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
With classes underway and students now settling into their routines, Olde Club is ready to rock socks off with the announcement of the concerts for Fall 2005. The line-up features [...]
If wielding swords is your type of amusement, head to the Fencing Club. The Fencing Club joins the leagues of various other intramural sports at Swat. Hopefully the new fencing [...]
Lift the end-of-weekend blues with the Monday Midday Concert Series. In a new initiative sponsored by the Fetter Chamber Music program, six lunch-time concerts will be played throughout the school [...]
The Phildelphia Live Arts Festival and Philly Fringe starts today. The Live Arts Festival presents high profile, innovative performing arts groups both from the Philadelphia area and the rest of [...]
Earthlust, Swarthmore's environmental group, recently finished a campaign that will allow for more of the campus's power to be wind generated. Wind power will now represent 1,464,000 kWh, or 8.1% [...]
Many students have noticed that Underhill Music Library is now open 85 hours a week (from 9:00 a.m. until midnight every weekday), up from last year's approximate 60 hours a [...]
Last year, most everybody had an opinion on what to name the new dorm, and many were unhappy with the final outcome of Alice Paul hall. This year, as freshmen [...]
Most freshmen were still staring at empty suitcases, and most Swarthmore students had forgotten entirely about returning to school; but in mid-August, twenty-nine Swarthmore freshmen were busy discussing issues of [...]
This weekend the college plans to hold a gathering in memory of Tariq Fischer '08, who lost his life this past summer. Fischer and two of his friends were killed [...]