opened with three showings this weekend. The play was [...]
Last Thursday, Alexandra Grant '95 gave the final lecture in a series hosted by the Art Department, focusing on the post-Swarthmore careers of studio art majors. Grant was a double [...]
This past Saturday Swarthmore's "most fun and most female" a capella group performed their fall concert in the Lang Concert Hall. Dressed in their signature purple shirts and bluejeans they [...]