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
Chicago-based post-punk band the Detachment Kit comes to Olde Club this Friday night, bringing friends. These include the capable Swarthmoreans Israeli Warplane and Brooklyn-based The Hong Kong. According to the [...]
This weekend, Drama Board's Night of Scenes, running at 7 o'clock on December 3 and 4 in Science Center 101, promises to entertain and amuse Swarthmore audiences. Featuring three distinctive [...]
Students, faculty, and visitors alike crowded into the Scheuer Room late yesterday afternoon as Mr. Herbert Kohl held a lecture discussing his newly published book, "She Would Not Be Moved: [...]
"Moustache November," a tradition started by a student during the Bush-Kerry election year has become one of Swat's funky annual traditions. The premise revolves around growing a moustache for the [...]
Stephen E. Fienberg, professor of Statistics and Social Science at Carnegie Mellon University, presented a lecture titled "In Search of the Magic Lasso: The Truth about the Polygraph," yesterday in [...]
Observant members of the Swarthmore community may have noticed a group of women in black keeping silent vigil at the train station from five to six on Friday evenings. For [...]
Student Council elections begin Thursday for the one-year positions of Co-President, Student Events Advisor, Campus Life Representative, Campus Relations Representative, Appointments Chair, and Secretary. Online voting will be held Thursday, [...]
At the beginning of this semester, schools from across the nation opened their doors to displaced students from New Orleans universities like Tulane, Loyola, Xavier, and Dillard. Swarthmore was one [...]
Before computer preregistration, "arena" registration (similar to first-year student registration) was used. Although stressful, the arena meetings were also very efficient. Computer registration was used throughout the nineties and was [...]
There are regular people, and then there are Legends. Jim Kreft '06, four time winner of the annual "Four x Donut," fits into the latter category. The event, now in [...]