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
One need look no farther than Swarthmore's own beautiful campus this weekend if you happen to be interested in some cultural fare or just plain old entertainment. In addition to [...]
On Thursday afternoon Burt Manning, chairman emeritus of the Advertising Educational Foundation, came to the Science Center to talk about the influence of political advertising on public discourse today. Manning [...]
Yesterday evening, Al Bloom welcomed scientists from the US and Japan to a symposium on fusion energy research. After a brief introduction to atomic physics by Swarthmore Professor Michael Brown, [...]
To what extent does fact bleed into fiction and fiction into fact? According to Louise Reynolds, a professor at Chapel Hill North Carolina and author of many books on Tsarist [...]
Recent Swarthmore alumnus Danny Loss '04 appeared on Jeopardy! on Tuesday, October 17, 2006. Despite a valiant effort, including a near-sweep of the Northernmost National Capitals category, he ultimately finished [...]
The fall semester always seems reasonable enough--just six weeks from its start until october break, and then another six weeks until Thanksgiving, then classes end, finals come and go, and [...]
Sofia Coppola's film, "Marie Antoinette," loosely follows the wild lifestyle of France's most infamous queen of the ancient regime. The movie is made up of bursts of color, decidedly modern [...]
Joel Swanson contributed to this article. On the evening of Oct. 28, the Lang Performing Arts Center stage was shrouded with darkness and a single light shone on the stage. [...]
Over the summer, the college announced that the phoenix had been selected as the college's new mascot after having received the most votes from both the campus and the alumni [...]
Those lucky enough to get a ticket for Friday's night's Murder Mystery Dinner Theater at Mary Lyon on Friday evening were treated to a kooky and endlessly entertaining evening. The [...]