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Meditations on Meditating

April 23, 2026
Leon Leveau '26 discusses how meditation can help you take a step back from the overwhelming and often uncontrollable sequence of thoughts and actions that dominate our daily lives.

Arts

Sports

Athlete of the Week: Iris Barone ’26

April 16, 2026
Katie Kerman: Congratulations on your Centennial Athlete of the Week award and becoming the program’s all-time leader in triples and stolen-bases! Can you take us through those moments when you broke two program records and how you and your team celebrated? Iris

Features

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.

Hey Mom

April 16, 2026
Corinne Lafont '26 writes a touching piece about her Mom in honor of Mother's Day.

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Why ISIS Remains a Threat

March 28, 2019
“U.S.-Backed Forces Declare Defeat Of ISIS ‘Caliphate,’” the headline read. On Saturday, the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria, the militant jihadist group that has terrorized the world, and especially Iraq and Syria, finally lost the last remnants of its territory in

MLB Opening Day Preview

March 28, 2019
The Seattle Mariners and Oakland Athletics opened the 2019 MLB season last week with two games in Japan. While those games gave Japanese superstar Ichiro a grand send off into retirement, the rest of the league is set to kick off a

In Shedding Old Sounds Flume Hits His Stride

March 28, 2019
Australian producer Flume has been gradually making a name for himself over the last seven years. Bursting onto the scene in 2012 with his self titled album and a hit remix of the Disclosure track “You & Me,” Flume eventually followed up

March is Here, but Lacks Madness

March 28, 2019
Last Thursday was the beginning of the NCAA Division I College Basketball Tournament. Colloquially, this period from late March to early April is known as March Madness. This massively popular tournament has become a social event, with tens of millions of Americans

Garnet Conclude Best-Ever Season as National Runner-Ups

March 21, 2019
The Swarthmore Men’s Basketball team recently wrapped up what was undoubtedly the greatest season in the College’s history by securing its second Centennial Conference title and their first ever Final Four and NCAA DIII National Championship appearance. The team was virtually untouchable

Reflecting on Denice Frohman

March 21, 2019
Six years ago, in my first year of high school, I watched a spoken word poem performed online entitled, “Dear Straight People.” For the first time I heard the words, “Dear Queer Young Girl, I see you. You don’t want them to
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