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Students, Faculty Raise Alarm Over Failings in Disciplinary Process

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March 20, 2025
On March 6, 24 of the 25 students facing disciplinary charges for behavior relating to their involvement in pro-Palestine protests on campus between November 2023 and March 2024 received verdicts decided by the College Judiciary Committee (CJC). These verdicts and sanctions are the latest event in a disciplinary process that has deeply impacted students since letters warning for potential investigations
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Ten Unsolicited Tips for Booking Amtrak

Over my four years at Swarthmore, I rode Amtrak quite a few times. Through that experience, I picked up a couple of tips to make booking and riding cheaper and more pleasant. First, if you are a student, use the student discount!
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March 20, 2025

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Faulkner’s Rowan Oak and Lee’s Monroeville

Over spring break, I traveled throughout the American South. I was particularly interested in visiting locations of literary importance. I originally planned to write about diversity in Southern Gothic literature. After visiting William Faulkner’s house in Oxford, Mississippi, and Harper Lee’s hometown
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March 20, 2025

Sports

Weekly Recap

Baseball: Swarthmore College: 8 vs. #16 Baldwin Wallace University: 9 March 8 in Lexington SC at 12:00 PM, the Garnet faced a tough opponent. The Garnet fell just short in a competitive game against nationally ranked Baldwin Wallace, despite a strong showing.
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March 20, 2025

Athlete of the Week: Hannah Swale ’26

The saying goes, “Jack of all trades, master of none.” But for junior track and field athlete Hannah Swale ’26, mediocrity simply isn’t an option. Throughout her seasons at Swarthmore, Swale has competed in multiple short-distance race events, hurdles, high jump, triple
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March 20, 2025

Campus Journal

Dear Aunty Em: Chalking

Dear Aunty Em, Chalking is how I express myself. How can I chalk it up at Swarthmore? Longing to Chalk Dear Longing to Chalk, Aunty Em has you covered. I’ve soaked in all 43,762 words of the new fine-tuned Student Code of
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March 6, 2025

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Swarthmore at a Crossroads: A Pattern of Hypocrisy

There is no debate that Swarthmore regards itself as a highly progressive and socially responsible institution. Efforts toward cultivating a diverse body of students and faculty, carbon neutrality, and equal opportunity for current students and alumni are all high on the list
February 27, 2025

Weekly Recap

Men’s Baseball Swarthmore College: 1, Berry College: 11 On Feb. 21 in Kannapolis, NC, the Swarthmore Garnet fell to the Berry College Vikings. The game took eight innings and lasted three hours. The Garnet led into the sixth inning, but the Vikings
February 27, 2025

Weekly Column: Swat Says

This or That from the Swarthmore community: What is your favorite dorm that you’ve lived in? Adrian Ferguson ’26: Woolman because it’s mostly on-campus, but the rooms are really big, and it’s beautiful, and you’ve got AC. Louis Luo ’27: Parrish fourth,
February 27, 2025

Let’s Talk About Why Nicole Kidman Wanted to Be Babygirl

Why did Nicole Kidman want to be “Babygirl”? In an Actors on Actors conversation with Zendaya, Nicole Kidman commented: “As soon as I heard it was called ‘Babygirl,’ I thought, ‘I’m in.’” Historically, Kidman has been in films with a strong philosophical
February 27, 2025

Athlete of the Week: Kela Watts

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.
February 27, 2025

Dear Readers: For When You Want to Transfer

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
February 27, 2025

SJP Sit-In Ends After 11-Hour Standoff

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
February 20, 2025
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