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Weekly Column: Swat Says

October 2, 2025
In this edition of Swat Says, students share their favorite dining hall meal, reveal the craziest thing they've heard from a professor in class, and discuss the buildings with the worst vibes on campus.

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Athlete of the Week: Lauren Lior ’27

October 9, 2025
Swarthmore women’s soccer forward Lauren Lior ’27 hails from Fairfield, CT, and is a graduate of Greens Farms Academy. During her first year with the Garnet, she had a stellar season, breaking into the starting lineup, and cementing herself as an integral

WSOC Day in the Life: Away Game vs. Muhlenberg College

October 9, 2025
As we head into the middle of the fall semester, Swarthmore’s sports schedules will become increasingly busy. While exams and paper deadlines approach quickly, varsity athletic teams plunge into the middle of conference play, when the significance of winning is the most

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First-Years Flaunt Fashion

October 2, 2025
In the post-COVID era, the art of dressing well seems to have slowly and sadly started to fade into antiquity. No longer are the schools of America flooded with fashion-forward students determined to dress their best. Chic jeans and sweaters are disappearing,

How To Do Things You Suck At: Lesson One

September 25, 2025
Welcome to “How To Do Things You Suck At,” every Swattie’s go-to guide on how to try something new and (eventually) succeed in it. Want to learn how to crochet? Play badminton? You’ve found the right place, then. Every month, you’ll follow

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WHO’S YOUR CRUSH?

January 31, 2019
So you’re back at Swarthmore for the spring semester, but something is clearly very wrong. You’ve been seeing ghostly figures appear and disappear in between bookshelves in McCabe, or in the corner of your room at night. Street lights flicker or burn

The Importance of the NHL Final Push

January 31, 2019
Unlike most other American sports leagues and despite a long 82-game season, the National Hockey League structure allows 16 of the 31 teams to make the playoffs; that’s over half. This makes for a lot of parity in the playoffs. Consider the

Athlete of the week: Faith Nation ’21

January 31, 2019
Over the past week, the Swarthmore women’s basketball team has put up some spirited efforts. Despite not coming away with any wins, the Garnet have had many strong stretches in each game and have shown promise for the rest of their season

On Birthright

January 31, 2019
Controversy regarding Birthright, a free trip to Israel for Jewish individuals aged 18-26, has become very public in recent years. This past summer, a number of individuals associated with IfNotNow, a left-wing Jewish organization that protests the Israeli military occupation of the

Recapping the WWE Royal Rumble 2019

January 31, 2019
On January 27th, World Wrestling Entertainment held its annual Royal Rumble pay-per-view, from Chase Field in Phoenix, Arizona. Headlined by the Royal Rumble Match (a battle royale featuring 30 competitors — where the objective is to throw your opponents out over the top

The Crushing Dilemma: The Dilemma of Crushing

January 31, 2019
Crush. When I first received an email about this week’s Campus Journal theme, I felt a wave of excitement. After all, I spent countless (and I really want to emphasize the word “countless”) hours last semester devoted to writing and copy-editing for

New Year, New Me: Swat’s Website Adopts Younger Look

January 31, 2019
The College recently finished an 18-month process of redesigning its website, the first major change to the site’s theme since 2012. The new website features a reimagined look, ambient video of the campus, and new content in order to highlight the student
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