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Weekly Column: Swat Says

October 2, 2025
In this edition of Swat Says, students share their favorite dining hall meal, reveal the craziest thing they've heard from a professor in class, and discuss the buildings with the worst vibes on campus.

Arts

Sports

Athlete of the Week: Lauren Lior ’27

October 9, 2025
Swarthmore women’s soccer forward Lauren Lior ’27 hails from Fairfield, CT, and is a graduate of Greens Farms Academy. During her first year with the Garnet, she had a stellar season, breaking into the starting lineup, and cementing herself as an integral

WSOC Day in the Life: Away Game vs. Muhlenberg College

October 9, 2025
As we head into the middle of the fall semester, Swarthmore’s sports schedules will become increasingly busy. While exams and paper deadlines approach quickly, varsity athletic teams plunge into the middle of conference play, when the significance of winning is the most

Campus Journal

First-Years Flaunt Fashion

October 2, 2025
In the post-COVID era, the art of dressing well seems to have slowly and sadly started to fade into antiquity. No longer are the schools of America flooded with fashion-forward students determined to dress their best. Chic jeans and sweaters are disappearing,

How To Do Things You Suck At: Lesson One

September 25, 2025
Welcome to “How To Do Things You Suck At,” every Swattie’s go-to guide on how to try something new and (eventually) succeed in it. Want to learn how to crochet? Play badminton? You’ve found the right place, then. Every month, you’ll follow

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Mascot search picks up

March 22, 2006
This week, the Student Athlete Advisory Committee (SAAC) and Garnet Club members are "storming the dorms" and attempting to get 750 signatures to show student support for the search, development, [...]

Arts Review: A Lesson Before Dying

March 20, 2006
The weight of society's pervasive shadow - the reality of indifference, apathy, and social injustice - can be stifling and altogether suffocating for those individuals with hopes of progress, change, [...]

Spring Break with Hurricane Katrina

March 20, 2006
Swarthmore students once again demonstrated their passion for social empathy by taking part in a weeklong, intensive service project in New Orleans. Recently devastated by the ravages of Hurricane Katrina, [...]
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