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The Best 60 Days of Sports?

February 26, 2026
The past few weeks have seen sports fans and non-fans alike turn their attention towards the 2026 Winter Olympic Games in Milan, Italy. Milan has offered a plethora of noteworthy moments, ranging from ski-jump suit scandals to overtime hockey thrillers, giving viewers

Athlete of the Week: Jack McHenry ’27

February 26, 2026
Jack McHenry ’27, originally from Park City, UT, is a faceoff player who has had an amazing career, with more to come this spring and in his final season in 2027. McHenry boasts a faceoff win percentage season record (2025) of 0.677,

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Essence

March 29, 2018
This is not an op-ed or a traditional news article. This is a reflection, and right now, I am sitting on the floor of my room. Door locked. Phone away. Thinking. The biggest thing I am thinking about, the most important thing

Fashion Forays

March 29, 2018
My friend and I published our first fashion catalogue when we were eight years old. With some old stubby pencils, we scrawled dresses, shirts, and heels on crinkled printer paper. After stapling the sheets together, we proudly wrote our names on the

Strictly good advice

March 29, 2018
Strictly Good Advice, When do I know if I have something worth writing or saying? Thanks, Christian. Hello, Christian, and thanks for your question. I enjoyed this question because working toward an answer led me to internalize

Loyola Chicago storms its way to the Final Four

March 29, 2018
Every March, the NCAA Division I Men’s Basketball Tournament captures the attention of sports fans. Millions make brackets, attempting to correctly predict the outcomes of 67 games, or at least come close to that number. No one ever does. After all, it

Career services gets mixed reviews

March 29, 2018
During the 2016-2017 school year, Swarthmore Career Services held over one thousand counseling appointments and engaged 64 percent of the student body, according to its annual report. Career Services works by providing students with ways to seek out job or internship opportunities,

Colleges or investment firms?

March 29, 2018
When I was doing research for this column, I noticed an Atlantic article entitled “Rich, Stingy Colleges.” Intrigued, I clicked on it, and a picture of Parrish lawn in the springtime filled my computer screen. So a good start for my writing

This has happened before: we must remember our history

March 29, 2018
Over the last few weeks, the Swarthmore community has been inundated with student activism. Students are voicing their concerns and taking actions to make clear that they are dissatisfied with administrative policies around campus. One of the most recent student movements has
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