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 …
Haverford College has broken tradition and decided to make Martin Luther King Day a recognized holiday, and Bryn Mawr is poised to follow suit, according to a November 6 report [...]
Despite minor weather delays, construction on David Kemp Hall continues more than a week ahead of schedule. The stonework, utilities, roof, and walls are almost completed. Students can look forward [...]
Thanks to Student Council, the voice of the under-caffeinated student has been heard; Dining Services kept Kohlberg Coffee Bar open last Saturday and will do so again this Saturday to see if it could be profitable in the long run; $300 is
This past weekend, Swarthmore hosted "The New Danger: Black and Latino Men Facing Evolving Challenges to their Scholarship and Community," a conference for Black and Latino men from the Consortium on High Achievement and Success [CHAS].
Two new college committees are currently in the process of being formed. One will focus provide long-term planning for sustainability at the College, while the other will focus on instituting and recommending socially responsible programs.
Susan Nolen-Hoeksema, Professor at Yale University, spoke on "Rumination and Depression". According to her, people who ruminate get stuck in a cycle of thinking about their problems and, as a result, make it worse by creating negative thinking and a decreased ability
Anne Coleman '09, the director of A Midsummer Night's Dream, "loathes the play when it is done poorly." Expanding on this, she explains that many productions of the play are "fluffy, insubstantial, and a waste of a beautiful text." From all appearances,
As part of this year’s Math Department lecture series, Philadelphia-native and Smith College professor Joseph O’ Rourke returned this Tuesday to present his lecture entitled “Geometric Folding Algorithms: Linkages, Origami, and Polyhedra.” The talk focused on the computational geometry behind the deconstruction
The Amos J. Peaslee Debate Society competed at a tournament hosted by University of Pennsylvania last weekend. One of Swarthmore's novice teams - Chenge Mahomva '11 and Carlo Felizardo '11 - placed as the 8th team overall. Read more inside.