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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.

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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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Smartphones Have Turned Us into Cyborgs

March 7, 2019
According to Pew Research Center, 94 percent of adults ages 18-29 own a smartphone. This puts most of us just seconds away from the internet. On average, according to the University of Southern California Annenberg, we spend 24 hours online every week.

Unequivocally Rejecting Swarthmore Hate

March 7, 2019
On Sunday March 3, SGO voted to support Students for Justice in Palestine’s resolution to “ban the ban” and to end the college’s investments in seven companies involved in the occupation of Palestine. That same day, Swarthmore Hate, an anonymous Twitter account,

BEP Phase One Nears Its Finish

March 7, 2019
Since its introduction in 2017, the biology, engineering, and psychology (BEP) building has made great strides toward completion and will be finished within the next two summers. The BEP project was introduced due to high enrollment in biology, engineering, and psychology, leading

The Champions League is Magic!

March 7, 2019
While the best domestic European leagues like the Premier League and La Liga boast an incredibly high standard of soccer, the UEFA Champions League has always had a special place in the hearts of soccer fans who follow teams in Europe. Before

Money is Ruining Youth Sports

March 7, 2019
America is known for its obsession with sports. We have four of the five largest professional sports leagues in the world and by far the largest system of collegiate athletics. Children tend to play more sports as well; very few other countries

Athlete of the week: Jeremy Rockaway ’22

March 7, 2019
As the Men’s Varsity Swimming Team wrapped up their conference play with a Centennial Conference championship win at Gettysburg College, Jeremy Rockaway ’22, a first-year student from Oviedo, FL, took home the Most Outstanding Rookie award for exemplary first-year performance. Rockaway took

SGO Hosts Discussion on BDS Resolution, Will Revote

February 28, 2019
Note: due to the targeted harassment towards individuals who have spoken about BDS, we have made certain individuals anonymous at their request. This past Sunday, a regularly scheduled Student Government Organization meeting ran nearly half an hour over its allotted time with

An Exquisite Corpse Brims with Life

February 28, 2019
“An Exquisite Corpse” as directed by Rohan Hejmadi ’21 and Amaechi Abuah ’21 brought the apocalypse to the audience. On February 22, 2019, at the main stage of the Lang Performing Arts Center, four actors played in one of the most varied
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