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Swat Says: Finals Edition

December 11, 2025
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.

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Athlete of the Week: Genine Collins ’27

December 11, 2025
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

Philly’s Infamous Mascot: Gritty

December 11, 2025
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

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Serenity in Solitude

December 11, 2025
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.

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SAC, StuCo to host Halloween Party

October 4, 2007
For the second year in a row, the party will be held by the Social Affairs Committee and Student Council, and they currently plan to hold it in Upper Tarble and Paces. Alcohol will be served in Paces, which will also have

Olupona Lectures on African Religions in the Modern World

October 4, 2007
Jacob Olupona, a professor of African religious traditions at Harvard Divinity School, gave a lecture yesterday entitled "The New Diaspora: African Immigrant Religious Communities in America". Olupona stated that in traditional African religions a god was judged by his functional effects in

Getting Inside the Female Condom

October 4, 2007
Unlike the male condom, which is worn on the penis, the female condom is inserted deep into the vagina prior to intercourse. Empowering? Safe? Comfortable? The Bone Doctor finds out.

Sports Update 10/3

October 4, 2007
Natalie Stone '09 scored the lone goal for Swarthmore to make her ninth goal of the season. Stone is actively pushing her career goal total average and is currently at 14. Net minder Katie Ashmore '11 posted 10 saves for the Garnet.
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