The Department of Education expands its Title VI investigation into alleged antisemitism at the college in response to a video posted on a former campus group's Instagram.
Swarthmore students react to the recent sexual assault allegations at Cornell University less than a decade after Swarthmore abolished its own fraternities.
In this edition of Swat Says, students reveal their favorite campus crying spots, weigh in on niche Halloween costumes, and brainstorm who should be Swarthmore’s next president.
Patricia Quimby '28 argues that even after the disbanding of fraternities on campus, Swarthmore's culture of sexual violence remains frighteningly similar to that of Cornell.
As the weather at Swarthmore has chilled considerably since the beginning of the fall sports season, the Garnet must turn up their competitive heat. Field Hockey | Overall: 10-4 | Conference: 6-1 Led by Head Coach Hannah Harris, Swarthmore field hockey continues
Junior Melissa Eyer ’28 is a force to be reckoned with on the volleyball court. In her third collegiate season, the libero continues to anchor the Garnet defense. In her freshman year, Eyer swept the Centennial Conference Rookie of the Year, Centennial
Before arriving at Swarthmore, I thought I knew what being a collegiate student-athlete would look like. Although most of the basics are as expected, there are many small thrills and daily traditions ingrained in my life that I would never have anticipated
The discourse that occupies the American psyche says that reproducing and building a biological family is ideal. I disagree. Instead, I believe that the reproduction of human beings is unethical. This position is known as antinatalism. Reproduction is an ethical question because
As a Studio Art major, I constantly search for new art forms and ways to learn different mediums. Trained and focused as a painter, I have plunked my brush into lots of wet paint — watercolor, oil, gauche, acrylic, ink. Always fascinated
Swarthmore men’s basketball has maintained a flawless record, going 24-0-0 into their final two conference games of the season. They have been ranked at the top of the nation since the pre-season polls and several of their players have previously earned all-America
For a day full of love and hearts and chocolate, Valentine’s Day provokes a surprising amount of bitterness. People tend to view Valentine’s Day as an exclusive holiday, one reserved for lovebirds who sit in a quaint café holding hands. In the
Over the break I decided, almost spontaneously, that I was going to get rid of all of my shampoo and never use it again. Like every other New Year’s resolution I’ve made throughout my twenty years on planet Earth, I figured that
“BIENVENIDOS BLANCOS! OR WELCOME WHITE PEOPLE!,” a play about Cuban and Cuban-American identity which had its world premiere at the Philadelphia FringeArts Festival in 2018, is coming to the LPAC mainstage on Feb. 14 as part of the Cooper Series: a program
Ah, winter formal. The force of chaos and upset that tests even the strongest of friendships. Where you are forced to bump repeatedly into your classmates’ back sweat and wander listlessly through Essie’s— the humidity of hormones unmistakable but unsettling. For some,
If you follow theater at Swarthmore, you are bound to come across Alex Kingsley ’20 in one of her many forms as an actor, writor, director, and even as a stand-up comedian. Personally, I’ve always looked up to her for her tremendous
On Tuesday morning, Feb.11, leaked audio surfaced of presidential candidate Mike Bloomberg’s remarks at a 2015 event, in which he makes aggressively racist comments and defends his support of “stop-and-frisk”. In this piece, I will detail the context of these revelations, explain
Content warning: eating disorders, sexual assault In “Miss Americana,” Taylor Swift explains why she declared the Old Taylor dead in her 2017 comeback anthem, “Look What You Made Me Do.” The documentary shows Swift after she returned to the public eye from