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Swat Says: Finals Edition

December 11, 2025
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.

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Athlete of the Week: Genine Collins ’27

December 11, 2025
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

Philly’s Infamous Mascot: Gritty

December 11, 2025
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

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Serenity in Solitude

December 11, 2025
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.

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Investigating the Cunningham Fire: Part 2 of 3

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October 10, 2019
It has been three weeks now since the Cunningham Fire. It has been three weeks since we all woke up to the smell of smoke in our otherwise-beautiful borough and to the fire moose going off as if its life depended on

Heating up Discussions on the Climate Crisis

October 10, 2019
Recently the campus has seen a wave of climate crisis action, from the Sunrise strike outside Parish Hall to the Philadelphia strike in coordination with a global effort, as well as President Valerie Smith’s signing of the Sustainable Development Goals’ Climate Emergency

Tea Time: Defining the Relationship

October 10, 2019
Besides the Swat plague, something else seems to spread around Fall Break: the love bug. After one and a half months of getting to know fellow Swatties, some of us may find ourselves head over heels in the Quaker Matchbox. But is

Towards High Fashion in FamilyMart: A Visual Essay

October 10, 2019
Accessorization is ideology. Rather than being what we eat, we are what we wear, regardless of whether one’s wardrobe is full of carefully-curated intent or blasé could-not-care-less inclinations. Ask me what my favorite piece is right now and I’d easily pick my

The King: Netflix Tried

October 10, 2019
As the screen went black, my neck cracked in a few places, and a light timorous applause arose, all I could immediately recall was Robert Pattinson’s awful French accent. In 2013, Warner Bros. announced that director David Michôd (Animal Kingdom, multiple awards,
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