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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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Sports Update 10/2

October 3, 2007
Swarthmore forward Danielle Tocchet '08 was selected Centennial Conference Offensive Player of the Week, as announced on Oct. 2. The senior posted both game-winners for the Garnet (7-0-0, 3-0-0 CC) last week, increasing her career total to 17.

How Swat Groups Serve YOU

October 2, 2007
With over 50 clubs and organizations at Swarthmore and a $1.3 billion endowment, we figure that at least a few would have cool things to share with the rest of [...]

College Corner: Professor David Harrison

October 1, 2007
Swarthmore associate linguistics professor David Harrison has become somewhat of a celebrity in recent weeks, receiving press from NPR, the Colbert Report, the New York Times, and many well-known foreign publications for his ongoing efforts to call attention to the burgeoning dilemma

FFS Revises Rules

September 30, 2007
The Forum for Free Speech [FFS] is the organization which, according to their charter, distributes money from the Student Budget Committee in order to organize "spoken-word events on Swarthmore's campus." [...]

Student Council 411

September 30, 2007
Council realizes that there's confusion around the plan to move events from the Reserved Students Digest to the spiffy new calendar, and is planning on having a forum showing how [...]
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