Dean of Admissions explains how Swarthmore recruits and enrolls students while sustaining its test-optional policy amid national debates over standardized testing.
In this special Final Exams edition of Swat Says, students discuss their plans for winter break, reveal their most dreaded upcoming finals, and share their thoughts on the Swarthmore Marriage Pact.
Nayla Punjabi '26 shares her experiences at Middlebury's Experiential Learning Conference, where herself and two other Swarthmore students learned about systems mapping, a technique which encourages a holistic and strategic approach to problem-solving.
Genine Collins ’27 is a force to be reckoned with in the pool. On Nov. 8, the junior swimmer broke Swarthmore and Centennial Conference records in the 50 freestyle with a time of 23.25, beating out her previous 23.30 school record. For
Track and Field: On Friday, Dec 10., Swarthmore track and field traveled to Lancaster, PA, to compete in the Diplomat Open hosted by Franklin & Marshall College. The Garnet were one of fifteen colleges represented in the indoor meet, the first of
The National Hockey League’s (NHL) opening day was Oct. 7 this season. As you may know, the NHL sucks the last ounce of consumerism out of sports fans by making their season span six months of 82 games per team. In the
Recently, I have been conscientious of presence. The way one holds themselves. The way one walks with purpose. The way one eats alone in the glowing sunlight. Before college, I thought if one was by themself, it meant that they were lonely.
The second in a series of conversations with alumni, Sara Sargent ’07 is currently a senior executive editor at Penguin Random House. Like last week’s Grace Dignazio ’22, she’s pursued a career around writing, though the dates and details differ slightly …
As an artist in quarantine, I find myself agonizing over the thought that I must create amazing work during this time. I continuously hear the phrase ‘Shakespeare wrote King Lear in quarantine,” an idea that I think is meant to be inspiring,
Joshua Collin ‘20 is a senior from Newark, NJ, though he considers Haiti to also be home since both of his parents are Haitian. He is a major in Economics and a minor in Psychology. Collin may be most known for creating
Over the course of our college lives, we will each read thousands of emails. Some go unopened, many go unread, and most go unloved. But once in a while, an email is sent that is so important, so groundbreaking, that it must
This one is near and dear to my middle schooler heart: let’s chat briefly about Minecraft. Yes, the Fortnight of yore for the current middle schoolers reading this article. But first some history and an info dump: I started playing Minecraft nearly
Many of our lives have been drastically affected by the current measures taken to slow the spread of COVID-19. Stay-at-home orders, classes at home, advice to practice social distancing, and the closure of gyms and public parks make it difficult to stay
When students flocked to the train station and parking lots on March 6 to leave for spring break there were 211 confirmed cases of COVID-19 in the United States. Almost two months later, that number is now at 1,092,815. Grading policies are
Skip to: Student Response | The Deliberation Process | After the Vote On Apr. 16, roughly one month after the college evacuated its students and transitioned to remote learning in response to the COVID-19 crisis, a faculty vote changed the temporary grading
Over the course of our time in school, we all inevitably find ourselves falling into certain roles, as if we were doomed (or destined) to play an integral part in the complex machinery of the college classroom. You know these roles, even
Warning: this column has major spoilers for Half-Life Alyx On the very rare occasions when the Valve Corporation emerges from its money-printing cocoon of games distribution and actually decides to release a video game of its own, it’s a good idea to
The coronavirus was declared a global pandemic shortly over one month ago by the World Health Organization. Since that point, its growth has continued to skyrocket and devastate the world, especially impacting the most vulnerable populations. At the time of my writing,