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Athlete of the Week: Kenny Relovsky ’27

April 2, 2026
Kenny Relovsky, a junior from Ringwood, NJ, competes for Swarthmore track and field. He runs various events and has shown onlookers his abilities over the course of three seasons. He has career bests in the 800m (1:54.38), 1500m (3:55.89), the mile (4:16.63),

Athlete of the Week: Leor Kedar ’28

March 26, 2026
Sophomore baseball player Leor Kedar ’28 is a must-watch when he steps up to the plate. On the Garnet’s Spring Break trip to South Carolina, where they faced four teams across seven games, Kedar racked up eleven runs, eighteen hits, twelve Runs

Thank You, Swarthmore Women’s Soccer

March 26, 2026
Swarthmore Soccer senior Isa Specchierla reflects on her time with the team During this past Winter Break, 30 minutes into playing in a Sunday adult league pick-up game (as a washed-up, now-retired senior collegiate athlete does), I was hit with an overwhelming

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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.

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 [...]
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