The college's endowment enjoyed stronger returns in 2024-25 than in the years before it. Chief Investment Officer Frank Grunseich contextualizes the numbers.
Wyatt Brannon '26 argues that, if students want to have some control over how the college operates, they should use the historically radical power of student government.
Former Opinions Editor Nathanael Brown takes a deep dive into the history of the Swarthmore CO-OP's intertwined, and sometime fraught, relationship with Swarthmore College.
Take the ultimate Swattie quiz and see — I bet you are a Swattie! Answers: If you mostly got 1), Yay, you belong at this school! You are the “Swattie” who wakes up right before class because you’ve worked your butt off
This weekend, support your friends by checking out the performances that are happening on campus. Possibly one of the most packed lineup in terms of artistic events, you have your [...]
On Thursday night, Mascot Committee held a fireside chat in order to encourage discussion about Swarthmore's new mascot, the Phoenix. The Phoenix was selected as the new mascot over the [...]
On Wednesday night, Betsy Leondar-Wright gave a lecture entitled "Bridging the Blue-Red Divide: Untangling Class in the Midterm Election." Leondar-Wright is on the board of Class Action, a non-profit that [...]
The MPAA contacted Swarthmore administrators last year about repeated infringements of copyright law; they did not threaten a suit, but they did inform the college that it had been breaking [...]
It's hard to miss student-run Paces Cafe's advertisements all over campus describing sweets like Southern Red Velvet Cake and savories like Pita and Hummus platters. These are just one sign [...]
This past Sunday, Swarthmore College experienced an Internet outage that blocked students from accessing any external websites. The outage also caused a backup of incoming and outgoing mail. Both internal [...]
On Monday, November 20th, graphic artist and novelist Eric Drooker arrived at the Intercultural Center armed with a banjo, harmonic, and slide upon slide of his art mounted on a [...]
On Monday, the Housing Committee heard a proposal to change the current housing system to something that creators George Dahl '08 and Meggie Ladlow '09 feel is more equitable. Instead [...]
Last Tuesday, Professor Larry Westphal of the Economics Department announced to his Intermediate Microeconomics class in the middle of his lecture that he needed to stop teaching. He had become [...]
McCabe Library is an overwhelming place. Packed with books and computers on every floor, it is easy to get lost amongst the stacks. Molly Weston '10, like so many other [...]