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Athlete of the Week: Lola Diaz ’26

April 30, 2026
Lola Diaz ’26, hailing from Portland, OR, and Marbella, Spain, has been an integral part of the Swarthmore women’s tennis team for the past four years. She has been awarded All-Centennial First Team Singles (2024) and All-Centennial First-Team Doubles (2024) and has

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The Moonlit Path

April 23, 2026
Megumi Jindo '28 reflects on her experience at Swarthmore so far and the passing of the baton in her Kizuna, Japanese club.

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Under Siege: Revisiting Digital Rights in the Trump Era

November 21, 2019
In late 2017, the Federal Communications Commission officially repealed net neutrality, which protected equal access to information online. Recent court cases and state laws, however, have returned the issue to the public sphere, and it appears that there is still potential for

In Defense of Quietness

November 21, 2019
I have always been a quiet, shy person. Anyone who knows me would agree that I am virtually incapable of speaking loudly; I cannot count the number of times people have told me I need to speak up and project my voice,

Doug Varone and Company and Students Oh My

November 21, 2019
Last weekend, The Cooper Series presented Doug Varone and Dancers, who, in partnership with the Swarthmore Music and Dance Departments, showcased a dance piece that had been lovingly worked on and practiced for nearly semester-long. After a week full of workshops and

Suburbia Goes Blue

November 21, 2019
The blue wave buoying Democrats across the country has come to Delaware County. For the first time since the Civil War, Democrats control the County Council. It’s an impressive feat of political organizing, and an encouraging defeat for old-fashioned machine politics. But

30 Americans: A Review of the Barnes Foundation Exhibit

November 21, 2019
After touring the country for the past ten years, the “30 Americans” exhibit finally arrived at the city of Philadelphia following its recent showing in Kansas City. The Barnes Foundation hosted the important artworks, which were originally part of the Rubell family’s

President Smith to Offer a Class on Toni Morrison

November 21, 2019
Next semester, the Department of English Literature will be offering a seminar on the life and works of Toni Morrison, taught by Valerie Smith, the president of Swarthmore College. The course will explore key texts in the Morrison canon, focusing on the
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