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
Wandering down the hall, one thought courses through my mind: will Katie have pistachios? If not, perhaps Arielle will have some chocolate chip cookies. Of course, dinner is only in [...]
If you have recently browsed through the Class Recommendation Book, you may have noticed that the feature that allows you to rate classes has been removed. According to Eric Zwick [...]
When Swarthmore College was founded in 1869, there were "but two trees" on the entire campus, which was primarily composed of cornfields. In Ben Yagoda's book "The Scott Arboretum of [...]
In a sudden, but certainly not unfortunate, twist, November weather is treating us unseasonably well. This means you still have a chance to get outside and enjoy autumn before the [...]
The a cappella group Mixed Company will be performing their first concert of the year this Saturday at 8:00 pm at the Friends Meeting House. Their program will include pieces [...]
Imagine the most neurotic, OCD, nervous, *clean* person whom you know and pair him or her off with one of the messiest, most irresponsible, and generally lazy people you have [...]
Thursday at 4:30 in Kohlberg's Scheuer Room, the Faculty Lecture Series continued with Professor Nora Johnson of the English Department's lecture, "Shakespearean Melodramas: Edwin Booth and High Culture in America." [...]
Editor's note: Some readers may have seen this article once or maybe even twice yesterday, but due to a technical glitch in the daily morning email and the quarantining of [...]
Swarthmore students were welcomed back to campus in late August by friendly RAs, helpful faculty advisors, and by the regular ringing of the Upper Tarble bells. Yet, these bells which [...]
On Thursday night, a large crowd gathered in the Friends Meeting House to discuss the Coming Out Week chalkings and the negative responses to them. The discussion was moderated by [...]