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Weekly Column: Swat Says

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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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Athlete of the Week: Kela Watts

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February 27, 2025
Junior Kela Watts ’26 is a student-athlete on the varsity women’s lacrosse team. The attack from Tampa, FL made an immediate impact on her arrival to Swarthmore, scoring one goal and assisting two in an eleven-game appearance in her first collegiate season.

Dear Readers: For When You Want to Transfer

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February 27, 2025
Dear Readers, It hit me recently, in a buzzing swarm of thoughts, that I’m a junior. With three years under my belt, rejections a plenty, fist bumps over paper grades, and a particularly embarrassing episode when I cried under a lamplight near

SJP Sit-In Ends After 11-Hour Standoff

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February 20, 2025
Chaos and uncertainty ruled campus yesterday. Another chapter in Swarthmore’s long history of student protest felt intensified amidst an increasingly defensive college administration and a reactionary national environment. On the morning of Wednesday, Feb. 19, Swarthmore’s chapter of Students for Justice in

How Will Swarthmore Fit Into Trump’s Higher Education Havoc?

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February 20, 2025
Since Donald Trump’s victory, many have turned their attention toward his potential impact on higher education institutions, including Swarthmore. While it has been hard to distill exactly what Trump means for colleges and universities during the administration’s chaotic start, a handful of

Swarthmore Plans to Reduce Scope 3 Emissions

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February 20, 2025
On Nov. 15, 2024, Swarthmore released its plan to reduce Scope 3 emissions on its website, with a link to the document attached. As part of the broader 20X35 energy program aimed at achieving carbon neutrality, the new Scope 3 Emissions Plan

Weekly Recap

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February 20, 2025
Women’s Basketball Swarthmore College 59 vs. Ursinus College 75 In their thirteenth conference game, Swarthmore Women’s Basketball team fell to Ursinus College in Collegeville, PA. The first quarter saw a relentless Bears offense that opened the score with a 3-pointer. 3:34 into
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