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
As far as we can tell, Swarthmore has had two erotica magazines to date: Unmentionables, which published one issue in the spring of 2001, and ! mag (officially pronounced as [...]
T minus 0, Friday, September 29: Swarthmore actors, directors, writers, and techies gathered together in Parrish parlors to discuss a mission holding the potential for either sheer genius or complete, [...]
On September 30 at the Lang Performing Art Center, a pounding beat broke through the murmur of the audience as a man walked out in a nondescript white t-shirt and [...]
The co-authors of an acclaimed new biography of the composer Olivier Messaien were on campus last Friday. Nigel Simeone gave the annual Peter Gram Swing lecture, "Messaien Amid Nature," and [...]
Music students at Swarthmore will soon have something to sing about: Underhill Music Library will undergo an almost total renovation over the next two years. According to Performing Arts Librarian [...]
Student Council and the Social Affairs Committee have decided to co-sponsor this year’s Halloween party, which will be held on Saturday October 28th. The Halloween Party has traditionally been held [...]
Tonight, Swarthmore will host Tokyo Chigakukai, a traditional Japanese ensemble. Compositions from the 17th to the 20th century will be played, with brief historical background presented between songs. This authentic [...]
On Friday evening, Cunniff Hall was filled with students, faculty, staff, and community members eager to meet webcomics authors Shaenon Garrity of Narbonic, Howard Tayler of Schlock Mercenary, Rich Burlew [...]
This fall, the Office of Multicultural Affairs offered Swatties a new way to approach the subject of diversity. The Diversity Conversation Series, the first program of its kind, offered a [...]
As fall blusters in, theaters are offering a lineup of hopeful blockbusters ranging from distinctive little indies to epic scale films, magic and adventure to film noir and horror. A [...]